Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy
Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy is an Scottish Ale beer style. It typically presents as light reddish-brown to very dark. Scotch Ales are aggressively malty with a rich and dominant sweet malt aroma and flavor. A caramel character is often part of the profile. Dark roasted malt flavors may be present at low levels. Not present to very low.
Notes: Pleasant, low level oxidation is acceptable in Scotch Ales. Examples exhibiting more prevalent oxidation are categorized as Aged Beer. While there are conflicting theories as to whether traditional Scotch Ales exhibited peat smoke character, the current marketplace offers many examples with peat smoke character present at low to medium levels. Peat smoke attributes may be absent or present at low to medium levels. Versions exhibiting higher levels of smoke character are categorized as Smoke Beer. When using these guidelines as the basis for evaluating entries at competitions, competition organizers may create subcategories which reflect groups of entries based on presence or absence of peat smoke-derived attributes.
- ABV
- 6.6%-8.5%
- IBU
- 25-35
- OG
- 1.072-1.085
- FG
- 1.016-1.028
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Style info provided entirely or in part by the Brewers Association beer style guidelines.
No beers have been reviewed in this style.