Little Italian microbrewery White Pony continues to show their love of brewing big, bold flavoursome beers - and whacky beer names - with this Strong Scotch Ale.
As usual for this brewery, this beer isn’t exactly to style. Made using crystal and roasted malts, with American hops. And as it is brewed in a small Belgian brewery, there is a Belgian yeast twist.
This beer has a big caramel malt body, with roasted malt, brown sugar, dark fruit, toffee and hints of coffee. There is a low level of hop bitterness; just enough to balance the malt which is the hero of this beer.
Despite the dominant malt body, the beer is not cloying, finishing quite dry with a warming aftertaste.
The winter seasonal offering from Glazen Toren is a Scotch Ale
by Brouwerij Palm (Swinkels Family Brewers)
A very un-Belgian beer, which has found favour both in Belgium and abroad
A Scottish Gruit Ale with a rich, smooth malt backbone and a mix of hand-foraged herbs and spices
A big barley wine, with the addition of rye and US hops for a spicy hop bitterness
A beer from White Pony we are nominally classifying as a hoppy wheat ale
A Belgian Imperial Stout, rich in chocolate, roasted malts and coffee
An Imperial India Brown Ale from White Pony, lots of caramel, slightly roasted malts with a firm bitterness
White Pony have created what they call a Pacific Saison Ale, featuring hops from Australia (Summer) and NZ (Wakatu)
A strong dark ale bridging the gap between barley wine and Belgian quadruple styles
The second incarnation of this beer, featuring Columbus, Simcoe, Amarillo and Centennial hops
