This issue can become especially present when you've got a Scotch ale in one hand and a Scottish ale in the other. What's the difference? Is there a difference? While the answers aren't entirely ...

When you think about fall beers, you probably think about stouts, porters, and brown ales. But if you truly want to embrace the season, we’d argue that you should crack open some scotch ales too.

Contrary to what one would assume based on the name of the beer style, a Scotch Ale is not brewed in some time-honored Scottish tradition. It doesn’t derive from the peaty Scotches of Islay ...

As 2006 slides into 2007, millions of revelers will pop open bottles of champagne and burst into off-key warblings of "Should auld acquaintance be forgot. . . . " "Auld Lang Syne," written by the ...

The first thing you need to know about Scotch Ale, also called Wee Heavy, is that it’s a distinct style of beer from lighter Scottish Ales. Scotch Ale is boiled until the wort caramelizes ...

Harviestoun, a 30-year-old brewery in Clackmannanshire, in the Scottish lowlands, first brewed Old Engine Oil in 2000. It has been variously marketed as a porter and a black ale over the years.

Since we’ve already written about the other three wintry beer styles, today we’re going to turn our attention to the malty, toffee-like, sweet, warming, rich Scotch ale. Sometimes referred to ...

It wouldn’t be another year without another feeble attempt by an American brewer to replicate a Scottish ale. This time it’s Yee-Haw Eighty, pretending to be an 80-shilling Scottish ale.

Ah, the Scottish Ale. Hated by some, loved by many, and a mystery to most. The history of the Scottish style is a fun one. Back in the day, the Scots brewed what is called a grut (or gruit ...

Sherwood's industrial-park brewery hasn't shifted focus since we last took the trip, setting its sights on canning, bottling and distributing local favorites like its Scottish ale rather than ...

Scotch Ale is not unique to Rochester. It's a style that has been around for hundreds of years. But Rochester's love affair with the Scotch Ale is undoubtedly uncommon. And since the initial batch ...