Comments on: Bah Humbug! http://www.theweeklybrew.com/2010/01/bah-humbug/ Ramblings of a Kitchen Chemist Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Capital Taps http://www.theweeklybrew.com/2010/01/bah-humbug/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 Capital Taps Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:13:04 +0000 http://www.theweeklybrew.com/?p=1359#comment-1990 What about McEwan's? Beeradvocate, for example, <a href="http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/342/1275/" rel="nofollow">calls it</a> a "scotch ale / wee heavy," and at 8% abv, it seems to me it's entirely comparable to Old Humbug. More than this, it has the same toffee and sweet. Moylan's Kilt Lifter and Rush River Winter Warmer invoke both categories as well. While I respect that Keelhauler wasn't to your taste, I must disagree that scotch ales and winter warmers are so easily distinguished! What about McEwan’s? Beeradvocate, for example, calls it a “scotch ale / wee heavy,” and at 8% abv, it seems to me it’s entirely comparable to Old Humbug. More than this, it has the same toffee and sweet. Moylan’s Kilt Lifter and Rush River Winter Warmer invoke both categories as well.

While I respect that Keelhauler wasn’t to your taste, I must disagree that scotch ales and winter warmers are so easily distinguished!

]]> By: Jared http://www.theweeklybrew.com/2010/01/bah-humbug/comment-page-1/#comment-1987 Jared Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:35:29 +0000 http://www.theweeklybrew.com/?p=1359#comment-1987 I don't think the two can, or should, compare. Old Humbug is a winter warmer with alot going on. As it warms it gets extremely nutty. Keelhauler though is a scottish ale and not my favorite. A sweeter toffee taste is common in winter warmers and on style. A scotish ale on the other hand should be less sweet, and be balanced by a carmalized flavor. While on scotish ales.... Have you tried Smoking Bagpipes?? It's on tap at Venti's right now. The smoke is a bit intense and overwhelming at first, but after your palate learns to move beyond it it's not a bad scotish ale. I don’t think the two can, or should, compare. Old Humbug is a winter warmer with alot going on. As it warms it gets extremely nutty. Keelhauler though is a scottish ale and not my favorite. A sweeter toffee taste is common in winter warmers and on style. A scotish ale on the other hand should be less sweet, and be balanced by a carmalized flavor.

While on scotish ales…. Have you tried Smoking Bagpipes?? It’s on tap at Venti’s right now. The smoke is a bit intense and overwhelming at first, but after your palate learns to move beyond it it’s not a bad scotish ale.

]]> By: Capital Taps http://www.theweeklybrew.com/2010/01/bah-humbug/comment-page-1/#comment-1981 Capital Taps Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:04:24 +0000 http://www.theweeklybrew.com/?p=1359#comment-1981 Did you have Keelhauler when it came out? I liked its take on the Scotch Ale better than this one - which had for me entirely too much toffee & sweet. Did you have Keelhauler when it came out? I liked its take on the Scotch Ale better than this one – which had for me entirely too much toffee & sweet.

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