Appalachian Jolly Scot Scottish Ale

This flavorful sweet ale has a smooth malt finish balanced against a light hop flavor. This beer is very quaffable and has become a brewpub favorite throughout the United States.

3.1

261 reviews

Harrisburg, United States

Community reviews

2.9 Sweet bready malt aroma, pours a clear reddish-brown with a full light tan head. Very sweet malt flavor, with a moderate body, and a lingering sweet finish. I’m not a huge fan of the style, but those who are like this one. I would probably not get it again.

3.2 A fairly disappointing scotch! It pours a nice burgundy but has no head or lacing. The aroma has some sweet caramel malt. The taste has a hint of the caramel but is rather thin and doesn’t hold much flavor in the finish. It’s a bit too light and watery to be a good scotch. Ok but not recommended!

3.3 Transfer from BA review on 7-4-12 Poured from bottle into pint glass Appearance – Poured a wonderful copper color with a one finger off white head. The head faded over a moderate amount of time to leave a very light amount of lacing. Smell – Malty aromas are the heaviest. Lightly roasted breadiness with some notes of caramel mixed within. Taste – Starts out with a roasted malt flavor with an ever so light sweetness. The sweetness fades and leaves only a roasty malt flavor on the tongue. This flavor sits alone for quite some time, until at the end the taste bitters up a very light oak and alcohol flavor coming to the tongue. Overall it leaves a slightly dry and kind of boring flavor on the tongue. Mouthfeel – The body is slightly below average with the carbonation level being rather average as well. Overall – Nothing too special here. It has a decent lightly roasted flavor, but is somewhat boring; nothing to really go out of the way for

2.4 Draft at the Collegeville brewpub. Pours clear reddish with a small white head. The aroma has a candy sweetness. The taste is big malty, sweet nuts, light.

2.5 Good color on this brew. Flavor is a sweet malts. Aroma is slightly sweet as well. Palate is a light smooth aftertaste.

3.4 Reviewed from notes. The appearance was a clear brown colored body with a nice white filmy head that died immediately before I even took a sip. No lacing was left and no carbonation was seen rising. The smell had smokey malts up front with some slight hints of coffee and sweet bread in the background. The taste was dry with the nice light smokiness coming back to add a sweet maltiness. The palate was light, slightly creamy with nothing harsh on the tongue, sessionable. Overall, this was pretty good, I’m glad when I picked up the variety pack from ABC that this was in.

3.0 Draft at the brewpub in Gettysburg. Pours perfectly clear medium brown with a thin creamy beige head. Tastes malty and nutty, with hints of caramel and toffee. Light body and low carbonation. Smells nutty and bready.

3.0 Tap at Gettysburg brewpub. Pours clear brown with a slight ruby tint and creamy light beige head. Aroma is cookie malts, light berry esters, light brown sugar, light plum, and faint toast. Flavor is bready malt base, dark fruit ester sweetness, and faint floral hops; a little thin with a semisweet finish. Medium body and carbonation.

3.0 Scottish Ale - my favourite ! Rates a rate I guess ... Tap at Appalachian, Collegeville, 29/11/13. Dark mahogony brown with a light tan covering. Nose is dark fruit, Xmas cake, brown sugars, toffee. Taste follows, dark toffee and malty. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry closure. So so, as good is usually gets for this non style.

1.4 Bottle. Deep copper-brown color, slightly cloudy. Rich malty, slightly sweet aroma. Good - definitely malty with some roastiness too. ***ETA*** this description was for the first beer in the case. Unfortunately, about half the bottles were SOUR - ie infected. Original score was close to 4, but such a bad thing nukes the score. That it turned out like that is absolutely not acceptable.

2.8 Deep reddish brown beer with a thin white head of small bubbles. Nose is virtually non-existent with some barely discernible sweet malt notes. Flavor is definitely on the sweet side, although not overwhelmingly so, with some nutty caramel flavors that are pretty tasty followed by a light bitterness that gives a touch of contrast. There isn’t much else there, but what is there is pretty good. I enjoyed the taste, but the lack of aroma really drags it down.

3.4 A: Amber Hue, Passes Some Light, White Head Ring, Some Lacing S: Mild Caramel, Mild Chocolate Malts T: Caramel, German Malts, Mild Chocolate M: Average Carbonation, Medium Bodied, Semi Sweet, Semi Drying Overall, a light Scotch Ale that isn’t overly sweet and very drinkable, mild hop character mixed in.

3.2 12oz bottle. Pours a dark copper color with a big pillowy off-white foam head that lingers. Sweet maltly aroma with notes of roasty malts and toffee. Flavor was malty and roasted with an almost sourdough bread taste and a slightly smoky element. It finishes with a bitterness which leaves with an aftertaste of the same. Body is medium to full with light carbonation

3.6 Pours a clear, brown/amber color with a lighter tan color along the bottom of the glass. 1/5 inch head of an off-white color. Poor retention and poor lacing. Smells of roasted malt, sweet malt, yeast, caramel, and slight chocolate. Fits the style of a Scottish Ale. Mouth feel is smooth and crisp with an average carbonation level. Tastes of roasted malt, yeast, slight sweet malt, slight caramel, hint of dark citrus, and slight grain. Overall, a good body, blend, and aroma.

3.1 Bottle. Toasty caramel malt aroma. Deep amber with a small beige head. Follows the nose with toasty caramel malt flavor with a touch of peat. Light body, average carbonation.

3.2 Sweet, reddish tinge, I expected more smoky notes, but this was still a decent attempt. I can’t say I’m a huge fan of the style.

3.3 Pours deep amber into the glass, with a diminishing eggshell head that reduces to sparse lacing, almost no ring of bubbles. The nose is of chocolates and malt. The flavors are similar, light toast, caramel, toffee, milk chocolate and a definitive Yoo-Hoo Chocolate Drink essence. The body is light, active on the palate, not seriously "substantive" nor complex, but it’s by far the best mass-produced offering from the brewery I’ve had in a long line of trial offerings. It finishes a bit doughy (as is the predominance of many Appalachian brews), but has enough Scotch Ale contingencies to at least be considered an attempt.

2.0 Don’t like the beer at all. Just tasted awful. I hope that you don’t try it. Ok appearance but don’t like it.

3.1 12oz bottle from variety pack. Poured into pint glass, very deep clear amber-copper color with creamy off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt, brown sugar, toast and some chocolate notes. Taste is very creamy, roasty sweetness dominating, notes of toffee with the slightest of earthy hops. Medium body, malty and sweet. My first Scottish ale, maybe a few other examples can win me over for this style.

3.0 Draft at gettysburg location. Red clear pour, with a short, off white head. Caramel, light hop bitterness, malty, and somewhat watery. I’m not a fan of this style really.

3.3 Location/Date:Bottle split with Ben on November 10th, 2012. Appearance: Poure a nice dark maroon. Aroma: Aroma of caramel malt, some faint smoke. Taste: Faint bitterness, caramel, hint of grapefruit. Palate:Medium light body, shirt aftertaste. Summary: Solid scotch ale, a slightly under appreciated style. Solid beer.

3.0 Nice reddish, coppery color with a nice foamy head. It had a light coffee aroma with a light bitter taste. Nicely pleasing on the palate with a robust coffee, caramel hit.

3.4 Bottle. Pours red copper color with minimal head. Smell is sweet with hints of caramel. Smooth, cream like initial taste with caramel. Low hop medium malt. Good body. Smooth finish with a hint of bitterness. Overall a good beer.

3.7 Draft. No head, cloudy light brown to caramel. Full body, some carbonation, moderate flavors not a mossy scotch at all . Different for style but I like.

3.4 On tap at the brewpub. Amber-copper pour with white head. Aroma of slightly smokey, rich english malt with a hint of english hops. Taste is sweet, but also very roasty, lots of toffee, dark toasted malt. Palate is light, a tad watery. Good.

3.3 Draft at the source. Hazy amber color. Aroma of caramel and toast. Taste is slightly burnt butterscotch.

3.1 Excellent price for a decent wee heavy. No arrogant bastard here but if you’re in the mood for a scottish ale, not a bad choice.

2.9 This one’s not bad. It had a very sweet aroma with a brown sugar and chocolate bread taste. A decent body.

3.1 Poured a clear dark copper color, medium head. Aroma of caramel, sugarcane, vanilla, nuts. Light bitter, med lite sweetness. Average carbonation. Finishes off a little weird and week, but overall not bad. Starts off nice. It would be nice to see a bit more kick and warming alcohol in here.

2.9 From notes: Growler from Collegeville, PA location. Pours ruby red with a 3-finger, but thin, bone-colored head that left a decent amount of lacing. Caramelly roasted malt aroma, with maybe a note of yeast underneath. Body was a touch on the thin side. Sweet, roasted malt flavor, with biscuity yeast in the finish.