Leinenkugels Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale
Filling the senses with a fragrant malt aroma, Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale features a variety of robust malts that create rich flavor and texture. Hand-selected malts include Pale, Honey, Caracrystal® Wheat, Roasted, Victory®, and Cherrywood Smoked. Like its predecessor, Russian Imperial Stout, Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale ages and travels well.
Leinenkugel’s Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale, a dense, mahogany-colored brew, features a creamy tan foam. As it warms, the layers of malt flavors will melt together revealing the subtle undertones of fruit and biscuits. As the brew mellows, it reveals more of its plum, raisin, and dark cherry flavors.
Leinenkugel’s Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale, a dense, mahogany-colored brew, features a creamy tan foam. As it warms, the layers of malt flavors will melt together revealing the subtle undertones of fruit and biscuits. As the brew mellows, it reveals more of its plum, raisin, and dark cherry flavors.
3.6
267 reviews
Chippewa Falls, United States
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Pours murky brown with a small amount of light tan fizz. Smells strongly of caramel. Taste is an explosion of caramel and toffee flavors. Full-bodied with a slick texture and soft mouth-carbonation, Leinenkugel’s Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale finishes with a lingering sweetness.
2012 Vintage. Aroma is bourbon, I thought this might be BB aged, but it isn’t. Pours cloudy dark brown, no head. Taste is unexpected. It’s traditional scotch ale flavors with a bit of tartness. Not too much, but it’s sort of like a Belgian/Scotch ale hybrid or something. A little odd, but the 9.5% abv is nice.
This is my favorite scotch ale... Brewed in Wisconsin... By Leinenkugel. It's so wrong, but so true. I love Big Eddy :)
Bottle - pours a dark ruby with a fair tan lace - nose of toffee, moderate melanoidin richness, vanilla bean, bourbon, light smoke - however, there is also a mild acidity that seems off and unintentional - body is fairly creamy - moderate acidity early, tart, almost sour - uncharacteristic of the style, tasting characteristic of an infection - underneath there are rich malts, moderate smoke, plum, raisin - but it’s hard to overlook that initial sourness - disappointing.
My first wee heavy. Dark, rich, warming. Thought it was a little syrupy, which is probably the style. I hated it at first- it felt too sweet for me. After drinking a few more over a few days, I started liking it a bit more.
12oz. bottle, 2012 vintage, cellar aged since release. Aroma of sweet, toffeeish malt, brown sugar, raisin, dried cranberry, apple, and some faint maple nut and tartness in the background. Hazy dark red-brown in color with a very slight, light tan ring head. Flavor profile is full of dark fruit, berryish tones and dark caramel malts, with touches of fruity tartness, earth, spice and wood. Light to moderate bitterness appearing towards the finish. Ultimately dry, lightly acidic and warming on the palate, low in effervescence, body is certainly full enough. Respectable.
December 11, 2013 - bottle from Flanagans. Dark brown pour with nice amount of head. A nice aroma of malt, dark fruit, alcohol and yeast. Taste was consistent with aroma, but also had a touch of spice and smoke that I enjoyed. Medium bodied, relatively smooth and a slightly dry alcohol finish.
Poured from a 2013,12 ounce bottle.
Aroma-vinious, low fruity alcohol notes, caramel
Appearance-pours a cloudy brown with very little head
Taste-grainy caramel/toffee, soft grape notes that lend a vinious quality to the flavor as well, a soft chocolate note in the finish
Palate-this is a big, thick, chewy beer, low carbonation, warming alcohol
Overall- this is a very well made wee heavy, not overly sweet or syrupy, great malt melanoidin character, lots of malt depth
A fan of wee heavies and this is respectful of the style, sweet and malty, thin head, a little thin on the palate, but a very good beer.
Clear copper with a quickly dissipating thin tan topper. Aroma of toffee, fruit, citrus, brown sugar and sweet malt. Taste of toffee, sugar, burnt malt, brown sugar and alcohol. Pretty much just a big boozy sweet malt bomb.
Light toffee colored pour. Big off-white head. Plenty of lacing. Slight malty aroma. Taste is a nice sweet malty flavor. Not bad.
Bottle sampled at a tasting. From notes. Sweet malt with caramel and spices. A decent hint of the standard scotch ale flavor. Pretty good.
Leinenkugel’s Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale has a medium, cream-colored head, a red-brown appearance, and no lacing left behind. The aroma is rich- dark cherries, some wood, strong barley malt, sweet, brown bread crust, and raisin. Taste is of all those, with smoked wood, cherry skin, raisin, and brandy wine, with a slight bitter undertaste. Mouthfeel is pretty much heavy and slick, and Leinenkugel’s Big Eddy Wee Heavy Scotch Ale finishes semi-wet, rich, chewy, and delicious to the hilt. Overall, this is outstanding. RJT
Deep amber pour with baby off-white head. Big, sweet malt on the nose. Baked cherry bread with prune jam spread. Subtle booze finish. A fitting stickiness. Will stow one for a later date.
A really good Wee Heavy. Very bready aromas and flavours. Rye and Raisin flavours. Malty. One of the better Leinenkugel offerings.
Pours a deep amber with a thin off white head. Well carbonated. Aroma is slightly vegetable, but not unpleasant. Mouth feel is much fuller than most Scotch Ales. Very smooth, with no unpleasant alcohol bite that sometimes accompanies such a high APV. As expected, this 9.5% ale has a nice sweetness that balances nicely with the toasty maltiness.
Not a bad Wee Heavy. Pour is nice. A lovely, ruby tinged dark caramel color with nice light tan head. Nose is malty, sweet, and vinous. Flavor is initially too sweet, but with a little warming and further tasting the sweetness mellows a bit to let the malty flavors come through. Could be bigger on the palate with more depth of flavor to improve.
Bottle. Pours a an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a sweetish malty spicy caramel aroma. Sweetish malty spicy caramel flavor. Has a sweetish malty spicy caramel finish with weak smoky hints.
Decent but not something I would get overly excited about. In all fairness I’m not sure Scotch ales are my cup of tea
2012 - about 1 year old.Very dark brown. Small tan head with ring around glass. Aroma is peaty roasty malt; brown sugar, caramel, some dark fruit and alcohol. Flavor much the same with the finish adding some roasted chocolateyness. Medium body. Roasty, moderate sweetness, alcohol warming. smooth. Nice complexity.
smells scotchy, and caramel. A little roast and dark fruit. almost a little banana bread? some sort of baked fruit bread.
woah. Fairly scotchy, malty, sweet/dark fuity. Mainy sweet and scotch. A little malt/alcohol burn at the end, but fairly smooth.
Pours dark brown with a bit lacing tan head. Aroma is of toffee, roasted malt, and molasses. Body is full with long lasting sweet taste. A bit of dark fruits and bread round out the palate and overall quite a refreshing beer
On tap. Pours a dark burgundy color with a finger of foamy white head. Aroma of rich roasted malts, dark fruit, and syrupy molasses. Taste is sweet and malty. Roasted malts, raisins, molasses, and some warming alcohol in the finish.
An exquisite sweet malty aroma that pours a deep mahogany w/ no head or lacing. The taste is quite smooth but just doesn’t have the flavor explosion I was hoping for. It’s great on the palate at 9+% but just seems to be lacking something. Good.
A- Pours a dark caramel brown and when held up to the light gives off a reddish hue. Head retention didnt hold very well.
S- Very sweet almost like dark candied fruits, also gives off a watered down scotch profile.
T- Dark fruits with a sweet malt background and a hint of scotch.
M- Lightly carbonated, coats the mouth well and is very satisfying.
O- very enjoyable. havent had many of this style so cant wait to expand.
Little on the light-bodied side. Not really that much lace. Huge sweet candied malt flavor. Butter scotch. Very enjoyable. Alcohol well hidden.
Deep chestnut brown, ruby when backlit. Yellow-tan head that slowly fades to a ring. Aroma is chewy toffee, dark caramel, dates, light vanilla, light fresh rain on a grass field. Body is medium with moderate fairly soft carbonation. Flavor is a complex old dry woody caramel, grass, light bread crust comes through as it warms, it also gets just a bit hot. A light swell of bitterness passes quickly a few seconds into the aftertaste. Yum!
12oz served in a Duvel tulip
A - Pours a dark mahogany brown with a small off-white head.
S - Soured fruit, plums, cherries, red apples, sweet molasses, cola syrup.
T - Follows the nose with tart and over ripened fruit, apples, plums, and cherries. Brown sugar and caramel in the background. Earthy barley runs heavy through the center. Alcohol is very prominent adding a sharp dryness. Some nuttiness on the finish.
M - Medium body, ample carbonation helps lift the sweet body, thins out as it sits.
Very fruit forward here. Big rustic malts as well, there was only a hint of roast and no smokiness but the fruit made up for it. Pretty good for the style. The big eddy series is on a roll. (except for the DIPA)
Serving type: bottle
03-17-2013
This bottle has been sitting upright for about a year in my beer fridge. Little foam when opened, larger bubbles formed a scant head. A strong smell of malt with a hint of butter and alcohol mixed in. Dark, ruby, red clean appearance. Absence of head is not distracting from appearance. Sweet, medium easy drinking, but settles rather heavy when finished. A full-body with long aftertaste. Overall, a rather desirable beer holding true to a Scotch Ale. Too bad MillerCoors has a part in this.
Bottle. Pours clear dark amber with a frothy white minimal head. Aroma is sweet with sugar, raisin, caramel, oxidation, light smoke and a little tart fruit.
Taste is moderate sweet and light bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Finishes sweet and warming.