Scottish Ale

[mainecanoe]

My first brew was a Brewer's Best Scottish Ale. It's been in the bottle for a week. Decided to give it a try and it's super smokey. I'm hoping it will mellow. Any one make this recipe and get the same result? It's only a week in the bottles so I'm hoping it's just not ready yet.

 

[AgentHubcap]

I let my scottish ale age for 3 months. By that time it was so smooth. Give it some time and you'll love it.

 

[BrewerBear]

I did a Brewers best ScottishAle last summer, came out very good. What commercial ScottishAles have you had.

 

[mainecanoe]

I was hoping it'd mello with time. Its just incredibly smoky right now. I've only tried one commercial scottish ale and that was Gritty's here in Maine. It wasn't smokey at all so I thought I had produced some off flavors.

 

[mainecanoe]

Week #2 and the beer has mellowed out substantially. It tasted great now. I'm expecting it to get better next Friday as the smoke flavor continues to mellow.

 

[avidhomebrewer]

Like others have said, give it more time and it should mellow out quite a bit. I've made that beer before and it does take some aging time.

 

[mainecanoe]

After 4 weeks in the bottle, the brew is mellowing and almost tastes ok. It's a little thin, but it's improving