We have brewed this twice. The first time, we added 4oz. Breiss cherry wood smoked malt. Finished at 9.17% abv. Boozy, but great! Second time, we used 3oz. smoked peat. Finished at 8.12% abv. We liked the first one better. The cherry wood smoke made it a little sweeter.

This ale is easy to make, but it has a very lively fermentation and you definitely need a blow off tube. ( This should be mentioned and explained in the instructions.)

I'm a huge fan of Scotch Ales, with a brewery only a few miles away from me making one of my favorites. This was only my 2nd beer, but I figured I'd give it a shot. I only hit one problem: The GY044 Scotch Ale #1 Yeast I'd ordered had to be shipped from the east coast (I'm in CA), and even though it arrived on a cold day and I kept it in the fridge, the pouch never expanded when it came time to brew. But not knowing if this was good or bad I pitched it anyway. 3 days later, no fermentation. I contacted MoreBeer support, and they overnighted me a new packet free of charge which I pitched the next day, to some immediate aggressive fermentation. After that it was smooth sailing, with the final beer coming in at 8.1%. Nice and sweet\malty\smoky, goes down really easy only two weeks since I cracked the first bottle. Good carbonation, nice head. Can see doing this again with some tweaks to the recipe. 5 stars for a great beer, and great MoreBeer support.

Well I thought I would be able to put some of this up for long term ageing, but it didn't last everyone loved this scotch ale. It ended with a 8.6% ABV, but was very smooth with a great mouthfeel. Very enjoyable to even sip at a small juice glass full. Would highly recommend this one, I have another kit on the way.

This was only my third brew but it came out really well; my favorite so far. I'm not a fan of hoppy beers and this one is definitely not hoppy. Good flavor and very potent!

I got this kit as gift awhile back and brewed it in june. Its now August and I am really pleased with the way it has turned out. This beer is very malty so just FYI. It reminded me of McEwans scotch ale which I think is really tasty. If you like strong malty beers this one will definitely please. I doubled up on the yeast since this is quite a high gravity beer. Let it sit a couple weeks in the bottle. Its fine at 2 weeks carbonated but 4 weeks is perfect.

liked it am making more right now

I like the basic recipe, but feel the need to modify it. I add some chocolate malt and a cup of molasses; then it really is tasty! Make sure you use a starter, it is fairly high OG and the yeast need the help. I've fermented it at low and high temps (59deg to 70deg) with WLP028 and always had good results; it conditions beautifully and ages nicely as well; a 2-yr bottle was wonderful.

This resulted in a great, complex brew nearly 10pct above. Recommend a yeast starter with alcohol tolerant yeast as the abv is high. My batch was slow to carbonate, which I attribute to the yeast and no starter. After about 6 mo, this beer was amazing... Complex, smooth and delicious. Tasted like an aged vintage ale, will age well.