Scottish word association time. Aye aye aye aye, I am the Scottish bandito.* “If you don’t eat yer meat you can’t have any pudding. How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat.?” I seem to remember that bit of Scottish verbiage from Pink Floyd’s school days. ** Or pondering why Mike Meyers’ Shrek has a working-class Scottish accent (albiet a poor one) when the rest of the forest doesn’t. *** Bond had a Scottish accent, does that mean he had a license to kilt?
All this pondering and mind wandering did not distract me from the task at hand, that being Neustadt’s Scottish Pale Ale. My glass had an Aye! full. Not our first Scottish excursion mind you, the Scots do fancy an ale now and again.
This one pours a ruddy amber, an unpale but appealing pale. A thin as can be, and then even thinner head. A malty aroma, some fruit in there too? I expected a malt assault but got apple/pear fruit with a very dry finish. The malt started to show up after a pull or two. The malt mixed with some indiscernible fruit resulting in an interesting and tasty pale ale. A dark malty looking pour but a light mild malty fruit with a watery mouthfeel. Definitely easy drinking. No hops no bitters no citrus, no problem. A solid traditional pale. The vote has been counted and the Ayes have it.
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