14C Scottish Export

Question 1

14C Scottish Export - Overall Impression

Answer 1

A moderate-strength, malty beer with light caramel, toast, toffee, and fruit flavors. A slight roast dryness offsets the residual sweetness in the finish, with the bitterness perceived only to keep the beer from being cloying.

Question 2

14C Scottish Export - Aroma

Answer 2

Medium maltiness with caramel and toffee notes, and light toasty and sugary qualities that might be reminiscent of toasted breadcrumbs, ladyfingers, English biscuits, graham crackers, or butterscotch. Light pome fruitiness and light English hop aroma (earthy, floral, orange-citrus, spicy, etc.) allowable.

Question 3

14C Scottish Export - Appearance

Answer 3

Pale copper to brown. Clear. Low to moderate, creamy off-white.

Question 4

14C Scottish Export - Flavor

Answer 4

Medium toasty-bready malt with caramel and toffee overtones, finishing with a slightly roasty dryness. A wide range of caramelized sugar and toasted bread type of flavors are possible, using similar descriptors as the aroma. Clean maltiness and fermentation profile. Light esters and hop flavor allowable (similar descriptors as aroma). Sufficient bitterness to not be cloying, but with a malty balance and aftertaste.

Question 5

14C Scottish Export - Mouthfeel

Answer 5

Medium body. Medium-low to medium carbonation. Maybe be moderately creamy.

Question 6

14C Scottish Export - Comments

Answer 6

See category introduction for detailed comments. May not seem as bitter as specifications indicate due to higher finishing gravity and residual sweetness. Do not mis-perceive the light roasty dryness as smoke; smoke is not present in these beers. Americanized versions are often greater in strength (similar to American treatment of Irish Red Ales).

Question 7

14C Scottish Export - History

Answer 7

See category introduction. The Shilling ale names were used for mild (unaged) beer before World War I, but the styles took modern form only after World War II.

Question 8

14C Scottish Export - Characteristic Ingredients

Answer 8

At its simplest, pale ale malt and colored malt, but can also use sugars, corn, wheat, crystal malts, colorants, and a variety of other grains. Clean yeast. Soft water. No peat-smoked malt.

Question 9

14C Scottish Export - Style Comparison

Answer 9

See category introduction. Stronger than other Scottish Ales, but with a similar flavor profile. Similar in strength to Best Bitter and Strong Bitter, but with a different flavor profile and balance

Question 10

14C Scottish Export - IBU

Answer 10

15-30

Question 11

14C Scottish Export - SRM

Answer 11

12-20

Question 12

14C Scottish Export - OG

Answer 12

1.040-1.060

Question 13

14C Scottish Export - FG

Answer 13

1.010-1.016

Question 14

14C Scottish Export - ABV

Answer 14

3.9-6.0%

Question 15

14C Scottish Export -Commercial Examples

Answer 15

Belhaven Scottish Ale, Broughton Wee Jock 80 Shilling, Caledonian Edinburgh Castle, McEwan’s 80/-, McEwan’s Export, Traquair Bear Ale