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It’s not a local beer, but it’s AVAILABLE locally, it’s from the American West and it’s good.

• Better than caber toss.

In case you’re not up on your Scottish vernacular, a claymore is a medieval two-handed longsword.

While it didn’t take two hands to hoist this 7.7% ABV brew, the Great Divide Brewing Co. beer does have heft. It’s said to be a tribute to the “Wee Heavy,” a charming term that refers to Scotch strong ales. Malty and sweet—a nice winter choice.

This article appears in Jan 17-23, 2013.

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Beer of the Week: Claymore Scotch Ale

by James Williams, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 22, 2013

<h1>Beer of the Week: Claymore Scotch Ale</h1> <p class="byline">by James Williams, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 22, 2013</p> <p>It's not a local beer, but it's AVAILABLE locally, it's from the American West and it's good.</p> <div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media2.fdncms.com/bend/imager/better-than-caber-toss/u/original/2210540/1358908273-greatdividebeer.jpg" alt="Better than caber toss." title="Better than caber toss." width="480" height="640" /></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ImageArchives?by=2124650" target="_blank"></a></li> <li>Better than caber toss.</li> </ul> </div> <p>In case you're not up on your Scottish vernacular, a claymore is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore">medieval two-handed longsword</a>. </p> <p>While it didn't take two hands to hoist this <strong>7.7% ABV</strong> brew, the <a href="http://greatdivide.com/">Great Divide Brewing Co</a>. beer does have heft. It's said to be a tribute to the "Wee Heavy," a charming term that refers to Scotch strong ales. Malty and sweet—a nice winter choice.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/beer-of-the-week-claymore-scotch-ale-2210539/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=16321&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/beer-of-the-week-claymore-scotch-ale-2210539/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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