Big Dogs Kilt Sniffer Scottish Ale

Date: 01/03/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

solid black, thin fine tan head, rich dry malt aroma with hints of smokey chocolate, creamy body, increadable huge rich malt flavor, nice ripe fruit with plums and raisons, lots of carmel flavor but well tempered with just a bit of sweetness, good chocolate, nice smokey peat in the finish that just grows and grows as it warms, no smoke or peat used in the brewing

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

ruby/very dark brown color with some fruity and nutty aromas and flavors. some apricot and candi sugar, with carmel and lots of malts.

Draught at the brewpub
Dark amber color. Some caramel and candi aroma. The taste is malty, sweet, caramel, well round. Similar to the Red Hydrant Ale, but sweeter. Pleasant.

Looks and smells nice. Fairly sweet, but also a little sour. Sweeter at the finish and more than one would expect for the style. Tasted a little light actually on the alcohol too, but still fairly decent.

Growler at KP’s Cellar. Pours dark red-brown with tan head. Aroma is astringent and malty. Very malty flavor with a little bit of peat and some slight molasses and chocolate. Did they use candi sugar? Average scotch ale.

Dark brown,almost black with a thick off white head. Aroma is a bit watery, corn and light alcohol. Flavor is sweet malt, light roast, caramel. A bit to sweet for my taste but not bad.

Sampled from a growler courtesy of kp: Pours a dark mahogany with ruby huies and a thin tan head. Sweet dark malty and mildly peaty aroma has a touch of dark fruits. Starts sweet and sticky with lots of dark caramel malt and some mild plum flavor with some dark Belgian candi sugar sweetness. A touch of bitterness in the finish rounds out this nice, fairly authentic Scotch ale.

Growler @ Kps cellar. Poured a brownish ruby color with a medium tan head and a nice cascade effect. Aroma was sweet and malty. Grapey with caramel and chocolate. Malty sweet flavor. Smooth mouthfeel with a low carbonation. Warming.