Heinzelmannchen Kilted Gnome Scottish Ale

Brewed by Heinzelmannchen Brewery
Style: Scottish Ale
Sylva, North Carolina USA

Name: Kilten Gnome Scottish
Date: 09/23/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Asheville

muddy brown, whispy beige head, sweet carmel malt aroma with a bit of earthy smoke, nice rich malt flavor, mostly dry, good earthy character with a touch of peat, a light sour edge

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

on tap-pours a light tan head and amber/brown color. Aroma is malt-caramel. Taste is malt-caramel, smoky, good secondary hops, alcohol just noticeable.

Nice smoky malt aroma. Moderate brown with decent head. Smoked malt flavor blended with molasses with a very nice alcohol warming sensation that comes out in the end without any harshness. An extremely well made beer.

Light Brown, foamy head. Aroma of bread, but kinda tart, too. Smooth and mellow, with a cola-ish flavor and a hint of molasses. Thin bodied (in a good way) and quaffable. Not bad.

tap @ Heinzelmannchen and 2liter growler to go. pours brown/ruby with thin bewige head. aroma and taste, roasted malts, brown sugar, light fruity notes; figs, med carbonation with some lingering sweetness in teh finish.Found it to be an interesting approach to the style and definitely keeps elements of their pilsener base they use to brew their beers. Too bad that at 7.5abv some of the ingredients seem too muted.

Draught at the brewery. Pours amber with a really big beige head. The aroma is malt and caramel with a little bit of alcohol. The flavor has a bunch of high alcohols (despite the brewmaster personally telling me that the malts mask the alcohol). There are some other caramel and smoke flavors in there, but the jet fuel quality really ruins it for me. Maybe if he put this in a cask and let it sit for a while it would get better.

Draught at Nick & Nate’s. This pours dark cloudy brownish red. The aroma is of peat, caramel, cigar smoke. The first thing that hits my mouth: alcohol. It tastes like when a thermometer is swabbed with rubbing alcohol then inserted into my mouth to take my temperature. Now, there really isn’t any burning on the palate, though. I wonder if perhaps it is something else in the brew that causes the taste of ethanol. Not sure what to make of it. Beneath this cheap vodka taste are notes of burning leaf smoke, peanuts, thin caramel, some oak perhaps. But I just can’t get past the piercing flavor of well vodka, it gives me a headache before I can finish the pint.

Growler provided by Book-m-Dano. Pours mahogany-chestnut in color with a light white head. Sweet musty aroma with hints of peat and molasses. The flavor follows the aroma with peat, toasted malt, lightly sweet licorice, and a ginger cola finish. Medium round body. Not a bad brew.