Lafayette Pipers Pride Scottish Ale

Brewed by Lafayette Brewing Company
Style: Scottish Ale
Lafayette, Indiana USA

Name: Piper’s Pride Scotch Ale
Date: 11/08/1997
Source: Brewfest, Real Ale Festival

dark amber, whispy head, rich earthy malt aroma, rich malt flavor with just enough hops to ballance and give a touch of lasting bitterness, too bitter for a scotch, but a damn fine brew
-------- /> Name: Piper’s Pride Scotch Ale
Date: 04/26/2007
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Score: 3.4 to 3.4

lots of lace, thin body, rich dark caramel malt flavor balanced by peaty essence and earthy hops, bitterness toned down to normal range,
-------- /> Name: Piper’s Pride Scotch Ale
Date: 07/21/2007
Mode: cask
Source: indy fest

smokey earthy aroma with sweet dark caramel, the caramel flavor is thining out a bit and picking up a light tartness, firkins at a summer brewfest may be a bad idea,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

on tap-pours an off white head and red color. Aroma is sweet medium malt, coppery/peat. Taste is sweet medium malt-caramel, peat, secondary coppery hops with some bite mid-palate. Mild carbonation.

From the tap this pours a clear reddish brown with a small tan head that soon becomes a ring around the glass. The aroma is toffee and butterscotch with some white bread toast. Peat smoke emerges in the flavor to complement the malty sweetness nicely. An easygoing, sessionable ale.

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Draft sample at LB brewpub. Poured clear brown color with medium creamy off-white head that mostil lasted with good lacing. Medium aroma of roasted smoke malt. Medium body with soft carbonation. Medium sweet flavor of malt with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Drinkable brew.

This draft brew from the brewery poured a small head of fine to medium sized off-white colored bubbles that left behind a good lacing. The body was a transparent carbonated amber brown color. The aroma was very mild and slightly malty. The mouth feel was smooth with a mild tingle The flavor was smooth mild and had a lingering malty red aftertaste. A nice brew but awful thin for a Scottish.

On tap at LBC. This beer formed a very small sized light tan head with fine sized bubbles that quickly diminished. The body was carbonated and transparent with an amber brown hue. All I could detect for an aroma was malt and the flavor was sweet, malty and a little smokey tasting. The mouthfeel was smooth and the lacing was fair. A so-so Scottish Ale in my opinion.

tap - Pours a slightly hazy dark amber with a lingering head that leaves good lacing. The aroma is light malt. It tastes malty as is typical for the style, but also has a nice hops bite to it. There’s a medium body that goes down smoothly and has a dry finish with mild alcohol.

On tap at LBC. A deep amber/brown pour without head or lacing. An almost candy aroma without much hops. A toasted malt flavor with a hop kicker in the end. Just a bit over carbonated for me and just a tad thin. A very drinkable beer.