Lafayette Pipers Pride Scottish Ale

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

The aroma was filled with coffee. The body was a dark amber to medium brown. The carbonation offered a brief tingling on the palate. The flavor was a medium-intesity coffee.

Medium-light brown. Soft malt nose, and soft texture. Has a glazed ham finish, with a middle sweet and smoky flavor. Nice touch on the end. In the front there are some hop bitterness that mellows into the smokiness. Some roasted, coffee flavors.

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
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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

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.

Part of a sampler. Brown color with minimal head. Aroma of roasted malts and taste of sweet malts with slight hop finish. Very drinkable brew.

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.

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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On tap at the brewpub. Aroma is non-existent faint generic malt. Pours a darker amber caramel, with a rim in off-white. Flavor is very, very plain. Not offensive, but not nearly characterful enough. This is plain. Generic malt. Faint, faint smoke and some toasted wheat. A bit of bread and some alcohol. Palate runs a little sweet. Meh. Drinkable, but nothing to get excited about.