Lake Louie Warped Speed

Brewed by Lake Louie Brewing
Style: Scottish Ale
Arena, Wisconsin USA

My favorite beer. Forward alcohol, but appropriate. Sweet in the way a scotch ale should be, but certainly not too sweet like many are. Fruity-malt finish. Solid mouthfeel. Way to go LL!

Murky brown appearance, like Mississippi mud, enormous head on my pint glass, thick, light cocoa-brown, creamy, softly popping down to size. Aroma, nice and malty, distinct notes of cocoa, cream, delicate spices, nuts, a tricle of maple syrup or molasses, a little woody, a very complex and substantial Scotch Ale nose, quite rewarding in all respects. Taste: huge, and uplifting mouthfeel, the Warp speed just floods the palate, washes over the senses, coats the mouth with deliciousness. Wow! This was my reaction on first sip, and guess what? Also, and the 2nd, and 3rd,...and so on, and so forth. Big flavor in this, big taste, full bodied all the way, with a long, fruity/ nutty/malty finish. A very solid beer, a winner all the way! If I were as lucky as, say, cokes (who I thank for this growler), and could get this brew with regularity, I’d be a member of the Warp Speed Sippin’ Club, except I imagine I’d gulp it now and then, and even swig it! I’m less than 1/3 into the jug, and I’m thrilled at the thought that I have so much more left to enjoy! I marvel again, with every additional taste!

Pours a nice frothy head with really good lacing and a clear dark brown color. It falls into a thin layer that sticks around. Smooth brown flavors and a bite of some sort. This is a great beer, went well with turkey and stuffing.

From the bottle showed little head, as is the style. Flavors that agree wth me, slight chocolate. Great body and mouth feel. Not too sweet to drink multiple servings, but high enough in alcohol not to drink too many. Have had it from the tap at The Shed (in Spring Green), and wish I could post a review while drink the tap. I’ll take notes next time. One of my favorite beers.

A strangle loosely bubbled spongey cap of dark ivory grows up pretty steardy over a dark crimsom clear body. Minimal spotty lace sticks. Aroma of burnt raisin, pear, and plum uniquely set within an earthy sweet malt with touches of peet moss. Taste is miraculously woven with lots of subtlities here. Malty malt malts are supreme with a soothing coat of sweet malts plucked of ripe fruits. Plum, raisin, pear, and apricot all sit in a dirty basket then set over a smoldering wet grass fire. Throw in some cinnamon apple pie filling, and here we are. One big smokey fruit pie. Mind you, all is subtle, nothing gains over itself. Its as if everything were carefully melted then stirred into the glass. There’s even bits of herbal hops slowly developing as it lingers off the malts in the finish along with a bit of chocolate. The warmer it gets the more subtle complexities it tends to favor. Medium full heft. Big creamy malt loaden body thats not overly cloying but getting pretty freakin’ close. Fruitish, sweetish, smokeyish, gooeyish, tangyish, slowish. Sippingly succulent! About what it would be like enjoying a beer infused Jolly Rancher while sitting around a campfire.

Bottle. Very dark brown body with a thin tan head. Big caramel/milk chocolate sweetness in the aroma with nut dryness and some apple to break it up. Very appetizing. Medium body with a gentle but dense carbonation to really fill it out. The main thurst of the flavor is a strong raisin/plum sweetness with some chocolate malt alongside. As this dissapates roasty black malt and bitter stemmy hops come into play. By far the most interesting part is the lingering, smoky finish. The initial sweetness is a bit cloying but the roast and hops and a delight to linger on.

Light brown/dark amber body with a small off-white head. The aroma is golden raisins, caramel, brown sugar and floral hops. The flavor is caramel, floral, raisins and fairly dry. Medium/light body with soft carbonation and a dry, slightly bitter finish. Terrific stuff.

Pour is dark ruby brown with a thin sticky light brown head...smell is toasty and quite sweet at first almonds, molasses, caramel, and hints of smoke...taste is is sweet as well with lots of candy coated nuts...like those sugar coated almonds actually...terrific mouthfeel...smokey almond flavors dominate all the way through this thing...some alcohol too...nice.