Moylans Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale

Brewed by Moylans Brewery & Restaurant
Style: Scotch Ale
Novato, California USA

On tap at the Flying Saucer in KC. Pours a crystal clear, ruby amber body with a dense, finger-width, brown head that dissipates slowly and leaves lots of creamy lacing. Aroma of scotch, sweet bready caramels, big raisins, and a light chocolate plum. Flavor is sweet and malty. Really nice and not muted like some scotch ales. Starts with very sweet caramel and raisin before a smooth chocolate comes in. Some scotch flavor also introduces itself and glides into the finish with plenty of caramel and raisin. Bready with lots of fruitcake flavors. Finishes with a bit of pepper in the scotch with lingering fruit, caramel, and chocolate. Medium to full body and very smooth with a long lingering taste after a slow drying finish. Overall, surprisingly tasty. I normally don’t think too highly of scotch ales, but this was pretty good. Nice body and balance. I really like the scotch flavor in this a lot. Pronounced, but accompanied by enough other flavors very well. Underrated!

Carame. Vanilla lingers. Malt. A really nice beer for today, a humid Missouri afternoon. The kid runs around in the backyard. We drink.

Pour is a dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is full of peat and earthyness. Flavor is a caramel and fruit at first then comes a bit of chocolate, peat and booze. Kinda finishes hot but so does a good scotch. Good example of the style just for the fact a lot of the peat really stands out. A good beer to have with a cigar.

Aye gimmie another one of those fine scotch ales Sonny. This take to where you want to be. It is very delicious.

clear dark amber under a small beige head. sweet malty dark fruit (raisin, cherry) aroma with some alcohol noticeable. a bit chewy in the palate. fruity and caramel flavors.

Great name for this one and a good beer too. Nice aroma of malt and bread. Pours a hazy amber with a nice head. Taste is sweet like a scotch ale should be. Finish nice and refreshing. I think this is very true to the style.

Appearance: Slightly hazed, dark amber body with a very thin, off-white head (they did generously fill my glass). Smell: First, it’s fruit, with esters delivering notes of dried cherry, golden raisins, and plums. Also, there’s a mild scent of lightly grainy bread dunked in alcohol. Taste: Without delay, without so much as a "hi", it’s sweetish, bready, and fruity. A mouthful of fruitcake springs to mind. Lesser hints of steeped grain and a bite of caramel emerge. It’s a continuous sweetish fruitiness until the drying finish punctuated briefly by a faint touch of bitterness and some lightly peppery alcohol hints. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: Politely put, it’s a fine, serviceable scotch ale that’s more wee than heavy, leaving me wanting for a more hearty malt backbone. For the time being, I’ll be reaching for a 90 Shelling instead.

Draught at Speakeasy. Pretty nice, easy drinking scotch ale. Surprised this is rated so low--its pretty darn good.