Moylans Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale

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

Well done, considering how well the ABV is masked. I’m not sure that I would make a habit of this, however... it’s good, but just not what I want from a beer at this point in time. Would it be fair to describe this as a malty session beer with extra alcohol? I wasn’t careful when I poured it, so there may have been some trub on the bottom of the bottle that got stirred up a little, as it is hazy in my glass. No head to speak of, and the carbonation seems to be less than most store beer I can recall. Not a bad beer, but I am in a phase where I like more hop flavor.

Pours a a dark red hazy. Smells of toffey and syryp sweetness. Starts off with a hint of clover honey and turns into a roasted caramel. i never had this style so i have nothing to compare it too. Lingering alcohol flavor sort off fake and altered by chemical. Not a big fan. I think aging this one on some oak will do it wonders. now i want to go and try more to compare.

Cask at Coles. didnt care for this which was disappointing considering how great their Irish Stout was. Caramel & rich malt presence, wiers strofoam chemical taste, hopefully just bad firkin

2009-12-05. Dark red brown body, near headless, beige ring. 3+ Flavour is fairly sweet, malt, touch of caramel. Aroma is rich sweet caramel malt. 6+ Palate is smooth, average to medium palate, under carbonated. Okay. Has its moments but lacks overall impact. Pleasant. Cask at Coles, Buffalo

RnH: cask: really very disappointed here... love this style and this brew was a weak representation. Poured a deep amber, obviously no head. The nose was more sugary and light than expected. Taste was a bit oily, almost like syrup... some cask booze, bourbon/ tennessee whiskey, not as much as I would have liked and/or expected. Reminded me of maple syrup actually... not a good thing.

22oz. bottle. Sweet, toffeeish aroma, lightly fruity, roasty, earthy and peaty with suggestions of raisin and carrot(?). Dark ruddy amber color with a slight, lasting head. Flavor is fairly mild for the style, with more peat and toffee sweetness, some very mild bitterness and loamy earth on the finish, along with lingering suggestions of herbs, tea leaves. Surprisingly thin mouthfeel, effervescence is low, with a medium body. Not nearly as big or rich as expected, really a pretty easy-going example.

Pours hazy amber with a foamy beige head. Aroam of alcohol, berry, and caramel. Taste is toffee, berry, honey, and bready malt.

Cask at the Beech Tree. Pours a orange brown with a thin to medium sized white head. Caramel, toffee, biscuits, malt on the nose. Malty and sweet with some biscuit on the finish and a good amount of sneaky warming alcohol that shows up later than expected.