(Bottled) Nut brown colour. Nice head. Smokey aroma with notes of tar. Dry, smoked and peaty flavour with a touch of toffee. An excellent alternative to single malt whisky.

Skull Splitter pours to a beautiful deep garnet color with a slight tan head that fades, and a soft carbonation. The nose on this beer is very warming and inviting with lots of big caramel, sweet malty, and a touch peat smoky aromas, paired with some peppery alcohol. The palate is rich and full, with deep caramel and sweet malty flavors that coat the tongue. Skull Splitter finishes with huge, complex, delicious malt character up front, then ends with a slightly cloying, peppery alcoholic burn. At 8.5% abv, this is a potent brew that is meant to be sipped and savored. Skull Splitter makes a wonderful after dinner drink, and a great night cap brew. It also makes a fantastic desert beer and would match well with a rich and creamy NY Style cheese cake, or with a cheese course of sharp, aged, sheep’s milk cheese.

My personal favorite, all time champion, which probably says something about my taste in beer. Its a malt wallop explosion in your mouth with a huge honey sweet kick and a clean finish with a lingering peaty smoked out aftertaste. Mix in one of the best names/bottle combinations of all time and we got a winner. I think I’m going to move to the Orkney’s just so I can drink this straight from the tanks.

Sweet, fruity, lasting head, dark-reddish amber color, notes of fig and dark fruit. Doesn’t taste as boozy as I’d expect an 8.5% beer to taste. My favorite beer, by far.

My favorite scottish ale. Lots of chocolate and some carmel malts. Strong alcohol on the palate.