Pike Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale

Brewed by Pike Pub & Brewery
Style: Scotch Ale
Seattle, Washington USA

Orange-brown, slightly hazy, moderate cream coloured head. Aromas of citrus hops, wet leaves, and an earthy, peaty undertone. Surprisingly hoppy palate, almost tangy, with the healthy helping of malt as promised. Pleasantly earthy and sweet. Easy on the peat, which is a good thing.

A hazy amber beer with a lazing light brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of ginger and caramel, while the flavor is sweet fruity combined with notes of ginger, leading to a dry and slighlty bitter end.

Bottle. Amber colour with a tan head. Sweet caramel malty, light fruity, belgium yeast aroma and taste. Medium body with a dry fruity finish. I like the fruityness that I think comes from the yeast, that might be a Belgium yeasy?

12 oz bottle from Liquid Solutions. Very low intensity aroma smells vaugely of bready malts and little else that I can detect. The body is a soft orange/amber with a diminishing white head that is less than pinky thickness. <P> Sorta grain husk like fore tastes more like a lightly hopped pale ale. Some caramel malt almost makes a play, but this is mostly a cereal grain affair. Where is the peat, sweet malt and ale esters? This tastes like liquid rough bread. It’s not bad tasting it just doesn’t taste very Scotch Ale-ish.

355ml brown bottle. Orangey brown colour, tan head which fades into a wisp on the surface. Floral hop in the aroma, citrus-grapefruit note, with caramel malt. Peaty smoked malt flavour, some sweetness and caramel malt. Malty, earthy finish with light hops and woody notes. Medium body.

Tap. Dark copper color with a thick white head. Aroma of malt and burnt wood. Malt, caramel and hints of fruit in the flavor. The finish reminds me of apple pie tobacco. B

Bottle. Lasting cream head on bronze. Hard to pick much out of the light aroma, perhaps faint hops, caramal and newsprint. Thick body. Weird sweet flavour with a long smokey peat finish. Enjoyable but stops short of the depth I prefer in the style.

Bottle. Thanks to friends in Idaho. Poured a dark golden colored. Has an apple cider armoa to it. Has the tatse of apples mixed with a smoke taste. Good beer.