Pike Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale

(Bottle) Pours a lightly cloudy amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of toaste malt, grass, toffee, and malt. Flavor of caramel malt, hops, and peat moss.

Clear sparkling amber, thin fizzy off white head. Nose held notes of soft smoked caramel malt, toffee, and cherry, with touches of leather. Flavor was lightly smoked malt and caramel up front with a light hop bitterness late. Overall, decent balance ensues. Light to medium bodied, light carbonation, semi- bittersweet finish . It’s aiiight...

at pikes brewery, seattle. probably one of the better pikes i had that day. orange brown pour with a tan plump head. slim nose of of white sweets vanilla and toffee. rock candy with predominant malt back bone. slight bittering hops evident at the backend. not as big as i had hoped.

Bottle. Amber brown beer with no real head. Malty flavor with some roastiness and enough hops to balance. Malty aroma. Well balanced and easy to drink.

From the bottle.

Pours a light orange with an aroma that seems limited when the beer is cold but which develops a pleasing complexity as it warms. The mouth is rich without being heavy, and lively in its carbonation.

The taste is warm malt, with a creme brule sweetness and hints of seaweed, smoke, oak, and cognac. The alcohol, while noticable, adds to the richness. Rather than forsaking the hops, the brewers have balanced the rich malt with enough hops to provide a spicy complement to the other favors to round out the finish with a pleasing bitter note.

Thi s is a first-rate beer, and probably my favorite of Pike’s offerings.

"I’ve seen one too many kilts lifted after saying something like that!" Haha, okay, that’s funny, and stay cute, server girl. No really, you’re cute. I’d love to datecha, pigtails. Oh yeah, the beer’s brilliant too.

Nice orange color, rather ododrless. Has an orange-apply flavor with a mild hop prescence. A nice solid beer.

Clear bright amber hue. Rich malty, peated aroma with toffee and caramel. Sweet toffee/ caramel palate, fairly clean in the finish.