Pike Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale

Seems like another average Pike beer. Orangy copper, some fine sediment, a light tan cap with little retention but decent spotty lacing. The aroma is pretty solid in its power, toated and caramel malts, almonds and slight fruit. Lots of toasted caramel taste, a bit almond, interesting sweetness, slight spicy burn. I enjoyed how this tasted but not enough to get any more. Medium bodied, light fizz in the mouth. Smoothness that seems syrupy but is not. Decent middle but it fades to quickly on the finish. Chewy and mild spice meet the bitterness in a lingering after taste.

Bomber. Pours a cloudy copper amber with a small frothy off white head that diminishes quickly to nothing. The aroma is fruity malt with smoke and caramel. Thin mouthfeel with a sweet malt with caramel and a nice dry finish. Hides the alcohol well making it easy to drink. A good scotch ale from Pike.

This Scottish ale poured into rich, dark, and clear amber colour underneath a foaming off-white head, albeit on the small side. The aroma was quite malty with some undertones of hops, and it was quite pleasing to the nose. The taste was very much as I’d expected a Scottish to be, with malt sweetness and what I thought might be some caramel as well. Mouthfeel was "solid", and the finish was quite right.

12 oz bottle. Fantastic name! Pours out chestnut brown with minimal head. Aroma was caramel and toffee with a bit of earthy hops. Flavor was very malty, caramel, toffee and some earthy hop notes for a little balance. Not terrible, but not great either.

Pours a ruby/chestnut with no real head to speak of. Only a light aroma of sweet malt and dark fruit. Medium body with plenty of sweetness as it should be. Not bad.

Nearly no head. Orange-amber color. No lace. Small amount of haze. The aroma is sweeter than I expected, but there is a faint hop smell that was also unexpected. If blindfolded, I might think light brown ale or pale ale. Stronger malt than hop, but this could be described as a hoppy Scotch Ale. Good body, with a solid level of carbonation. Very short aftertaste. Not very complex.

The color is rich mahogany. It has very light foam. The citrus aroma is surprising. The flavor is refreshing and delicious.

Light copper, thick sticky head. Little caramel nose and a little nectar. Wow. Wow. I remembered this as a gentle introduction to peaty scotch ales, but POW there’s a decent smoky body that persists through the sip. Smoky character doesn’t start until the swallow so it goes from milk thistle, to smoke, to caramel and more smoke creeps in. I’m buying more of this in the future.