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Pike Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale 3.34 278

Pike Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale

Percentile
78
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2783.35/5.03.34/5.06.6%52.7Thistle
Commercial Description:
Unlike the lighter "Scottish" ales, this is an authentic heavy Scotch ale. It is lightly hopped with a strong malt character, and a hint of peaty smokiness. Warm fermentation produces fruity esters and balances the sweet malt character.
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 illinismitty (1800), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 20, 2007  
Draft at brewpub. This was a strange beer experience, because this transformed as it warmed, and not for the better. So my notes are based on my initial reaction. Pours deep reddish brown with an off white head. Sweet berry and malty aroma. Medium bodied with softer carbonation than the other Pike beers on tap, and slightly thin texture. Dark caramel-like maltiness, that is sweet and countered by some tobacco and subtle smoked peat. Short finish.


 sneagrams3 (1761), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/102/513/20
Jun 5, 2008  
The Dan Journal #184. 12oz bottle. Tasted 6/3/08. Hazy yet relatively clear. Ruby hue. Sparse webbed off-white head. Hoeny and sugary aromas. Touch candy cherries. Great nose. Medium to full bodied with an off smokey tart flavor. Char. Sticky coffee acidity. Solid scotch ale, but too much smoke. Bitter hop finish, but once again, the smokey character dominates and in my opinion, detracts. Dissapointed.


 21iceman40 (1731), vienna, West Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 29, 2004  
Dirty brown with a tint of gold with a small dieing white head. Apricot malty aroma. Fruity malt body and it just may have a slight aluminum foil sourness to it.


 jake65 (1725), Williston, North Dakota, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
May 5, 2006  
Pours a nice color of amber with a few hints of darker brown, average sized head disapears quickly. Taste is malty, also with some fruit, roastiness, and light hops balance things out. Has a thicker feel than I expected. Quite good overall.


 joet (1709), Fulton, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/513/20
Jul 29, 2001  
A West Coast Scottish Ale? More hoppy and dry than is typical of the style, this is still interesting in its own right. Some peat and malt in the nose. Moylan’s will lift your kilt much higher and with a more pronounced West Coast flair.


 SudsMcDuff (1706), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/59/20
Mar 19, 2009  
3/19/09 9:45pm .. Houston,TX ::::: funny, has a very british malt profile, light caramel and odd biscuit malt (very english ale) like flavours ... low but sturdy headpool ... a very simple beer (no scotch here) ... stormy seems to be feeling better ... "if you buy it, women will have sex in your backyard" .... pours a slightly murky marmalade colour... no city noise, no flesh eating ogres, no pollution, a real easy drinking brew that would be good for a beginner but falls horribly short of a real craft brew ... one of pikes lesser efforts...freebie from Pablo, thx!


 BeerPrince (1701), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Feb 13, 2005  
Golden amber body with no real head. Malty nose with some peat smoke. Great malts, medium body, faint smoke, with a very nice hopped up finish.


 BuckeyeBoy (1683), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 15, 2006  
On Tap At Pike Pub & Brewery Seattle. pours out a copper topped with a small head. has ligth hops and some sweet malt to it.



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