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Pike Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale 3.33 276

Pike Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale

Percentile
77
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2763.35/5.03.33/5.06.6%51.3Thistle
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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 P-tor44 (886), Anchorage, Alaska, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/515/20
Oct 30, 2002  
I drank this about 10 minutes before DPS had me in hadcuffs on the floor and were searching through my beer notebook looking for evidence to bust Zach, Mainiac, Mark, Tina, and Stephanie with.


Dawghouse Brewers99 (91), Exeter, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/56/104/512/20
Sep 25, 2001  
Copper color with a thin white head that doesn’t last long. Malty, a little sweet and hoppy good beer but too dry and hoppy for the style. I still like this beer. Good work!


 bb (2930), Martinez, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 22, 2005  
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.


NWHopHead99 (58), Tacoma, Washington, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/514/20
Feb 21, 2002  
Kind of dry with a sour aftertaste, but has a good robust selection of smokey flavors. Perhaps not as ’chewy’ as it could be, but a good hop-flavor and charecter.


 jsquire (2113), St. Marys, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 27, 2003  
Copper orange in color with a thin, white head and a thin, winey nose. Grainy malt flavor that tastes like it is supposed to be smokey but isn't. Sweet, alcoholic beer. I'm not a big Scottish Ale fan, but this just okay regardless.


 austinpowers (2828), New York, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Jan 28, 2005  
This beer is HOPPY! Like, as in, IPA hoppy! Beware. Pretty sweet malts in there, but the alcohol burn is substantial and, given the sweetness, you’d think it was 8% abv, not 6.7%. Anyhoo, this beer is indeed lightly smoked and has some woodiness to it. If you’re into that sort of thing (I’m not particularly), then go for it. Bitterness lingers on the tongue.


 kyzr (1127), Belgrade, Montana, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 11, 2003  
Deeper copper color with an average head from the bottle. This beer is much better on tap at their brew house in Seattle, but that was a few years back, so I'll rate the bottle. Must be drank at 55-59 to let it open up. A little smokey roasted malt with good balace on the hops. Nice finish, not Pikes best, but an alright brew.


 darn1207 (587), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 13, 2008  
12oz bottle. grainy malt and caramel aroma. red brown pour with little to no head. crisp caramel malt taste. good. but straightforward. k-6.5



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