Pumphouse Kiltlifter Scottish Ale

Crushed with Jakebra. Not an incredible scotch. My kilt has yet to lift. Pretty smooth. Surprisingly hoppy in the finish, and gets a little sour, but pretty nice overall.

tap at brewery. brown/copper pour. sour matls, rich malitness, nutty, coffee. light smokiness. good brew.

Generally I prefer Scottish ales to be more stout. But again, I decided to let this one speak for itself rather than comparing it to the "extreme" brews I’ve grown accustomed to. Pours copper with amber highlights. Tastes a bit smoky and medicinal with a very nice lightly roasted malt. A bit of peat and honey, too. Taken together, they remind of Scotch, which I suppose isn’t so bad.

Tap @ Pumphouse: Poured a dark brown-amber color with a medium sized beige head. Smokey, caramel and sweet malt aroma. The flavor was malty and sweet with a hint of fruit and bread. Light smoke with a semi-sweet finish. Light-medium body.

On tap at the brewpub on 10/14/07: Pours a dark copper mahogany with a nicely-lacing light tan head. Aroma of good sweet peaty caramel and a touch of doughy yeast. Body starts with good sweet caramely maltiness, giving way to a great, authentic, rich peaty smoky finish. A nice Scotch ale.

Date: 10/14/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

hazy dark amber, fine beige head, streaks of drippy lace, sweet caramel aroma with light earthy hops and a hint of smoke, sweet dark caramel flavor, lots of earthy smokey peat character, nice bitterness arises out of the earthy character for a long bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Clear amber with little head. Great roasted malts. Yummy. Had on tap a few months ago.

on tap-pours a creamy tan head and dark copper color. Aroma sweet malt. Taste is major smoky, sweet malt. OK carbonation.