Pike Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Aroma is fairly strong and malty with a faint yeasty undertone and just a hint of miso. It pours a nice clear coppery amber with a fairly thick pale orange-tan head. Flavor is rather mouth-filling, malty with an undertone of hard apple cider and hints of caramel and hops. Fizzy texture leaves a decent tingle behind.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

I found this on a trip to Orlando a while back and was surprised. This is a typical heavy Scottish ale like Scots make. A solid dark brown colour with a light tan head. The aroma is dark roasted malt, and licorice. The flavour is roasted malt, coffee, and molasses. Well done.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Another brewery comes to South Florida. This is, to be sure exciting news. And in trying my first from Pike the anticipation builds. A difficult choice between a stout and a Scottish ale. The cornish hens we are having for dinner helped sway my choice. This scottish ale is a cloudy orangish colored beer. A medium sized frothy textured, white head rises above. Not much hang time. That’s okay, ‘cause the lacing left is a nice gentle soapy froth of film and ringlet. Sweet, caramel malt is in the nose. The flavors, like wise are sweet, not overpowering so, which is a good thing. Sweet, with a subtle grassy note. Nice medium bodied mouthfeel rounds out a really good Scottish ale.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Drank more like a Vienna Lager than a Scotch Ale, fairly mild and lighter than it should have been. Amber copper color with a thin head and solid lacing. Malty aroma of caramel and sweet bread. Flavor follows suit with a minor earthy taste. A tad thin for what I was expecting. Average beer.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Kilt lifter poured a deep reddish body practically no head or lace, aroma was almost non-existent with onlt some slight hints of caramel. Flavor did pick up as it warmed a little but there were hints of caramel, and smoky malts. Overall an average brew.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

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.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

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! ..

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

ok. it's a little too sweet, and not quite full enough, but it was a pleasant enough beer. there are better out there, so i probably won't have it again. 8/09-better on tap at the source, but what isn't? more smoke, especially in the flavor, which is nice, but still a touch thin and sweet. upgrade to a 3.3 though (3.1-2 bottle, 3.4-5 tap).

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

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.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Pours a dark brown colour with a full, thick sweet head. Very nutty hint of oak- Definately some smokey character, midpalate its very malty and smooth. Lighter then what im used to for a scotch, but tastey and creamy all the way through on the palate. Re-rate, courtesy of my good buddy Brotherbrando- 9/26: semi cloudy with a chance of hops. noticeably smokey, must be that peat. slightly metallicy in the finish. Not sure if its agreeing with me this time around. nonetheless refresing.