Bull & Bush Fyfes Highland Ale

Brewed by Bull & Bush Pub & Brewery
Style: Scottish Ale
Denver, Colorado USA

Serve in English pint, Thistle

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Pour on tap at the brewery, dark red pour with thin white head, aroma brought notes of caramel, toffee, hints of dark fruit and a slight burnt quality with some nice rich almost smoky notes. Taste is a nice mix of spicy and caramel notes, hint of biscuit, some dark fruit and a slight roasted note, finishing fairly smooth. Interesting for sure.

Clear dark burnt amber with a thin spotty head. Aroma not unlike a winter warmer. Dark malts, sweet nutmeg, and some sort of raisin-like dark fruitiness in the nose. Flavor is dark malty sweet with just a touch of peat smokiness, a light touch of chocolate, faint notes of winter-warmer mulling spice, with a smooth dark malt/peat finish and whispers of dark fruity tones.

Tap @ brewpub. Deep red, almost brown appearance with a light head. Sweet amber malty nose. Somewhat bitter amber malty Scottish ale. Pretty smooth and drinkable but not all that exciting.

amber color, not much carbnation. Malty aroma. Flavor is very sweet, took me by surprise. Lots of peaty flavors and a hint of roastiness. A good beer, but a little too sweet to dink a lot of.

On Tap at Bull & Bush Pub & Brewery, Glendale 14/09/2010 Malt aroma. Amber coloured strong in alcohol a little sweet on the palate and malty. A hint of earthiness and bitterness in the finish.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear mahogany colored body with a thin, creamy, tannish head that dissipates slowly and leaves a nice lacing. Aroma is muted with some flowery malts and fruits. Some earthy peat too, but not a whole lot going on. Flavor is better, but a bit jumbled. Caramel, toffee, smoke, earthy peat, and dark fruits before a semi-dry, smoky finish that lasts for a moderate duration. Light to medium body and smooth with a soft carbonation. Overall, not terrible, but somewhat thin and boring. Eh...

draft @ table 6 in denver. clear rust body with an off-white head. skunky peat and old/mold/fermented vegetables in the nose and up front. flabby body, disjointed carbonation. really a poor choice for a local draft to have on at probably my favorite denver restaurant right now.

Fairly light for the style, but straightforward and satisfying nonetheless - quite earthy and peaty, with light hints of smoke, very reminiscent of scotch, which shouldn’t surprise me, considering the staggering array of single malts available at the brewpub - outside of this, there is not much going on in this beer, but what is going on is pretty good - would I like more complexity? - yes - but I would order this again.

On tap at Wynkoop poured a clear amber with a lingering ring of ivory foam. Aromas of peat smoke, carmel, toffee, light fruittiness and light brown sugar. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of peat smoke, carmel, brown sugar and fruittiness with a smooth lingering peaty finish.

tap at the brewpub. med. brown body with a lasting sticky head that leaves a cobweb of lacing down the glass. very buttery, i had a hard time getting past all the diacetyl. tastes like a grape soda without the grape flavor, sweet, caramel, light chocolate, and a cookie dough note. smokey flavor emerges as it warms. really one that i’d have been better served letting warm more.