Fegley’s Brew Works Bagpipers Scotch Ale

Brewed by Fegley’s Brew Works
Style: Scotch Ale
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Thistle

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750 ml bottle. Pours a deep reddish hue with a large light beige head. A light nose of spices and big berries. A pretty similar flavor with an emphasis on berries, light caramel, sweet. Pretty light flavors. Earthy at times. Light spices. Decent. Tastes thin despite the high ABV.

Shared 750 ml. bottle at a recent group tasting. Poured a mahogany/brown color, with good clarity, modest, light tan head foam, and light, spots & streaks of lacing. The aroma was light roast, subtle smoke & peat, and some molasses & dark fruit sweetness. The flavor was similar, with low hop bitterness and a body that was just a bit fuller than medium. Subtle alcohol warmth showed up toward the finish. Tasty, but except for the posted abv, more in the 80/- Scottish range to me.

Bottle courtesy bu11zeye. Reddish color with a nice white head. Aroma is of peet moss, caramel malts and sweetness. Flavor is sweet and subtle with grain notes and a touch of alcohol.

Bottle at Peter’s RBSG. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is Bananas Foster with bourbon. Flavor has boatloads of caramel and bourbon with a touch of white grapes. Crisp but harsh mouthfeel, like extra sharp ginger ale. Good scotch ale that could use a little taming.

(750ml bottle thanks to bu11zeye) clear rich copper, fine tan bubbles. Nose of bourbon, vanilla, peat, and brown sugar. Taste of brown sugar, cream, dry finish. Lots of spices in this one.

Had on tap at Allentown BrewWorks and also brought home 750ml bottle. Dark brown with little head and good carbonation. Malty caramel aroma. Not too hot, nice sweet malty flavor. Drinkable for 8.5% abv. An excellent Scotch Ale which has won some GABF awards. I don’t usually find scotch ales to be so drinkable, however my drinking companion did not find it so.

Poured from a 750 ML bottle. Pours a mahogany color with a finger or two of beige head. Aroma is some smoked peat and malts. Taste is fairly typical for the style...slightly sweet, slightly smokey, some dried fruits similar to a Belgian Dubbel

(750ml bottle) Pours a clear amber body with a medium cream head. Aroma of grape juice, caramel, peat, and toffee. Flavor of raisins, caramel, light peat, maple, and roasted malt.

growler. light tan foamy head, dark ruby brown color. smoky peaty aroma, a little caramel malt, pretzel too. smoky caramel malt flavor, watery mouthfeel. thanks richlikebeer!

From growler thanks to Richlikebeer. Light brown color with a small tan head. Aroma of lightly smoked malt, butter and a touch of caramel. Not the most pleasant aroma, at least to me. Flavor was much better than the aroma. The odd butter aroma was not present in the flavor. Caramel, malt, smoke predominant.