Fort Collins MacPeters Scotch Lager

Brewed by Fort Collins Brewery
Style: Dunkel
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Draft at brewery. Clear orange, foamy white head fades. Aroma of grain, fruit and caramel. Taste is earthy grain bitterness, sweet malt, some citrus. Medium body, soft carbonation.

12oz. bottle thanks to Crosling. Crystal clear, light copper color with a small off white head. Mild toasted malt aroma with just a hint of peat smoke. Lightly sweet biscuit malt flavor with hints of toffee and peat that ends with a fair amount of bitterness.

Draught. Head is light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is light amber. Aroma is moderately malty (toasted bread, cookie, caramel), with a hint of smoke. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Another nice, if typical, malty lager from FCB. I can’t say that the Macallan malt contributed a lot to its character, but overall it’s a very pleasant, balanced, clean brew.

Poured from a growler. Pours a dark golden amber with a big and frothy off white head that retains well and leaves some lacing.

The aroma is smoky peat and sweet caramel.

The flavor is more of the same...sweet caramel followed by a smoky bitterness. The mouthfeel is smooth and velvety but a little watery.

Overall, it was a decent beer. It had good scotch qualities. It was more bitter than I was expecting.

1/2 Gallon growler, thanks to Brian. Dark copper color. Dulled malt aroma, lightly toasty, with a hint of scotch. Flavor is light in body, with a biscuity/toasted malt flavor, along with a light hint of scotch. I find it very one dimensional and boring.

Pours dark golden with a nice full head. Aroma is alcholic, malty, and mossy. Flavor is toasted, buttery, "scotchy" as promised. Great malt backbone on this one, very buttery and full, almost oily. Yum!