Moylans Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale

Brewed by Moylans Brewery & Restaurant
Style: Scotch Ale
Novato, California USA

Serve in Thistle

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Bottle 22fl.oz. @ home.

[ Trade by cgarvieuk ]. Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, caramel, nutty, hay - chaff. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, caramel, nutty, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20101018]

UPDATED: DEC 4, 2007 Bottled. An unclear amber beer with a thin orange head. The aroma is acidic with notes of herbs, caramel, and malt. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of caramel, but also a ligth acidity, leading to a dry fruity and acidic finish.

UPDATED: DEC 2, 2007 (Bottle 65 cl) Hazy, amber golden with a creamy, beige head. Sweetish, chocolatey nose. Medium body with sweet caramel notes and again notes of (milk)chocolate. Soft and smooth finish with basically no bitterness. Very pleasant. 301107

Earlier rating:
(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of sk8viking. Very hazy, nutty brown with a dense, beige head. Sweetish malty with some acidity. Medium-bodied, sweetish with overripe fruit, some raisins and then an astringent acidity. Subdued bitterness. I’m afraid this one was infected. Sad. 7/2/4/2/10=2.5 230407

UPDATED: DEC 14, 2007 Sample from bottle. Pours amber with white head. Aroma is malty but sadly also sour. Flavour is sour, citric and clearly infected. But has a distinct liqourice finish. Gets a decent rating based on what this could have been like without the infection.4-3-5-3-9=2.4

From bottle, no 28 at Papsoes blintasting. Pours hazy orange with a lacing white head. Mild chocolate aroma. Flavour is sweet an with a mild vanilla/chocolate blend. Ends with a sweet flavour and smooth chocolate.5-3-6-3-12=2.9

Bottled@SBWF2009. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is fruits, wood, bready malts as well as some herbs and grass. Flavour is toffee, grass, wood, some mild herbal notes as well as mild floral hoppy bitterness. Finish is bittery fruity and greassy.

Bottled, thanks hopsrus! Deep copper colour, huge, lively head. Flowery toffee aroma with notes of raspberries. Sweet, fruity and full bodied. Thick and syrupy rather than firm. Grassy bitter finish. A bit raw.

UPDATED: DEC 3, 2007 Bottle. Clear orange red coloured with an off white head. Sweet aroma of malts, caramel, liquorice and roasted bread. Sweet flavour of caramel, hops, pine needles, liquorice and dried fruits.

UPDATED: DEC 22, 2007 2007-11-30, bottle at Papsø’s Blind Tasting, 6-3-6-3-13=31
Hazy amber color. Milk chocolate aroma. Good body, some sweet malty flavor, a lot of (sweet) caramel, reasonabe bitterness, light vegetables.

2007-04-23, bottle, 6-3-7-3-13=32
Hazy dark amber color. Tha aroma shows some infection. Quite good malt flavor, fresh, easily drinkable, a lot of sweet caramel (without being sticky), maybe some fruitness; but the light sourness makes me believe something went wrong with this bottle. Weird.

UPDATED: JAN 17, 2009
Date: March 22, 1997
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear ruby red
Aroma: light sweet aroma
Flavor: sweet malt flavor with strong wine like esters lasting to a burning alcohol finish

Date: February 17, 2003
Mode: bottle
Appearance: dark hazy brown
Aroma: rich chocolate malt aroma with slight earthy essence
Flavor: lots of rich fruity malt flavor, hints of ripe plum, only a hint of alcohol

Date: January 18, 2006
too old

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Score: **4

The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Cloudy amber with medium off white head. Sweet aroma with malty and carmal notesand herbal touch. Sweet flavour with toasted malt, caramel and piney notes. Mild bitter finish.