Schlafly 80 Schilling

On tap at the flying saucer in kc. Pours a copper pennyish, clear and light red. No cloud or haze. Nice size head on tap, with a fluffy and off-white tint to it. Dissipated slowly and left a decent amount of lacing on the glass. Tons of malt smells. Sweet and grainy/breadlike. Some warmer caramel malt smells and a good amount of citrusy hops. A lighter body and a very smooth finish before instantly drying out. Nice and sharp citrus flavors with a real thin tasting orange/lemon zest. Pretty bitter and earthy. In my opinion, the big malt background is really balanced well with the abundance of citrus hops. I really, really like this beer and the freshness of it on tap is outstanding.

Clear reddish copper appearance, stiff off-white head with good retentive powers, slowly dissipated into thin lacing, light amount of ringed sticking. Smoky grains, toasted caramel malts and herbal hops are very prevalent in the aroma. A subtle orange and lemon fruitiness in the background. Velvety, but firm moderate body, a touch of herbal oily slickness in the palate. Toasted grains and sweet caramelized malts along with a slight touch of smoke. Orange and lemon fruitiness emerges in the middle, adding a sweet and sour effect in the taste. The earthy leafiness and herbal hop spiciness helped to give this a great dry finish. This was quite pleasant on a cool night in the River City, robust enough to chase away any chills. On-tap at the Taproom.

Pours copper with a tight white head. The aroma has caramel that is rich and malty as well as being quite smooth. The body is thin and metallic with sharp carbonation. The taste has some of the caramel, but that is eclipsed by tinny sharp fruits. This one was not enjoyable to me at all.

Tried this at Hop in the City and it was decent, but not what I though it wouold taste like compared to some other Scotch Ales that I’ve had.

Pour is a bright golden with a nice size white head. Aroma is very much malts and a slight touch of hops. Hops are more pronounced in the flavor but the malts show up with a nice bready taste. Above par.