Sprecher Pipers Scotch Ale

Brewed by Sprecher Brewing Company
Style: Scotch Ale
Glendale, Wisconsin USA

Bottle. Medium sized ivory fizzy head that mostly diminished, poor lacing, transparent, fizzy, fast-rising carbonation, and a reddish brown hue. Malty, caramel, sweet, toasty, and smokey nose. Flavor was sweet malt, caramel and smokey. Smooth, thin mouthfeel. Light body.

I am quite new to Scotch Ales. This one had a brownish head and a deep copper color. Aroma was sweet - with a caramel character. This type of ale is a little too sweet and rich for my taste. It was definitely a high quality ale but just not to my taste. Very drinkable for a high alcohol content.

Pours brown with a thin white white. Smells mostly of peat barley with some smokiness. Flavor is rich with peat tasting malt, and some earthy hop flavor. Mostly balanced with a slight edge to the malt. There is a lot of peat in the beginning, but as you work your way down the pint, more flavors come out: leather, caramel, toast, and grassiness.

Poured a hazy reddish brown color with a small, light tan head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of caramel malts, light citrus, nuts, and peat. Taste of sticky caramel malts, peat, nuts, and low bitterness. Some alcohol in the finish.

16oz bottle. Poured a deeper and cloudy brown color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of peat, smoke, toffee, earthy and I’m also getting some light woodiness. Tastes of toffee, smoke, some dark fruits, and some peat. Alcohol content well hidden.

From a cobalt blue swing top 1 liter bottle with a short blurb and info on the back of bottle. Poured a hazy reddish-orangy amber with foamy head that settled into a thin lacing. Had a nose of musty smoke, peat, ripe fruits, molasses, caramel and a light spicy alcohol. Moderate carbonation and a dryish, creamy smooth medium bodied mouthfeel. Peat, dark fruits, plum, dates mixed in molasses, toasted malts and a subtle sweet breadiness, the alcohol is a little spicy, but otherwise well masked, a dry malty finish, overall good drinkability. An interesting take on a Scottish Ale, other quality brew from Sprecher.

Caramel molasses aroma, quite nice. Also has a bit of smokiness. At first you can’t place it, but once you swish it around the smoke flavor comes out and quite a bit. Definitely malty and chewy like a scotch. Not bad for the style.

16.9oz - Aroma is mild carmel, toffee, and peat. Pours muddy brown with a medium head and good lacing. Flavor matches aroma but is a bit stronger with the carmel taking the lead. Palate is slightly sticky, not enough for a scotch ale. It’s ok, but at the bottom of the pack for its style.