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Sprecher Pipers Scotch Ale

Sprecher Pipers Scotch Ale - Scotch Ale

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 Percentile 
76
overall
Brewed by Sprecher Brewing Company
Style: Scotch Ale

Glendale, Wisconsin USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1713.34/5.03.31/5.08.27%48.5Thistle
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Commercial Description:
This hearty red-brown ale has a slight smokey aroma of sweet caramel and lightly toasted malt. The flavor is malty, yet very smooth, with a delicate hop finish and a creamy head. Recommended Serving Temperature: 50°F
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 muzzlehatch (4427), Burlington, Vermont, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20

Oct 30, 2005  
16 oz bottle. Pours a dark ruby, with dried blood hints, medium silky cream head, decaying into a lasting thick ring with a sliver of cover...big plummy/baked cherry essence initially in the nose, caramel and light earthiness to follow....malty, sweet at first in the mouth, warming alcohol shows up quickly, peaty undercurrents halfway through and a touch of stingy hops to go with the brandy-tinted finish. I quite liked this and am surprised the ratings are so low...fruitier and less earthy than is usual, but very pleasant sipping.

arkurzynski (89), West Bend, Wisconsin, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Sep 7, 2009  
Quite tasty. Sweet maltiness as initial taste with a good burn going down. Imagine this would go down good in the winter time.


 JMerritt (1313), Macomb, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 3, 2009  
Bottled, courtesy Narnad. Murky brown with tints of orange and red. Light brown head is tiny, falling to a thin ring. Huge caramel aroma - wow - rounded out with chocolate malts and the faintest smoke. Caramel flavor - moderately sweet - is balanced with some slightly tangy grain notes (straw), subtle smoke, a little oak. Finish is a touch thin, although this is where I pick up the most smoke. I personally found the carbonation level a touch high and a bit distracting. Would never guess this is a 8%+ ABV beer.


 drowland (1360), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 22, 2009  
Had on tap after a tour of the brewpub. It was sweet and smokey like it should be... and there was something odd about it.


 Rciesla (3500), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/513/20
Jul 29, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a brune amber body with a tan creamy head. Lighter smoked malt, chewy caramel and a lightly smoky etoh warming. Toasted malt with a slightly salt y warming to finish. Decent.


 theisti (1640), Leawood, Kansas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Jul 20, 2009  
16 fl oz bottle purchased at Gomers in Lenexa, Kansas. Pour is hazy, a bit murky ruby cordovan with pretty settling that builds up a lasting one inch tan head. Very little lacing. Aroma of sweet grassy caramel malt and some mildly smoked peat. Behind that is more straw, and a nice soft cherry fruit. Nice inviting nose. Taste is the fruit sweetness first, followed by grassy caramel toasted malt and finishes with the smoky peat. The smoke is more pronounced than the nose, but is nicely ingrated with the sweetness. Palate is medium to full, lowish carbonation and a mineral grainy finish. The sweetness edges on cloying towards the very back, and becomes more honey than caramel cherry. I enjoyed this one quite a bit, nice beer.


 BMan1113VR (2756), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Jul 14, 2009  
Bottle. Pours with a hazed toffee colored body and a khaki white, creamy, largish head. Aroma of raisin, peat, butterscotch, vanilla, charred wood, caramel, and copper. Taste is strong in peat, smoke, earthy tones, beef jerky, liquid smoke and metal with a touch of dark fruits and caramel. Light carbonation and full mouthfeel. A bit astringent on the finish with the smokey peat.


 Narnad (681), Wonder Lake, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/515/20
Jul 13, 2009  
Pours a murky brown red color with a very full tan head. Aroma has a very strong fruitiness to it, lots of caramel, apple, cherry and dark fruit, light smokiness, along with a bunch woody, toasted malt notes. Flavor starts off with a nice smooth smokey/peat flavor, the taste then does a 180 and provides a very caramel, light cherry, raisin/prune/dark fruit sweetness and finishes with a great woody malt presence. Balance on this beer is fantastic (perfect amount of smokey/peat flavor that isn’t overbearing), density is nice and heavy with sugary feel and the alcohol is pretty well hidden. This beer is fabulous and one I highly recommend you find while its around! One of my new favs that really represents this style well and one I would love to brew up myself sometime as a clone recipe.


 dkachur (2316), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/513/20
Jun 29, 2009  
16 ounce bottle. Pours a ruby red color with a very slight haze. Small head head decent head retention and lacing. Aroma is caramel, light toast and faint fruity notes. Taste is caramel, toffee, smoke. Fairly straightforward and tasty. Slightly warming alcohol. Medium bodied. Decent beer.



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