Four Peaks Brewing Company Kilt Lifter
The second week comes to a close with a bit of a disappointment in terms of the American craft beer that I chose, Kilt Lifter, for beer number 14. I placed a group of beers in the fridge over the weekend to get me through the next couple of weeks of daily beers.
I chose Kilt Lifter, brewed by Four Peaks Brewing Company, for two reasons:
- I knew it was some type of Scottish Ale and thought that it would be a nice medium bodied beer or better on a very cold night in Chicagoland.
- It would be my first beer on the Two Beer Dudes site that is from Arizona.
So I jumped into the beer enthusiastically. The pour was full of carbonation that I did not expect: 90% or more of my glass was consumed with two ounce pour. The aroma was really built on caramel malt, even that wasn’t all that strong but that’s all I could find. The taste is a bit better with some spice hops in the finish to balance all the sweetness from the caramel malts. Medium body and not an overall bad drinking beer. I think the over abundance of carbonation turned me off quickly as well as the lack of complexity on the sniffer.
Alas, I am fat enough, deciding I don’t need extra calories for calorie sake. Drain pour. In spite of this little set back, I am looking forward to more beers from Four Peaks as well as other Arizona breweries. Enjoy!
Aroma: 5, Taste: 7, Look: 7, Drinkability: 7, Overall: 6.5