Four Peaks Kilt Lifter Scottish Style Ale

This is an ale made in the tradition of the great strong ales of Scotland. Amber colored, malty sweet with underlying note of smokiness.

3.1

514 reviews

Tempe, United States

Community reviews

2.4 Tap at Blanco Tacos and Tequila Bourgondy red. Sweet, malty, candied sugar, hint of lemonade. Fairly sweet, subdued hoppyness. Quite poor. Purchased at Blanco Tacos and Tequila, Phoenix Airport.

3.0 Bottle at Doc Holliday’s Saloon in Tombstone. Dark reddish caramel with a quickly receding tannish head. Toasty caramel malt aroma. Toasty and lightly sweet. Medium bodied.

2.8 Bottle poured into a tulip glass. Red brown color and a fizzy tan head. Toasted aroma. Initial taste is toasted malt and rye. Fades to a clean, biscuity taste. Zippy carbonation and a slick medium body. Not bad.

1.5 Rate before I drink in Phoenix airport. Layover here for 5 hours. It’s horrible. I regret. It’s worse than expected.

5.0 This is literally one of the smoothest beers I have ever had. I am surprised the reviews don't have this at 5 stars. I have never given this to anyone that hasn't loved it. There is a light aroma with a full body and taste. Easily one of the best beers I have ever had.

3.1 Very little aroma. Copper color. Well balanced beer. Not a lot of flavor. Good beer.

3.0 Pleasant brown ale with an interesting aroma. It was my second craft beer in this journey. I find it be decent, but I don't have much experience with this particular style of beer. It's got an okay mouth feel. Not sure if I'd purchase it again, but it's much more interesting than the typical macro lager. It's worth at least try. Just not sure it's got a permanent place in my house.

3.4 On draftva couple times in Las Vegas. Clean and clear copper pour, active fizz head. Slightly rich caramel malt front. Bready. Slight metallic reminder at times. Some spices. Multi layered flavor going on. Pretty smooth. Reminds me of a beer from back home with a similar name.

3.4 Pour is a clear brown with a small tan head. Aroma is a nice malty and molasses. Flavor is more of a nice semi sweet malt with some caramel and molasses. Nice malty beer.

3.3 Full

3.0 Pours a clear golden brown on tap with bubbly off-white head that dissipates to leave light lace. Aroma of toasted and nutty malt notes with earthy hops and that signature wee-heavy yeast. Taste follows, a touch of bitterness and a touch of metallic undertones, but that nice caramel and nutty malt note. Meh.

3.2 Bottle, 355 ml, courtesy of Ron at Buffalo Bungalow. Malty, caramel, toasted, vague fruity notes. Bit watery. Thin finish. Sweetish. Medium bodied.

3.5 330 ml can. Red fruits smell cherry ln top. Very good taste in the first impression, sith almonds in there, but fades away in a little boring way. Cool beer.

3.1 Canned from K&B. Lightly sweet and malty. Pretty mild and easy drinking. A little bready with a mild hoppy flavor. A little toastiness in there. Pretty clean.

2.8 12 oz bottle from Albertson's in Farmington, NM. Reddish brown clear with thin beige head. Caramel aroma with slight fruitiness, full body. Not a close facsimile to the style. Cloyingly sweet malt taste, unpleasant finish. At least AZ is ticked now.

2.7 Bottle from Carnival: Poured a burnt orangish amber hue with lots of carbonation bubbles rising while forming no foam head only fizz. Aroma smells sweet with some scents of yeast. The beer has a sweet malt taste but also taste empty of a quality beer. Taste like a cheap malt extract home brew. Alcohol is well masked for it being 6.0 and doesn't burn. Overall this is a bad beer and not what I was expecting but then I haven't had anything from Four Peaks in years.

3.3 33cl can from BeerHawk, enjoyed on 09-Mar-2019. Reddish brown in colour with a medium sized off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, dark fruit and spices. Medium body and carbonation. Taste of malt, caramel, oak and fruit. Medium bitterness with a sweet finish.

3.1 03-May-09 (12-oz bottle: Purchased 23-Nov-07 for $7.99/six-pack at BevMo in Tempe, AZ) The body of this unimaginatively named Scottish-style ale is clear and amber in color, and topped by half an inch of off-white head that slowly settles to a thick ring. The nose is malty and bready with a touch of woodiness. On the palate, the malts are very toasty, medium-sweet and somewhat bready, with flavors of brown sugar initially and earth and wood toward the finish, perhaps with a bit of figginess. Medium-full in body with moderate carbonation, fairly easy on the palate. A decent Scottish-style ale, pleasant drinking, straightforward and to the point.

4.1 Amber with decent head and a toffee candy aroma. Taste is caramel, woodsy, and a touch of soda. Hope to see this on the shelves again around here, but probably won't.

4.0 From a can to a glass. Pours a clear brown Mahoguny color with a massive frothy creamy head. Aroma is sweet toasted malts, slight darker citrusy notes, figs, black cherries, slight mango. Taste follows the aroma well with a silky smooth medium mouthfeel. Delicious Ale here! $3 for 25floz can of love! 4 stars out of 5 on ratebeer! Great value for quality and quantity!

3.0 Can. Pours a coppery color with a small head. Aroma is sweet, with bit of caramel. Taste of caramel, bit of malt with dark fruit. Mild bitterness and a slightly sweet finish. Moderate body, on the sweet side with nominal Scottish Ale character.

3.3 Sweet bready woody toffee malt aroma with subtle earthiness Pours a dark amber with small creamy white head Candy toffee like sweetness with bread and wood, slightly earthy. Medium light bodied with medium CO2, sweet lingering finish. Enjoyable scotch ale, slightly sweet but still well balanced and very easy to drink.

3.0 Bright amber-brown Thin head. Caramelly aroma, with just a touch of alcohol. Similar palate - caramel, a bit sticky, just a touch of bitterness. Basically I’d call this a slightly strong amber ale. Well made, decent for what it is, but not at all my type of beer.

3.4 Got this in a mystery box from Beer Hawk and it's well past it's best before date but it tastes pretty good. Sticky texture, and malty, sweet caramel and toffee flavours. Hints of raspberry but overall light in the fruitiness and very light bitterness too.

2.8 Bottle. Pretty basic ale. Some treacle notes to make it a bit more "Scottish", but overall a little bland.

3.4 This is a semi-sweet, dark fruited Scottish style ale. There is a slight alcohol tone.

2.8 12 oz. can. Canned on 06/11/18. Pours a short lived, light beige head, with no lacing, over a clear light brown (SRM 17) body.......nose is caramel, with cola tones, from light roasted malts, no hops, balance to the malts......taste is moderately sweet, with toffee/caramel tones from the malts, no spice or esters......mouth feel, light sticky body, no alcohol, moderate carbonation. This is a very simple example of the Scottish Ale spectrum falling toward the lighter end of it. The complexity is minimal with the malt backbone needing re-work. BJCP 6/2/9/4/5

2.5 Bottle from Total Wine in Palo Alto, CA. Aroma is light caramel, pecans. Taste is very thin malt soda water with some mild breadiness on the finish. Pairs well with seltzer and toast, otherwise, avoid.

3.2 20-06-18 // bottle from hopt-shop. Finally tiecked of my last missing style! Clear amber golden. Light beige head. Toffee sweet nose. Sweet malty, minimal smoky. Cara. Solid.

3.6 On tap at the Mojito Bar in Treasure Island-Las Vegas, displaying a clear, light mahogany hue, a decent layer of off white/light tan froth, with some wavy lacing. The nose was toasted, with subtle, dark/dried fruit, and light malt sweetness. Medium bodied, with lively carbonation, the taste was similar, adding some toffee notes, and caramel to the sweetness. Not much in the way of peat or smoke, but a pleasant, drinkable style rep. with some mild, earthy bitterness to the finish.