Inveralmond Lia Fail
Cask: Unfiltered. Bottle: Filtered.
To craft LIA FAIL our brewers selected flavour packed dark crystal and chocolate malts. This combination creates a warming malty body bursting with nutty, chocolate notes that we have balanced with spicy aromas from Cascade and Fuggles hops. It finishes full, mellow and satisfying.
Lia Fail, meaning 'stone of destiny' is named after the coronation stone of the kings of Scotland.
HOPS
Challenger, Cascade, Fuggles
MALTS
Pale ale, Dark Crystal, Chocolate, Wheat
To craft LIA FAIL our brewers selected flavour packed dark crystal and chocolate malts. This combination creates a warming malty body bursting with nutty, chocolate notes that we have balanced with spicy aromas from Cascade and Fuggles hops. It finishes full, mellow and satisfying.
Lia Fail, meaning 'stone of destiny' is named after the coronation stone of the kings of Scotland.
HOPS
Challenger, Cascade, Fuggles
MALTS
Pale ale, Dark Crystal, Chocolate, Wheat
3.4
497 reviews
Perth, Scotland
Community reviews
From local Tesco an easy drinking ale from Scotland.
0,5 litre Bottle from Old Cellar Collection. Cloudy brown with offwhite head. Malts, hops, yeast.
500 ML
Osrednje.. aroma przenog kruha, karamele i malo limuna.. boja bakrena, bez pjene.. okus srednje gorak, bez neke specificnosti..
This a superb amber ale. Fruity but no too sweet. It was an off the cuff try. But turned out to be superb!
Cask at The Moon Under Water (JDW), Watford in 2012. Bright ruby with an offwhite head. Aroma of lightly toasted malt, caramel and dried fruit. Fruity and malty sweet flavour.
0.5l bottle. Pours clear deep amber with off-white/beige head. Aroma of malt, caramel, british hops, subtle hints of citrus. Taste is quite malty, caramel, touch of bread and a slight citrus note. Bitter, refreshing, good stuff.
22-09-2019; bottle; at home (bought somewhere in Scotland).
The looks of the beer are very nice. The beer has a nice copper colour, with some touches of nice caramel. The beer is crystal clear and bubbles nicely. On top there is a nice layer of frothy off-white foam. Foam retention is very good. A nice drape stays on top of the beer for quite some time. Nothing wrong with this. I like it.
The aroma of the beer is also very nice. It is different from what I'd expect. The malts are delicious. They give the beer toast, roast, a hint of chocolate and some coffee. Nice smooth roasted bouquet. The hops are nice. Earthy and leaflike. They give the beer a nice touch, that goes well with the malts. Yeast gives a creamy fruity aroma, with a touch of banana. It is quite nice.
The taste of the beer is also quite nice. The malts give the beer some very nice sweets, but also toasty bitters and roasty salty notes. The hops give more bitterness. For a bitter, it isn't that bitter. Well balanced though. The creamy yeast note makes it extra smooth and balanced.
The palate of the beer is also nice. Smooth beer, medium body and medium carbonation. The finish is nice. It has some nice bitter roast, followed by the bitterness of the hops. This hop bitterness in the finish is clearly a Bitter feature, really nice. All in all, a very nice beer.
Bottle, from Co-op, Orkney. Chestnut brown, thin but lasting white head and moderate condition. Gentle malty nose with some earthy hop notes and a hint of banana fruitiness, full bodied in the mouth with some burnt toffee, an earthy and a slight tang of fruitiness. Finish has a restrained roasted bitterness, some sweet toffee and a tingle of hop resin.
Pint at the Red Lion Wetherspoons.
Thick creamy beige head. Clear Amber pour. Light bitterness
Clear castaign colour body with tan head; OK retention. Aroma indeed bit nutty and Chocolate. Taste same, starting moderate sweet and developing to mild bitter. OK carbo, slightly watery. Not bad.
On cask at the ford madox brown reached out of the glass and gives you a great big hug malty and comforting
On tap at JDW Plaza in Rugeley.
Pours a very dark brown with a light frothy head.
Aroma was a mixture of coffee, chocolate and burnt toast.
Malty and sweet to taste with burnt toast, coffee and peaty overtones.
A nice bitter aftertaste.
A well balanced dark ale with plenty of flavours.
Malty slightly sweet lovely dark ale
500ml bottle. Pours a very dark mahogany with an off-white head. Lovely lacing. Aroma of chocolate, figs, dates, malts, bread. Taste follows aroma wih light spices. Low bitterness. Medium body. Very nice amber ale.
Deep red brown colour. Light tan head. Sweet roasty rasin chocolate nutty firm aroma. Flavours of coca, loads of malt, dark fruits and earthy hops. Long dry spicy finish. Great ale.
On draught as a guest beer. Dark amber and looses head quickly. Malty taste, strong beer. Very nice
Caramel and dark. Aroma is sweet, taste is very dark with lots of malt.
Pours dark amber with a frothy off-white head that reduces to a film. Nose is caramel and toffee with hints of citrus. Taste is nutty and sweet. Smooth medium bodied ale with mild carbonation.
Pint at the Shore. Pours auburn, dense white head (proved difficult to pour for some reason). Thick and creamy, malty an quite dense. A decent, somewhat traditional ale.
Cask at the GBBF 2017. Day 5. 12/08/2017. A clear amber copper a loose greyish white head. Aroma is sweet layered malts, toffee, apple brown sugars and fruit cakey malts. Flavour is composed of of semi sweet, . Nutty malts light toffee, spicy fruit cake. Palate is semi sweet, numbing malts, decent cask condition. Not bad. Like it.
Pours a deep amber with a medium frothy off white head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, rye bread, citrus. Taste is caramel and nutty with light bready notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation.
Bottle. Dark Brown in colour. Very Malty; sweet roasty malts, wheat, lots and lots of chocolate, caramel. Hoppy; spicy, slightly earthy, hops,. Nice malt/hop balance. Sweet roasty chocolaty malts meet spicy earthy hops. Dry roast malty finish. Very tasty. Liked this a lot. Nice beer! (2010-06)
Appearance: Dark red brown, some light tan head.
Aroma: Medium malt, nutty.
Taste: Medium malt, light sweetness, nutty.
Bought: Drinks of the World (Bern), 500 ml, CHF 6.80
Info: 26/11-2016, 104/300M, BB: 30/4-2017
Bottle, O’Connor’s, Uppsala. Pleasant bitter, well balanced, pronounced bitter finish.
Nice, had this once or twice before years ago and drank from the bottle. Poured into a glass and I always thought it was a Stout/porter. It’s a dark red ale. Lovely, roasted malt coffee etc with a bit of bitterness. Easy to drink.
Pours a dark amber with a loose off white head. Malty, caramel and toffee aroma some earthiness. Similar taste, malty sweet caramel with a moderate bitter finish. Nothing out of the ordinary but very drinkable.
Cask @ Linen Hall, Enniskillen [060816]
Amber, slight haze, bubbly white head
Aroma of sweet toffee caramel
Taste of sweet toffee caramel, some soft bitter earthy hops, some fruity malts
Palate - Medium body, slightly tangy, light bitter. Finish is quite dry, soft tangy malts
Overall - Well it’s been a while since I’ve had a Scottish cask beer - it’s OK
500ml Flasche. Klar und kastanienbraun. Kleine Schaumkrone. Malzig mit leichtem Citrusaroma. Eher leichter Körper.
Cask ale taste. Flat, a bit bitter. Not hoppy. Only 4.7%. Good beer to drink over a long time.
Cask at JDWs in Surbiton. Dark pour. Fairly malty with hints of figs and Twiglets and nicely hopped to balance. Enjoyable.