Amsterdam Tilted Kilt

pootz · Post by **pootz** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:14 pm

Anybody try this seasonal yet??

I bought a dozen and its grown on me...I like it better the more I taste it.

Isn't sweet like a scotch but the malts are there, whisps of smoke ...but its the finish I really like... it has a coffee/charred grain husk flair that you usually get from a dark London porter or a Dunkeler Bock....nice dark roasty tastes in the finish.

Decent seasonal for Amsterdam.

flip · Post by **flip** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:23 pm

I haven't had it bottled, but I did have a pint of it at Smokeless Joe a couple of weeks ago. I enjoyed it, too. I particularly liked that it wasn't too smoky.

What do you think of the malt profile? I found it to be very similar to their Spring Bock.

pootz · Post by **pootz** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:54 pm

flip wrote:I haven't had it bottled, but I did have a pint of it at Smokeless Joe a couple of weeks ago. I enjoyed it, too. I particularly liked that it wasn't too smoky.

What do you think of the malt profile? I found it to be very similar to their Spring Bock.

Cant say I've tasted the spring bock but the malts in this one seem to follow the Sctch ale profile to a point then depart in a new direction in the finish...nice profile...ample mlats..not too sweet...I'd drink this if they called it a bock

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:42 pm

Bocks are a lager though - the Kilt has really nice alefruty tones to it you won't get from a lager yeast, AFAIK. I enjoyed the whole pint which to me shows this to be a well made ale. (Kingston Brew Co. is usually another story.)

A very good rec for BT'ers to try (G says the seasonals from Amsterdam often are decent.)

pootz · Post by **pootz** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:37 pm

Belgian wrote:Bocks are a lager though -.)

Yes I understand this Gary

My point was that if they labeled it a Bock it would be hard to tell because of the lack of ale character...particularly fruit esters from the yeast...you must be sensitive to .01 PPM ale ester

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 2:30 pm

Yes it tastes different to me than you. Were it not so, we could all stop posting our own notes on RateBeer.

And stop calling me Gary, Shirley.

A · Post by A » Mon Dec 18, 2006 3:33 pm

After we blew the keg of Great Lakes Winter Ale and Black Oak Nutcracker at Volo, I tried a pint of this. Certainly far inferior to the other two mentioned. Hard to say if it was good in its own right (did I mention the part about blowing through two kegs

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pootz · Post by **pootz** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 6:19 pm

A wrote:After we blew the keg of Great Lakes Winter Ale and Black Oak Nutcracker at Volo, I tried a pint of this. Certainly far inferior to the other two mentioned. Hard to say if it was good in its own right (did I mention the part about blowing through two kegs )

Well my impression was that it was so so...decent enough but it does grow on you after a few.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:38 am

I want to try the Nutcracker again, it didn't jibe either way for me.

The Big Dog Beaujolais Porter from Neustadt was pretty darn good though.

Draught at Ralph's is amazingly fresh with this seasonal turn-around. Were you guys aware ANY pint on tap is 4 bucks on Mondays?? That's decent.

lister · Post by **lister** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:54 am

Belgian wrote:Were you guys aware ANY pint on tap is 4 bucks on Mondays?? That's decent.

That's not entirely true. Ralph has excluded certain beers sometimes particularly the higher alcohol ones.