Saffron Kilt Pale Ale
Mankato Brewery
- From:
- Mankato Brewery
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.9%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.49 | pDev: 13.18%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 28, 2015
- Added:
- Jan 25, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
3.75/5 rDev +7.4%
3.75/5 rDev +7.4%
Nose: spicy, grainy malt, light fruit, earthy woody hops. Pours hazy copper amber with a 1” foam cap that produces above average lace. Light fruit laced butterscotch to toffee palate accented by a bold hop finish with some hop astringency and drying on the finish. Creamy above average carbonation and body.
Nov 10, 2014
Reviewed by lwillitz from Wisconsin
3.68/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12-oz bottle into nonic pub glass
A - transparent golden orange body under 2 fingers off-white foam, moderate amount of rising carbonation, nice lace
S - grainy, malt sweetness, lemon, floral notes
T - light bready malts, slight sweetness, citrus and spice from the hops, well-balanced, dry finish
M - slick medium body, moderate carbonation
O - a pleasant pale ale
Jul 01, 2014A - transparent golden orange body under 2 fingers off-white foam, moderate amount of rising carbonation, nice lace
S - grainy, malt sweetness, lemon, floral notes
T - light bready malts, slight sweetness, citrus and spice from the hops, well-balanced, dry finish
M - slick medium body, moderate carbonation
O - a pleasant pale ale
Reviewed by garymuchow from Minnesota
3.99/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
3.99/5 rDev +14.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
From the website - The pipes and drums of the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band were the inspiration for Mankato Brewery's Saffron Kilt. The melody of this saffron colored ale starts with the same malt used in the finest Irish whiskeys, which harmonizes to the tune of the hops' spicy and citrus notes. Like the pipes and drums, these flavors combine in a fantastic rhythm, and finish with a great cutoff. Slainte!
For me a tale of two pints. First one I had with a burger. It blended very nicely with the food. Even with a streak of bitterness it never overpowered the flavors of the food and in fact worked well throughout.
The second pint was without food and it became a much more complex drink, esp. in the flavor. The aroma was rather subdued and hard to pick up. Amber colored, although on the lighter side. Very clear and intentionally poured with minimal head, although a white one was there and it settled out.
Flavors were rather complex. Nice malt flavors including a streak of slightly smokey malt. Interesting hop flavors that never overpower or dominate, but blend quite nicely with the malt flavors. Soft fruit in the hops and moves to a really nice bitterness that finishes with a soft and slow decline. Moderately light feel and moderate carbonation.
Good solid drinking pale ale. Close to English in style, but in the end enough hop flavors and clean finish to push more towards APA.
Jan 25, 2014For me a tale of two pints. First one I had with a burger. It blended very nicely with the food. Even with a streak of bitterness it never overpowered the flavors of the food and in fact worked well throughout.
The second pint was without food and it became a much more complex drink, esp. in the flavor. The aroma was rather subdued and hard to pick up. Amber colored, although on the lighter side. Very clear and intentionally poured with minimal head, although a white one was there and it settled out.
Flavors were rather complex. Nice malt flavors including a streak of slightly smokey malt. Interesting hop flavors that never overpower or dominate, but blend quite nicely with the malt flavors. Soft fruit in the hops and moves to a really nice bitterness that finishes with a soft and slow decline. Moderately light feel and moderate carbonation.
Good solid drinking pale ale. Close to English in style, but in the end enough hop flavors and clean finish to push more towards APA.
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