Smoked Scottish Lager V1 (Caol Ila)
Otherworld Brewing in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland 🏴
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.79
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A crisp, dry lager made using smoked malts and then barrel aged in Islay whisky barrels to combine the best of Scottish and German brewing traditions.
We left this beer in barrels just long enough to add a signature hint of Islay without overwhelming the delicate base. Caol Ila barrels add to delicious smoky malt flavours, with hints of citrus, and delicate salt notes.
Released January 2022.
We left this beer in barrels just long enough to add a signature hint of Islay without overwhelming the delicate base. Caol Ila barrels add to delicious smoky malt flavours, with hints of citrus, and delicate salt notes.
Released January 2022.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Copper with a fluffy white head. Sweet honey aroma, flavour is crisp lager with a good dose of peat smoke
Tried
from Can
on 12 Nov 2023
at 22:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Brewdog Seven Dials, pours a cloudy dark bronze with a small beige head. Aroma brings out plenty of smoke, light ash, and hay. Flavour brings out moderate smoke, light ash, and biscuity malt. A little too heavy and earthy in the body but it's built well. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Aug 2022
at 23:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Craftsman. It pours golden - orange with a small fizzy white head. The aroma is pretty rich, big puff of smoke upfront, medicinal, TCP, supported by something really fruity, apricot, peach, persimmon, brioche, floury bread and some greenness. The taste is crisp, dry, bitter, smokey, medicinal, pithy, zesty, orange marmalade sandwiches on white bread, smoked peach, touch umami, spice, hay, straw, grass, TCP, peat real and some tannin with a drying finish. Average body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Otherworld proving they don't fit in the standard new brewery mold. Interesting, good depth and somehow very drinkable.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2022
at 17:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of peaty whisky, heavy smoke and iodine. Taste is similar. Hard to spot the lager underneath the barrel influence. Faint seaweed note. Dry smoky finish. A bit challenging.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2022
at 18:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can Can't home. Pours clear golden orange, nose is huge peated malts, woody, smoky, some citrus, taste is crisp, toffee, chewy, hay, delicious thick peat in the finish. Quite refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Mar 2022
at 10:38
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Cork & Cask. Clear deep golden body with a thin white head that fades. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of smoked ham and a hint of whisky. Flavour of berries and smoked cheese. Thin body with a watery texture. Soft fizz. An interesting, unique lager.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Feb 2022
at 23:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can. Appearance - golden and clear. Big fluffy off white head. Nose - islay barrel, salt and bready. Taste - malt, smoke and light salt. Palate - light bodied and a dry smoky finish. Overall - OK.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2022
at 13:16
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
can at home... golden.. thin white lacing... herbal fruit... Light smoke nose... medical nose... Light smoke.. kught grass. soft whisky
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2022
at 13:00