Alesong Brewing & Blending Kentucky Kilt

Kentucky Kilt

 

Alesong Brewing & Blending in Eugene, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular
Score
7.84
ABV: 11.3% IBU: - Ticks: 10
Scotch ale aged in bourbon barrels

A perennial fan favorite, Kentucky Kilt is our malt-forward, amber-colored, Scotch-style ale that was matured this year in Wild Turkey 16-year bourbon barrels. The freshly emptied casks induce tantalizing aromas of vanilla and oak, while hints of ripe fruit and toffee round out this unique and complex barrel-aged blend.
 

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8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

16.9 oz. bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Nose brings out lush bourbon barrels, toffee, caramel, and bready malt in good balance. Flavour has a beautifully smoky bourbon barrel character, moderate caramel malt, and bready toffee. Complex malts, elegant barrel-aging. World-class BA scotch ale.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2025 at 07:24


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

500mL bottle. Pours dark golden brown with a beige head. Bourbon barrels, dry brown sugars, and brown bread malts on the nose. Flavour has a great bready malt character, dry light brown sugar, and a slightly smoky bourbon barrel character that blends very nicely with the base beer. The malt profile is excellent and the barrels are integrated perfectly with the base, this is excellent.

Tried from Bottle from Chuck's Hop Shop - Greenwood on 30 Nov 2025 at 03:23


8

#1
A lot of caramel, dark fruits, American oak, boozy, vanilla, creamy. Taste is along the same lines, bold, sweet and moderately bitter. Finishes with creamy notes and dark fruits. Good one.
8-5-8-4-15=40

Tried on 17 Jan 2025 at 11:19


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

(Bottle) (2023) clear, bright reddish orange color with a small beige head; intense aroma of toffee, smooth palate; rich, balanced flavor with a long, light bitter sweet finish

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2024 at 01:35


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

On tap at the brewery. Brown with beige head. Caramel and nuts, some chocolate, cocoa. Light bourbon. Easy drinkable.

Tried from Draft at Alesong Brewing & Blending on 02 Jan 2024 at 20:10


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

500ml bottle from Tavour. Poured into thistle, dark opaque brown, patchy off-white head. Aroma is peated malts, sweetness, light boozy notes. Taste is malty, peaty, sweet, brown sugar, bourbon, cola. Very light alcohol warmth. Smooth and sweet.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Dec 2023 at 06:08


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours clear hazel, small beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is bourbon, toffee, vanilla, charred oak. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter. Fullish body. Xolid

Tried from Bottle on 24 Nov 2023 at 01:00


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver
Murky brown color. Strong body, sweet, caramel, barrel, light vanilla, a bit cloying. But good.

Tried on 09 Jun 2018 at 04:52


8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Hazy medium brown. Medium head. Rich brown sugar, vanilla, woody, dates. Sweet, sticky, rich. Really yummy with the demerara and date sugar notes.

Tried on 12 Apr 2018 at 04:24


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Taster at Alibi Room on Oregon Tap Takeover 2018. Pours an opaque brown with a tan head. Aroma is very sweet with lots of dried dark fruits and noticable bourbon notes. Similar taste. Good stuff.

Tried from Draft on 10 Apr 2018 at 01:43