The Bruery 11 Pipers Piping

11 Pipers Piping

 

The Bruery in Placentia, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Series
Score
7.46
ABV: 11.0% IBU: - Ticks: 51
Scotch-Style Ale Brewed with Candi Sugar and Coriander

Scotland is known for its bagpipes and its beers, and this Scotch-style ale adds Belgian Candi sugar to the mix, giving it deep notes of toffee and dried fruit accented by the spicy herbal aroma of coriander. The eleventh verse in our 12 Days of Christmas Series, 11 Pipers Piping is an extra smooth and malty, full-bodied jig of a beer.
 

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7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
My next to last 12.7 oz bottle from The Bruery's 12 Days of Christmas collection, it comes in a style I am not bowled over by. A snifter ready to go, I tilt the bottle. The appearance is a dark chestnut brown followed by a thin cover of beige foam. I smell caramel, grain and ripe plums. The drink is bread, cardboard, sorghum, a bit of toffee, malt and a small cane sugar sweetness. Not one I seek later.
Tried from Bottle at The Bruery on 23 Jan 2026 at 23:08

7.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sample at Palace Hall 13/12/2025 Malmö December tasting - sweet malty notes of caramel and toffee, some iced and brown sugar sprinkle, medium body, sweet malty finish.
Tried on 13 Dec 2025 at 18:20

8.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9
Dark body with off white head. Full malt aroma. Toffee and malt taste with some spicy note.
Tried from Draft at Saraveza on 29 Nov 2025 at 18:26

7.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 10 Overall 7
Flarra stor The Bruery provning med ölsommelieren innan badet . Här har vi lättare dryck i konsistensen smakar fyllig Ale. Ale med Lite vitt vin . Komplex god men som tur är känns inget av koriandern . Denna ok
Tried on 24 Aug 2025 at 16:10

7.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 10 Overall 7
Flarra Willehill med Patte. Lite rökig kärv doft. Då kommer vi till det som är viktigast smaken. Upplever den lite tunn med en liten yttepytte sötma. Lite dammig torrhet på slutet som kan vara lagringssmak. Hyfsad
Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2025 at 16:10

7.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Tap at KEG. Dark copper pour, off-white head. Nose is sweet malts, bready and hay-like, caramel, booze. Taste is sweet booze, low spices, bready malts again. Not too complex, but pretty pleasant. Closes with sweet finish, has light - too light imo- body, has soft carbonation, drinks waaay below the ABV.
Tried from Draft on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:02

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draft pour at Dominion Wine and Beer. Poured a nearly pitch black color, perhaps dark cola around the edges of the glass. Aroma was big sweet malts, candi sugar. Big molasses notes. Warming bourbon. Smooth.
Tried from Draft on 03 Jan 2025 at 19:42

8.8/10
Scotch, rich and malty
Tried on 31 Dec 2024 at 16:48

7/10
Big and bold and juicy. Bourbon. Smooth.
Tried from Draft on 27 Dec 2024 at 21:08

7/10
Sweet and boozy, malty, peaty and a bit smoky. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2024 at 15:43