Pilot

Microbrewery in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2013

Contact
Unit 4B, Stewartfield, Leith, EH6 5RQ, Scotland
Description
Pilot was born when Matt Johnson and Patrick Jones met while studying for masters degrees in Brewing & Distilling at Heriot-Watt University in 2012. A shared view that there was something different to be done in brewing – not traditional real ales, but not just another U.S. craft beer clone either – led to home-brewing together, which eventually led to buying a second-hand brewhouse and moving to the heart of cosmopolitan Leith, commencing brewing right at the end of 2013.

We’ve never done things the easy way. We dismantled the plant ourselves. We moved it to Leith and rebuilt it ourselves. We dug out the drainage (pro-tip: pay real men to do that), installed the flues and built the cooling system ourselves. We design, brew and drink the beer ourselves. We are Pilot.

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7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 9
Keg at ecbf 2017... Rich amber.. Thin white lacing... Soft sweet caramel fruit nose... Bitter fruit.... Soft sweet floral.. Thin but refreshing... Oddly bitter cocktail like.. Oh. Bloody hell if course it tea tones
Tried on 27 May 2017 at 06:34

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at ecbf 2017. Pours hazy orange, nose is lemon, floral, orange, taste is similar, juicy, thin.
Tried on 27 May 2017 at 02:44

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Hazy red beer, thin white head. Smell is bitter coffee, earthy malt. Flavour is TOTALLY different. Sweet, the maple syrup is there as advertised, malt, coffee. Sweet but not sickly aftertaste. Really nice.
Tried on 21 May 2017 at 13:11

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Keg at Casc. It pours clear red - brown with a decent off-white head. The aroma is toasty brown bread, wood, cocoa, earth, milky way and light spice. The taste is smooth, bready malt base, toasty grain, wood, leatget, cocoa, stone fruits, red berry, fruit cake and piney varnish. Finish is dry and toasty. Medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty unique hoppy Belge. Good fun.
Tried on 13 May 2017 at 13:43

7.3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 4 Overall 9
Keg at salty horse... Murky.. Muddy Brown.. Light bacon.. Soft sweet maple nose... Little over fizzy.. Soft toffee fruit.. Light sweet toffee maple.. Light coffee linger is
Tried on 07 Apr 2017 at 02:13

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at the dreadnought. Pours murky orange brown, nose is smoky, toffee, roasted, maple syrup, coffee, taste is similar, sweet, caramel.
Tried on 03 Apr 2017 at 02:23

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Schooner at Crossing the Rubicon. Cloudy reddish brown with a thin off white head. Yeasty, alcohol aroma, flavour is bread, yeast, caramel, maybe a little banana. Bit thin maybe but very drinkable
Tried on 26 Mar 2017 at 11:15

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at BD Soho, 13/03/17. Hazed orange amber topped with a well appointed light beige swirl. Nose is sticky tropicana, pine needle, dank hop exhaust, pungent citric peel. Taste comprises red grapefruit, mango, pine needle, orange pith, light white peppery spice, toasted grains. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi aggressive hop bitterness in the close with a rising boost level offered complemented by a dankish nip. Solid DIPA action.
Tried from Can on 21 Mar 2017 at 10:50

8/10
Tried on 15 Mar 2017 at 13:12

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
On tap at BrewDog Clerkenwell. Black beer lasting tan head. Very coffee some milky ness. Lots of dark coffee. Smooth in mouth. Very decent and not too much lactose.
Tried from Draft on 14 Mar 2017 at 08:48