the BRICKSKELLER SINGLE MALT SCOTCH LIST
Hi all! This is a scotch list for the physical location of theBrickSkeller. There is no bar there anymore. Please don’t try and go there.
KEY TO DESCRIPTIONS
C = Color N = Nose B= Body P = Palate F = Finish
HIGHLANDS
DALMORE 12 year old
C – full amber N – sherry, fruit, malt B – soft medium to full P – rounded, velvet smooth F – long, orangy notes
GLENLIVIT 12 year old
C – pale gold N – flowery, clean, soft B – firm, smooth
P – flowery, peachy, malt dryness F – restrained, long, warming
GLENLIVIT 18 year old
Exceptional casks hand selected to specially mature. Over one third of the cask evaporates during this extended aging period!
MACALLAN 18 year old
C – amber N – cherry, assertive B – full round
P – currant, calavito F – slow, oaky, powerful
TALISKER 10 year old
C – amber red N – pungent, smokey, rounded B – full, slightly syrupy P – smoky, malty, sweet pepper F – very peppery, huge, long
SPEYSIDE
GLENFARCLAS 12 year old
C – bronze N – drier, quick, big attack B – firm, rounded P – flavorful, notes of peat-smoke F – long, with oaky notes
ISLAY
LAGAVULIN 16 year old
C – best neat, full amber N – more sherry B – full, smooth P – sweet sherry, then dry salty F – huge, powerful, peaty, salty
LAPHROAIG 10 year old
C – full, refractive, gold N – medicinal, phenolic, seaweedy, sherry B – medium, oily F – round, very dry
LOWLANDS
GLENKINCHIE 10 year old
C – gold N – soft, sweet, aromatic, grassy B – light to med viscosity P – clean, grassy sweetness F – gentle, spicy, ginger cinnamon
Know the derivative of the word “Whiskey”? – Try
USQUAEBACH a 1 1/2 ounce serving
(pronounced – Ewsh-kuh-BAY) Pure Highland Malt Scotch Whiskey and Selected Highlands Whiskies. Matured in Oak 15 years to Perfection from the Proprietor’s Own Special Reserve
DRINKS MADE WITH BEER
Here’s an idea the Brick staff brought up – Staff beer
recipes! I’d like to point out at this time – Beer Bongs are NOT recipes! People, get real! How about this instead?
ALE PUNCH
Ale, brandy, sherry, cloves, cinnamon, sugar, lemon juice.
BLACK and TAN
Lager downstairs, Guinness upstairs.
BLACK BART
Dark beer and cola. Not necessarily served in a dirty glass.
BLACK VELVET
Smooth as it’s name, Half Lager, Half Champagne.
BLOW MY SKULL OFF
An 1850’s Austrailian miners drink made with stout, rum, cayenne pepper, lime juice and opium. Forget the opium.
EYE’LL B PUKE-N’
From our buddies at Mendocino Brewing, one of their favorite concoctions. Half Eye of the Hawk and Half North Coast Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout.
RED EYE
Beer and tomato juice. Hemmingway’s hangover cure concoction?
RUDDY MARY
You got it, Beer instead of vodka!
SHANDY GAFF
Half beer, half ginger beer. Also made with ginger ale, apple liquer, raspberry or lime juice. From Merry Olde England.
SKIP AND GO NAKED
Beer, gin, grenadine and lemon juice. An old favorite. Please remain clothed.
SMACK and TAN
(Concocted in Dave’s very own secret laboratory)
The Black and Tan kicked upstairs with Ale and Barleywine! Half Anchor Steam Beer and Half Old Foghorn – OR – Half Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale and Half Bigfoot!!! Seeing as how this is America and despite what very sneaky bad people say it is actually impossible to be either politically or zymurglogically incorrect, you are free to substitue the brewery of your choice!
SMOOTHIE
“The Poor Mans Black Velvet” – Half Guinness and Half Cider
SNAKEBITE
A favourite from England – Half Lager and Half Cider
TEACHER CREATURE
Scotch, Drambuie and beer. Scottish beer, of course. Who but the frugal Scots could come up with a drink featuring all their own products? Kilt and pipes not furnished.
WHISTLE BELLY VENGENCE
Half beer or ale with rum and molasses. An American Colonial drink circa 1600.
U.S. to METRIC CONVERSIONS:
How the European Beer Sizes compares to U.S. measurements.
11.2oz = 335ml
12oz = 355ml
16.9oz = 500ml
25.4oz = 750ml
33.8oz = 1Litre
10.8 US Gallons = 9 Imperial Gallons = Firkin
5.4 US Gallons = 4.5 Imperial Gallons = Pin
15.5 US Gallons = Typical Frat Party Keg
(actually a Half Keg, a “full” keg weighed about 300 pounds, they’re no longer produced for public consumption)
Belgian kegs are typically 30Litres
European kegs 50 Litres
The huge Scottish Casks that Bruce Williams brings over for his tastings are 250 pound 80 Litre monsters.
I put the most bottle sizes on our menu. If the bottle does NOT have a size by it’s name, it’s usually a 12oz American or a 11.2oz Import.