Luckie Ales is an artisan microbrewery that specializes in handcrafted Scottish beers and historic British ales. Only the best is good enough for our beers: made in small batches from the finest ingredients, we use the best freshly crushed malts, leaf aroma hops and an appropriate pure liquid yeast culture - the result is a full-bodied quality product that will appeal both to the eye and palate. Our beers are unfiltered, unpasteurised and are suitable for vegans.
This is actually a reincarnation of the 68/- (8.1% abv) brewed by Ushers of Edinburgh in 1885. This is a beer to sip slowly, not only because of its alcoholic warmth, but to appreciate the complex flavours and the long, hop finish. This is not a sweet beer, yet there are flavours of crystallized sugars and sweet dried fruits. It is amazing the flavours yeasts can produce given a good base to work from and plenty of time.
This is a copy of an Export Stout (6.7%) brewed by Youngers of Edinburgh in 1897. Strongly hopped, well-balanced with luscious chocolate and cocoa flavours. There is a maltiness to the beer, which is not due to residual sugars. It was hopped to 80 IBU's as befits an export beer and matured for many, many months so that the hops could mellow and contribute to the complexity of the beer.
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