Louie's Demise - Milwaukee Ale House

Tone

Missouri

3.68/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a clear, red/copper color. 5/4 inch head of a pale tan color. Great retention and good lacing. Smells of sweet malt, butter, and slight sweet toffee. Fits the style of a Scottish Ale. Mouth feel is smooth and crisp with an average carbonation level. Tastes of sweet malt, some pale hops, pine spice, and slight butter flavors.

Serving type: on-tap

05-28-2009 21:43:18 | More by Tone

Haybeerman

Colorado

3.55/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

A: Bright, clear amber/orange color. Poured a half finger off-white head that dissipated quickly to a skim. Laced in thin rings that washed down the glass.

S: Roasted caramel malts and toffee. Light flavoring hop note then a little bitter bite at the end.

T: Big burnt caramel malt flavor. Also toffee and roasted nuts. Some warming alcohol then a nice bitter finish to cleanse the lingering malts.

M: Light side of medium. Balance carbonation. Might have felt a little thin relative to its taste.

D: Flavorful, but not complex. Balance seems the hallmark for this one.

Serving type: on-tap

02-06-2009 21:18:49 | More by Haybeerman

kingothewoods

Iowa

3.65/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Nice dark amber with red color and a thick creamy tan head. You could smell the caramel and something like toffee. Yep, the tastes are of toffee, caramel, and some slight hops. Well rounded beer. Very drinkable because of the smoothness of all of the Milwaukee Ale house's brews. Had another on tap.

Serving type: on-tap

11-15-2008 17:48:40 | More by kingothewoods

dirtylou

Washington

3.5/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

pint, on tap at the ale house a few weeks ago in between stops at the art museum and the flight of the conchords gig. Given the namesake, it seemed like someone had to order this selection

cell phone notes

appearance: big amber body, mahogany hues, small tan cream head

smell: toasted grain, caramel malts, high earthyness, light toffee

taste: sweet toffee, caramel and grain, peat, herbal hops, toasted malts. nothing special but good enough to try

mouthfeel: moderate body, a little filling

drinkability: good

Serving type: on-tap

05-24-2008 19:09:48 | More by dirtylou

logansboat15

Wisconsin

3.78/5  rDev +5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap, Louie's Demise pours a refreshing mildly hazy amber with a foamy white head. Smells somewhat nutty/malty and tastes creamy with a slight hop aftertaste that tingles the tongue. Lighter mouthfeel makes this a brew that you can share with friends by the pitcher. Very drinkable flagship beer of the Milwaukeee Ale House. This and Pull Chain Pale Al are decent crowd pleasers.

Serving type: on-tap

05-15-2007 20:20:44 | More by logansboat15

smcolw

Massachusetts

3.73/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Amber in color with slight cloudiness. While this glass had a modest head, it left excellent lace on the glass side

Earthy in aromas and in taste. Mostly malt as a Scotch Ale should be.

Of the beers I tried at the Milwaukee Ale House, this was the weakest entry, imho.

Serving type: on-tap

04-14-2007 02:05:53 | More by smcolw

BrewnZ

Washington

3.73/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Drank this as part of my sample tray. Seven tasters for $7.

Labled in the menu as a Scotch Ale using German Perle and Tettnanger hops. The beer was very clear, deep amber, with a clean malt aroma and low esters. No hop aroma. Perhaps too many esters for the style though. Medium to full bodied with deep malt flavors, a bit rought, with a crystal malt driven finish.

This beer stood out as a more genuine example of the style than you typically find at a brewpub. I enjoyed it and later in my trip ordered a pint from a corner pub, it was nice as well.

Serving type: on-tap

10-26-2006 23:17:10 | More by BrewnZ

granger10

Wisconsin

3.5/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Kind of a bright bronze, deep amber color. Different. Smallish creamy tan head maintains well, good amount of lacing. Smells somewhat grainy and caramelly with a nutty sweetness. A tad astringent though. Taste is similar. Solid beer but nothing that really knocks it out the park for me. Sweeter english toffee is the best way to describe the flavor with a drying, semi hoppy finish. I'd get a sixer of this for sure, and for the Thursday half off imperial pint special this is a deal. But still, not my favorite.

Serving type: on-tap

09-21-2006 23:46:58 | More by granger10

BitteBier

Indiana

3.83/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Clear, copper-amber pour, topped with a finger's worth of tan head that falls away pretty quickly with minimal lacing. The nose, which improves as the beer warms, consists of cereal grains with some caramel and peat notes and just a hint of hops. The hops come through more clearly in the taste, though the malts are properly dominant, especially at the start. The caramel flavors and a bit of peaty smokiness round things out. Mouthfeel is crisper and cleaner than many Scottish ales, but by no means watery. Judging by the three I sucked down, this is a pretty drinkable beer.

Serving type: on-tap

09-18-2006 22:37:09 | More by BitteBier

shivtim

Georgia

3.65/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Had this at the Ale House. It's a nice dark brown with no real head or lacing. Nose is hops, caramel malts, and cereal grains. Taste is roasted coffee with a mildy sweet flowery finish. Mouthfeel is good, with nice carbonation. Pretty drinkable, especially with the very low ABV.

Serving type: on-tap

08-12-2006 03:35:18 | More by shivtim

jimbotrost

Michigan

4.05/5  rDev +12.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Sampled at the Silver Creek Brewing Company as a guest tap. Pour was a deep reddish brown with a small amberish head and slightly fizzy, nice. the initial mouthfeel was syrupy, reflecting the big sweet malty aroma. No hops to be found, they are just a supporting issue in this style. Big amber malty flavor and then the finish dries out and is not cloying as I had anticipated, a good brew.

Serving type: on-tap

08-01-2005 13:34:46 | More by jimbotrost

WoodBrew

Illinois

2/5  rDev -44.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Warning...do not buy this beer in a can. The one I had acted like an overprimed bottled beer...there was sediment all over the place and it tasted very pour. This beer poured an clear amber but with massive floaties...I hate floaties....usually I can cut it off....but this was out of control. The head of course was huge and fizzy like any overprimed beer. The smell was crap and the taste was foul. I would try this again but not in a can. Overall dont take my word for it....go try for yourself...but I will never buy a can of this again.

Serving type: can

04-27-2013 01:03:40 | More by WoodBrew

Yo_Millhouse

Wisconsin

2.21/5  rDev -38.6%
look: 1.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

This is the foamiest beer I ever had, I got it in 16oz cans and each time I opened one up it foamed over and left a mess on my counter. The first couple I attempted to pour into a pint glass and I never seen so much foam. The taste ain't too bad, but with all the foam forget about it.

Serving type: can

01-27-2013 02:53:04 | More by Yo_Millhouse

chickenflea

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Bottle from a custom six-pack in Nashotah, WI. Pours a nice amber body with a large head. Nice retention that brings back the froth again and again. Caramel, and fruit in the aroma and flavors of caramel as well. A pretty tasty brew, but a little too malty for an amber ale.

Serving type: bottle

10-08-2012 03:38:40 | More by chickenflea

WastingFreetime

Wisconsin

3.5/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Reviewed from tasting notes.

Pours out into a pint glass a nice deep amber with a minute's worth of sand colored froth that falls back to a skim layer in about a minute, no lacing left behind. Smells and tastes of light caramel, a touch of toasted nuttiness and milk chocolate, a bit of herbal / earthen accent hopping, and that's it. Simple yet it doesn't really need to be more complex than this... Not as cloyingly sweet as you would think from the malt content. Lighter body, medium carbonation. Not an exceptional brew, but not bad either.

Serving type: bottle

08-08-2012 19:38:28 | More by WastingFreetime

dhannes

Wisconsin

4.13/5  rDev +14.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Drank from cold bottle right out of the cooler.

A=Couldn't tell.

S=Hint of floral, hoppy.

T=Much hoppier than other ambers I've tried, but in a good way. Refreshing, with a sweet and lemony backdrop.

M=Lighter body than most ambers; low carbonation; very drinkable.

O=I enjoyed this beer...but not enough to choose it again over other offerings later in the day. Still, I would choose this over Fat Tire and Wisconsin Amber.

Serving type: bottle

06-04-2012 00:10:08 | More by dhannes

samie85

Illinois

3.58/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a nice clear copper color with two healthy fingers of off white head.

Sweet caramel and bready malt dominating the nose with some dark fruit.

Follows the nose with sweet caramel, bready malt, and some dark fruit.

Slick and light on carbonation with a bit of dryness towards the end.

A very satisfying beer; nothing that's going to blow your socks off... its even better on cask.

Serving type: bottle

04-10-2012 23:42:22 | More by samie85

chetripley

Illinois

3.78/5  rDev +5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

I tried this a long time ago at the Milwaukee Ale House and I liked it, but it was during a big drinking session after a multiple Milwaukee River beer place tour so when I saw it on the shelves, and in its newer label (purple and a gravestone with a mug of beer sitting on top) I bought six. I am glad I did.
While it considers itself an amber ale it is sweeter than most ambers, and with very little hop presence. But it also is considered a Scottish Ale, which it is more like, but with a relatively low amount of alcohol.
It pours gentle and smooth and is sweet and tasty.
I would recommend this to others looking for another higher quality Milwaukee beer.
Purchased at Woodman's in Kenosha.

Serving type: bottle

01-28-2012 19:39:06 | More by chetripley

htomsirveaux

Texas

2.78/5  rDev -22.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12 oz. bottle tried 5 Oct 2010. Courtesy of R&S, thanks! Served in the (512) Two glass.

Small light brown head, well carbonated. Reddish brown in color with a few floaties. Aroma is syrupy and buttery. Starts a bit drier than the aroma indicates. Some underlying fruitiness, grapey (?!). Moderate alcohol, medium to light body. A slightly sour aftertaste.

Overall somewhat watery and muted, no real flaws but nothing to make it stand out.

Serving type: bottle

01-18-2012 04:14:47 | More by htomsirveaux

beagle75

Iowa

3.35/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a tulip pint glass.

A: Clear, medium amber color with two fingers of cinnamon-tinted foam head. Heavy lacing remains on the glass and a few solitary bubbles rise lazily in the column.

S: Malty, showing a heavy undigested crystal presence. Some fresh herbaceous notes seem uncompleted, with vacant carbon dioxide filling in, or rather opening, gaps.

T: Begins off-dry, with a brief flash of balanced bready malt before sweetness becomes more intense with an unusual postage stamp paste-quality to it. Husky toasted grain is presented during the middle as sweetness retreats back to the original intensity. Herbaceous bitterness is mild to moderate in the finish, with occasional glimpses of aspirin-like astringency.

M: Thin viscosity, very refreshing on the palate, with moderate carbonation.

D/O: Despite the ordinariness of this beer's qualities, it is effortlessly drinkable. It is sweet, but not heavily so, which makes it hard not to want to lift the glass again. It is just an American amber ale, nothing to see here, but it possesses a potato chip-esque appeal nonetheless.

Serving type: bottle

11-12-2011 03:15:02 | More by beagle75

vette2006c5r

Wisconsin

2.98/5  rDev -17.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

Louie's Demise pours a nice copper color, with a good size head. The smell has a malty backbone, but a good amount of hops come through; smells a bit wet, and soapy. There is a strong malty taste, a bit dry, a few hops make it through on the pallete. There is a strong and strange aftertaste making it harder to drink. Overall this isnt a bad scottish ale.

Serving type: bottle

11-09-2011 01:46:54 | More by vette2006c5r

tapman

Illinois

3.88/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

2 finger eggshell colored head of foam that lingers and then deflates like a bad soufflé, though that doesn't translate to bad in beer terms. Color is a ruddy brown with little beasties floating around.

Big fig and raisin notes with and big splashes of grape juice or a light cooking sherry.

Not as pungent as the nose; tangy fruit is very small, superseded by a clean and toasty character. Not very sweet, this one seems to have fermented out pretty well. Good bottle conditioning. No hops to speak of and a thin mineral-like taste in the finish. Very low bitterness.

Bright and crisp, which was unusual for me with a beer of this style. Much lighter in body than I would have suspected.

A little thin, but that only makes it easier to session.

Serving type: bottle

08-16-2011 02:28:14 | More by tapman

uwmgdman

Wisconsin

3.15/5  rDev -12.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured into a snifter (why the hell not), the beer has nice clarity, very deep copper/light amber color with a quickly diminishing off-white head that leaves some lace on the glass. The aroma is moderate-low caramel malts, a hint of raisin, nice but a bit could use a bit more of something, either more of the same or hints of something else. The flavor is much like the aroma, some caramel malt that quickly fades into the crisp finish and rather clean. The body is medium-light and carbonation medium-high. Overall, the flavors are a bit weak for the style, in general it is not a bad beer, a Scottish Ale light I suppose. I'd buy it in a bar in a heartbeat over a macro light beer, but otherwise wouldn't seek it out.

Serving type: bottle

07-21-2011 01:26:54 | More by uwmgdman

wmtxbb

Illinois

3.43/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Bottle poured into pint glass

Appearance: Heavy carbonation in an amber colored brew with thick lacing.

Smell: Peanut butter and jelly, fruit esters, light malt scent.

Taste: Light bodied malt with fruit esters of grape, blueberries, and cherry. Almost non-existant bitterness, not as much malt as I'd anticipated. The malt that is present is crunchy and caramel like in flavor. The caramel sort of borders on being honey-like, but is stopped by the other fruit flavors. Sharp fruit end that dries the mouth along with lingering phenols.

Serving type: bottle

03-14-2011 00:31:20 | More by wmtxbb

richkrull

Wisconsin

3.55/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Picked this one up at Sentry in Lake Mills, WI.

Poured a very dark red color, very little head. Smells of heavy malt, with some bread notes. Decent medium bodied beer. Some bitter aftertaste. Definitely a quality beer worth a taste, but I'm not sure how many more I'd want to drink in an evening.

Serving type: bottle

02-02-2011 03:37:02 | More by richkrull