Crosby's Kitchen & CocktailMechanical Failure Scotch Ale (aka The Dreaded Crossthreaded Wee Heavy)

This beer was a joy to brew. We started with Golden Promise barley, a strain of barley only grown in Scotland and used by the world’s great single malt Scotch distillers. We then smoked some barley over a peat fire out back. The peat was shipped directly from Ireland. The smoked malt adds a peaty, earthy (and smoky) depth and complexity to the beer. The beer is then allowed to age, or lager, for over a month at 32 degrees in order for the flavors to really come together. It would have been pouring a week earlier if a piece on the serving tank had not broken. That was quite obviously Dennis’ fault. I would never have crossthreaded that piece. Never.