Beer of the Week Blast from the Past: Pyramid Scotch Ale

Beer score: 6.2

Here's another beer, and another brewery, that's no longer with us. Such a shame.

This beer was sturdy and sweet like many a good Scotch ale.

Unfortunately, I don't care much for overly sweet beers, so Scotch ales sometimes suffer in my beer ratings. Still, Scottish ales often make a good sipping beer, especially on winter evenings when you're in the mood to drink but not get drunk. Also, Scotch ales can grow on you, but I wouldn't suggest breaking out a case at a party, not unless the party is full of beer snobs.

Anyway, this was one of the better Scotch ales, in my opinion, so I wish it was still around.

Books read in 2025: No. 11 -- The Guns of Avalon

by Roger Zelazny

Started: March 27

Finished: April 3

Notes: I've been meaning to read more Zelazny, and a decade or more back I saw an online discussion with 2 editors from Tor publishing, and they agreed this was the best of Zelazny's Amber novels. So, I thought this a fitting place to jump back into reading this author.

Mini review: This one was pretty darn good. I felt it slowed a little in the middle, but it had a solid beginning and quite a good ending, though it did leave things open for the next Amber novel. Anyway, in this once, Corwin seeks to gain the crown of Amber, and this takes him through various worlds, including one version of our own, but just when he seems on the verge of reaching his goal, a new threat presents itself.