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Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle)

Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle) - Traditional Ale

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66
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Brewed by Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Style: Traditional Ale

Alloa, Central, Scotland

bottled
common

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unknown

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8273.2/5.03.2/5.05%51.9Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard
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Brewed in Scotland since 2000 B.C. heather ale is probably the oldest style of ale still produced in the world. From an ancient Gaelic recipe for "leann fraoich" (heather ale) it has been revived and reintroduced to the Scottish culture.
Into the boiling bree of malted barley, sweet gale and flowering heather are added, then after cooling slightly the hot ale is poured into a vat of fresh heather flowers where it infuses for an hour before being fermented.
A light amber ale with floral peaty aroma, full malt charachter, a spicy herbal flavour and dry wine like finish.
Recommended with rich and Spicy foods.
Drink slightly chilled from a fluted glass.
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 lithy (1600), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 19, 2009  
Slight hazy yellow-orange with a lasting white cover. Big floral, dry aroma. Taste is lots of honey, more florals, a bit cloying.


 JK54B (913), Helsinki, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 18, 2009  
A 0.5L bottle from Alko shop. Pale head. Pale golden yellow colour. Slightly sour flowery taste. Some fruitiness. Average carbonation. Malty and winelike tatse. Some bitterness at the end.


 tagz (334), USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/514/20
Jan 17, 2009  
bottle. slightly hazy yellow brown with no head. the heather isn’t overpowering. it adds an herbal, earthy, slightly floral aroma, but doesn’t distract from the flavor of the beer. crisp palate. this one went down quick. i was pleasantly surprised. the only downside - i think the heather oils kill the head.


 bierkoning (5987), La Tropica, Netherlands
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/510/20
Jan 15, 2009  
Bottle from Tbone, thanks! Orange color. Slightly earthy aroma with a hint of orange. Earthy grassy flavor with vennel. Just a bit thin. Hints of orange and honey. Unimpressive.


 Eyedrinkale (3209), Astoria, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jan 10, 2009  
Bottle. Tight white head on top of a goldish brown body. Aroma is a floral, honey thing with some peppery spice. The flavor is more honey up front with ginger and light caramel. I like the earthiness of this. I’ve had a few gruits and this isn’t as good as those.


HoppyHippie (1), Somerville, New Jersey, USA
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3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/518/20
Jan 9, 2009  
amber in color with very little head. the light body makes for arefreshing, easy drink. the slight dryness on the finish really adds to the flavor. nothing too complex, but still a pretty good ale.


 mike1977ok (633), Netherlands
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/59/20
Jan 6, 2009  
Pale brown colour. Fragrant floral aroma. Thin texture. Flavour is a little vegetabley. Hint of tongue numbing gale stays on the palate.


 HonkeyBra (1270), Lemont, Illinois, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Jan 3, 2009  
Orange pour with a weird nose. I guess it’s the flowers in this, but its herbal and kind of bitter in a bad way. Nothing really special in this at all.



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