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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

on tap
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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 michael-pollack (2602), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/56/20
Dec 31, 2008  
330ml Bottle: Faint aroma of malts, chocolate and evergreen. Poured golden/amber/yellow in color with a small white head that diminished into a film that lasted throughout. Hazy. Sparkling. Flavor is dull. Tastes of slight peat, light chocolate, malts, and bit of sugar. Medium body. Average texture. Average carbonation. Slightly chocolate malt finish. Really boring. Almost no flavor to this beer.


 joe19612 (673), camberley, Surrey, England
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Dec 31, 2008  
Good floral aroma and good orange colour when poured. Real sweet taste with a dry finish.


 Archibaldo de la Cruz (394), Finland
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 31, 2008  
Bottle. Hazy orange colour with a small white head. Aroma is sweet malts and floral. Sweet malt flavour with notes of fruits. Refreshing, but not very interesting.


fizzban (27), whitehouse, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Dec 27, 2008  
This isint the most powerfull or complex beer but it is incredibly refreshing and so drinkable. A great think to sart or finnish a night. Refreshes the palat after a hevy meal or other beer. Citrusy and herbal. Almost a honey suckel flavore to it.


 rosenbergh (843), Helsinki, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 26, 2008  
500 ml bottle. Finland. Definitely interesting beer. Some floral/herbal notes in aroma as well as in flavour.


 cyrenaica (435), Milton, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Dec 24, 2008  
330ml bottle
5.0% ABV
I tried this on December 13, 2008 after purchasing a 4 pack of "Historic Scottish Ales" from one of my local LCBO outlets. The beer poured a clear, hazy medium gold colour with a thin white head. The aroma is grassy malt, some floral notes, and a slight skunky smell. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, medium carbonation. The taste is earthy, malty, with more of a sour finish than a bitter finish.


 jameswolfe (141), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/512/20
Dec 23, 2008  
Well it is different, but not really that complex or powerful. There is almost zero head and its a slightly murky orange color. It has a floral and citrus character and a clean finish. Kind of light.


heroincredible (5), melvindale, Michigan, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle) does not count
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/56/104/511/20
Dec 23, 2008  
pours an orangey-amber colour, barely-there head. nice maltiness, sweetness. a bit tinny. not much to it. on the watery side. all in all a very mediocre beer.



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