Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle)

	Percentile
	66
	overall

Brewed by Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Style: Traditional Ale
Alloa, Central, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
830	3.21/5.0	3.2/5.0	5%	51.5	Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard

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Bottle: Filtered
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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HoppyHippie (1), Somerville, New Jersey, USA
does not count

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	18/20

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 (637), Netherlands

2.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.4	6/10	3/5	4/10	2/5	9/20

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 (1319), Lemont, Illinois, USA

2.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.6	5/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	10/20

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.

michael-pollack (2642), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA

1.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
1.8	3/10	3/5	3/10	3/5	6/20

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 (687), camberley, Surrey, England

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Dec 31, 2008

Good floral aroma and good orange colour when poured. Real sweet taste with a dry finish.

Archibaldo de la Cruz (399), Finland

2.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.9	5/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

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
4	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

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 (867), Helsinki, Finland

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Dec 26, 2008

500 ml bottle. Finland. Definitely interesting beer. Some floral/herbal notes in aroma as well as in flavour.

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