Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle)

Have been putting off drinking this for a long while now, wanted to make sure I could get it fresh. Bottle. Laid back aroma isn’t sweet, but has shiny pale malts and a handful of herbs and spices, ans some light pepper. Clear golden body with a creamy white head. Good malt base, lots and lots of heather give a lovely, distinctive taste. Dry and very faintly yeasty, with rounding spice in the back and really pleasing notes of gale, the quality of which I haven’t tasted since Heavyweight was still making gruit. Just a touch of bread, very faint, and a blend of whisky and honey. Very well balanced and enjoyable in both large and small quantities. Sustaining, vinous medium body. Gorgeous floral treat!

(Scotland) Coutesy of the Capt. Well, This brew had a golden amber color with a thin white head. Had a spicy / flowery aroma with citrus / grainy taste. Not very impressed but but drinkable.

Very interesting. Pours with a frothy, dissipating head. Sunny amber, zesty orange, festive appearance with carbonation clinging to the glass. Aroma is very sweet and flowery, with perfume, figs, raspberries and bready malt, finishing with a mossy earthiness. Taste is very velvety smooth, gentle and easygoing on the palate. The lack of hop bitterness is noticeable by a lack of "backbone" in the body, yet there is still a refreshing bitterness from a source I cannot figure out. Ginger, pears, cider apples, heather and sassafrass mingle on the tongue with robust buttery malt, and prepare you for the drying yet sweet and pleasing winey finish.

Bottle from set of four samplers from the Williams Brothers brewery - shared with the Devonshire Knights. Hazy amber pour with a simmering head. Spiced hopped citrus infusion, earthy and a little strange. Interesting session beer not a favorite.

330 ml bottle. Pours a hazey orange or amber. Slight pumpkin or spice to the nose. I do like this beer although it is my least favorite of the Scottish Sampler pack. Still good though.

Bottle- pours golden amber with white head. clears awa quite fast. nose is spicy. heather, honey, quite tasty not too sweet, with a spicy hop infused finish. nice.

Pours a clear copper colour with an off-white head that puffs up and fades quick, leaving no lacing. The nose is vegetal and odd, with distinct notes of sweet corn, peat, honey and subtle apple. The flavour is equally vegetal and earthy with that sweet corn flavour, floral hops and earthen spice, reminding me of autumn. The finish is grainy and slightly peaty with a residual sweetness. The palate is crisp with short duration and soft carbonation.

Pours an amber color with no head at all and looks almost like a flat beer. The nose is full of spice, fresh vegtables and apple with a floral finish. The initial flavor is very earbal with a strong barley and spice flavor that coats your mouth. The finish is sweet and reminds me alot of corn and with a spice finish.