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Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle)

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

Alloa, Central, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
8303.21/5.03.2/5.05%51.5Dimpled 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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 travita (1887), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/514/20
Mar 21, 2008  
Ambler look in color. OK head. Nice smell almost like an old ale slightly flowery but more heavily of scottish malt. Taste is lacking and seems watered down.


 djd07 (733), Houston, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/515/20
Mar 14, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a hazy light golden color with a medium frothy white head, good carbonation. The aroma is floral and sweet malt. The taste is a sweet herb flacor with a dry finish. A good ale from Williams Brothers.


 TrefwoordPunk (548), Leiden, Netherlands
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/102/512/20
Mar 12, 2008  
Bottle 50 cl. Pours a clear orange with a small white head and an aromatic slightly sweet and herbal smell. The taste is malty and syruppy sweet with some herbal notes. Nothing special, but enjoyable.


 BMan1113VR (2813), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/513/20
Mar 10, 2008  
Light brown, small head covering a murky dull orange body. Head leaves a ring and some lacing. Small particles present. Honey and sweet malts in the aroma. Taste is kind of watery and boring. Some honey, malts, something slightly herbal, but not much body. Watery, fizzy, and forgetable.


 Jonte (815), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 8, 2008    Updated: Jun 13, 2008
Bottle. Sample at Ölfrämjandet meeting at Haket, Gothenburg. Golden color with a white head. Aroma: Herbs, flowers honey, sweet malt. Flavor: Spicy and herbal, sweet malt, honey, some tea.


 pivnizub (4991), Bochum, Porúří, Germany
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/511/20
Mar 8, 2008  
Bottle: Golden coloured, bigger, quite stable creamy off-white head; slightly metallic, mainly herbal nose with a tinge of honey; moderate bitter-sweet flavour; herbal, almost piney traces in the bitter-sweet finish. O.K., unusual, drinkable, but not really necessary......


 davidpl (435), Santiago, Chile
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 7, 2008  
Appearance: turbid amber color. Little but lasting head with ivory color and good adherence at glass. Aroma: exotic flower smells, slightly mentholated with tones of malts and yeast. Flavor: dominated for a flower taste that injects a light sweetness and dryness with some herbal touches. Some slight aniseed and chamomile notes. Palate: medium body, silky texture and light carbonation. In short, a exotic and own floral character but without great points.


 MoritzF (4916), Bochum, Germany
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Mar 5, 2008  
(bottle) Slightly hazy, pale golden colour with a mid-sized, slightly yellow foamy head. Slightly dusty, moderately sweet malty and flowery an herbal hoppy nose. Sweet-bitter flavour, light to medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Malty and flowery, subtle fruity taste; sweet-bitter, floral and slightly herbal hoppy finish. Not my kind of taste but otherwise drinkable (05.03.08).



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