Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle)

Poured a dirty caramel color with the aroma and flavor of sweet mallts, flowers, yeast, caramel and wheat. Not bad.

Straw gold color with small head. Malty/caramel/honey, herbal/floral, and gourd/pumpkin aroma. Spicy/galangal note apparent upon taste. Body is thin. I guess life before hops wasn’t that bad.

12oz bottle: Poured a light brown with a quickly dissipating white head. Tastes a bit watered down. Mild finish. Doesn’t really make you want to come back for more.

I saw all of the good comments and had to add my own. It smelled great, it looked great, it tasted like a flower. That’s not a compliment. The after-taste just about killed me. I hated this beer. Maybe it’s heather beers in general. It’s the only one I’ve ever had.

Light, straw body with a medium malt body that is suprisingly rich and full of character. Some sweet fruit essence. Slightly grassy and flowery with a nice sweet finish. Suprisingly refreshing and satisfying. As always, like the bottle art - adds to the experience.

Very light golden colour with a rocky thick white head. Flowery, sweet, bit spicy. Didn’t like it.

Nose of herbs, spices and other vegetation gives this beer a wonderful bouquet surpassing many other beers for its sheer distinctiveness. Pours a golden colour beer with a small head. Taste is hoppy, with herbs and spcies (must be the heather) being present. Not much malt is present. All in all another really enjoyable beer from Williams.

Bottle. Bright gold appearance. Mild spice could make the aroma profile a distant second-cousin to a wheat beer. However, this is much soapier than a wheat, with a sharp floral quality that builds as you head towards the finish. Sort of like getting a mouthful of shampoo while rinsing your hair in the shower. No sodium laureth sulphate on the ingredients list – and that’s the best thing you can say about this one.