Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle)

Scottish heather ale that was from a bottle. You know. other people are saying flowers and I agree. Iguess they are right though I don;t know I would have picked it up if I hadn’t read what they wrote. Medium palate. Bitter, but good.

Bottle. Pours a light golden with a frothy head. The aroma is mostly floral with some smokey malt. The taste is light; some sweet malts, some floral/heather flavors and some spices. Overall, a interesting beer. I give it respect for using Scottish (Gaelic) and for being unique. Not bad.

A strong golden colour, with a short lived white head. The aroma is pleasant with a flowery herbal notes. The flavour is unique, and damn tasty, at first it is a bit spicey, with touches of ginger, a sweet touch of honey, some eucalyptus in the middle, and a light herbal bitterness. All and all a top notch, and unique beer.

Bottle shared with a friend. New style of beer for me. Peat-like smell, with a flower-fruit like aroma. Had a moderate palate with flavours of spiced wine, malt and oddly enough.... flowers?

330ml bottle, 5 % a/v Pours a gold colour with a thin white head. The nose is fruit, mild peat and earth tones as well. The taste is intriguing, like floral imbued gingerale., somewhat simiilar to their Ebulum. It has a very nice, clean, fruit and floral finish.

331ml bottle from my "Historic Ales of Scotland" pack from the LCBO. Pours a pure copper colour with a small white head. The aroma is very nutty, with a touch of something strange in it, but very faintly and subtly. The flavour is much the same, but with more of the strange subtle flavour, that I guess is from the heather flowers. It’s surprisingly fresh tasting considering it’s an import. The finish is actually quite interesting, a little sweet bite on the tip of my tounge, not so much malty, most likely the heather flowers? It’s actually the most pleasant and interesting aspect of this beer. Lighter mouth-feel than I was expecting. Over-all an interesting brew, very enjoyable, but I wish the flavours were a tad stronger, as it seems a bit subdued. Good stuff though.

This is the first traditional ale Ive had that is at a normal alcohol level. Aroma and taste are both rreally floral.

A pretty good beer, goes well with spicy foods like the description says. The beer has a strangely bitter flavor that I guess comes from the heather. Tastes different than most other beers. Highly carbonated and light bodied. Easy to drink.