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Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle)

Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle) - Traditional Ale

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

Alloa, Central, Scotland

bottled
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8273.2/5.03.2/5.05%51.9Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard
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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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 MarkoR (224), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Oct 13, 2007  
Very interesting beer. Orange colour. Small thick white head. Creamy body. Malty and fruity. Tasty.


 BeerBelcher (930), Columbus, Ohio, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/56/20
Oct 6, 2007  
I don’t really know what heather tastes or smells like, so I wasn’t sure what to expect from this beer. And it didn’t really taste like anything unusual...it was just kind of generic, not great, beer. Appearance was rather pale, with just a touch of white head. Aroma was pretty minimal. Flavor was a bit cerealy, but also very subtle. Mouthfeel was a bit watery. Far from the best beer I’ve had in recent memory.


 joohefner (380), Isla Vista, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 6, 2007  
light orange gold color with a small creamy head. citric flower aroma with a light graininess to it. thin creamy body. honey malt comes out in the flavor with some acidic flowers and herbs. havent had many traditional ales so didnt really know what to expect. drinks like a very floral, light pale ale


 Jukkabro (2981), Tampere, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 5, 2007  
Dark orange colored, slightly hazy appearance. Little thick white head. Interesting aroma with spices and herbs, even some whiskey-oaky tone comes up. Fruits and some honey also in sweet aroma, also some radlery-lemon here, complex aroma indeed. Medium bodied. Flavor is also somehow sour with this fruity-herbal touch, aftertaste dries with still this sour herbal-caramel biting. Some metal and lemon in aftertaste also.


 Strykzone (1459), Wood River, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 3, 2007  
A tea colored pour with no head. Aroma is malty and fruity. Flavor is fruit and floral. Malt is barely noticeable. It is a unique and interesting beer. Tasty as well. If this is indeed an ancient recipe then my Scottish forefathers drank well.


 Funknmilla (577), Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/103/511/20
Oct 3, 2007  
Had this straight out of the bottle , from the air-mouth pour a golden color, aroma is pleasant, light....flavor is like diluted pop rocks, and some chemical malt taste...body is fuzzy and delicate...just an ok brew


 Mirage52 (123), New Market, Maryland, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Oct 2, 2007  
Poured from the bottle a cloudy copper color. Small head. Smell was flowery. Malty flavor, clean finish. Not a bad ale.


 cathcacr (586), Portland, Oregon, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/55/102/59/20
Sep 30, 2007  
Aroma is nice and floral but mild; flavor is sweet with honey character but very mild and light; thin body. Comes out average on the whole.



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