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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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 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 (588), 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.


 RSRIZZO (1362), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/517/20
Sep 27, 2007  
Had this beer on 1/9/2006. Aroma is a sweet malt scent. Color is light orange with very low carbonation and head. Taste is rich, sweet and spicy. It all starts with a medium body that goes down with a creamy sweet malt feel. Finish comes on with a sweet malt flavor backed by a light bitterness and a slight spicy feel. This is a tasty full flavored beer.


 puboflyons (598), New Hampshire, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/513/20
Sep 24, 2007  
Bottle with expiration date of Aug 2008 from a collector’s set called "Historic Ales from Scotland." Pours a cloudy amber, kind of like a Belgian white. Aroma is more fruity than malted. Medium mouth feel and definitely a fruity or floral taste. A nice brew.


 FatPhil (3466), Espoo, Finland
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/513/20
Sep 24, 2007  
500ml bottle (Cambridge Wine, Cambridge) Bold orange, thin head. Spicy aroma. Also a spicy taste, like Abbeye de Rocs - very malty. Almost sage-like stuffing taste. Maybe a little sweet, but thoroughly tasty.


 blklab2007 (954), Connecticut, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 23, 2007  
bottle poured an amber in color with a thin white foam layer on the top. decent carbination, smell is caramel malt, flowery yeast, nutmeg, and some earthy tones. taste is lighter than the smell leads on, malts are fairly smooth, dry on the finish, and some sweetness. definitely a different beer in a nice way, the heather has a very garden grown spices taste like it could come from my own herb garden. interesting to think of people thousands of years ago drinking this stuff, lots of heather instead of hops.


brianbuntz (49), Santa Monica, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 16, 2007  
Opaque light brown. thin head with large soda-sized bubbles. Apart from grain and yeast, it has a woodsy, floral aroma. Has an herbal flavor with a taste similar to dried garlic. An odd beer and not one that I would want to have frequently.



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