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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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 pivo (2535), Germany
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
Jul 11, 2007  
Grassy nose, gold color. Sweet honey malt, corriander, herbal notes. Medium body, Interesting blend but it doesn’t come together in balance for me.


 chimpscampee (556), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Jul 7, 2007  
The claimed sweet gale and flowering heather give this a pronounced floral and perfume aroma. Mineral water aspect. A bit of the butterscotch flavor so common in scottish ales but orange, pear flavors lighten it and white grape give it a vinous aspect. A bit too sweet but finish is sort of dry.


 damienv10 (108), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/103/513/20
Jul 7, 2007  
Light and clear golden orange with a small white head. The nose surprisingly barnyardy with just a hint of fruit malt. Very inconspciuous nose. Fairly flat on the palate with just a hint of carbonation. The flavors are very different from most beers I’ve tried. Roasted nuts, rose, lemon, and coriander. Not bad, but I probably won’t purchase again.


 after4ever (2711), Brier, Washington, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/512/20
Jul 4, 2007  
500. Pours dark straw color with a moderate white suday head. Light floral and grassy nose with some sweat in there. Decent lace on the way down. Soft carb, lightish body, clean sweet flavors of grass and floral and hay, maybe very faint lemon. This is a fairly nondescript beer that my sweet spots for whatever reason determine to be a perfect food accompaniment. It’s not too awfully much as a sipper or a quaffer, but it just happens to seem perfect next to a plate of grub, especially outside. I can’t even explain it, because I don’t think it’s all that special, but it works, so I go with it.


 lgklotet (420), Singapore, Singapore
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/510/20
Jul 2, 2007  
Bottle. Interesting brew this, I picked up floral notes, some bitterness and an overall ’oddness’. Glad I had it but I wouldn’t go out of my way to drink it again. Still, the utmost respect for these brewers.


 Ramenen (453), San Salvador, El Salvador
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 23, 2007  
Thanks to beer buddy ghawener. A very different ale from what I had tasted before. A very mild ale and all flavors were subtle, very different from the powerful ales produced today. I would say my palate is accostumed to richer flavors.


 marchcow (664), Coralville, Iowa, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 20, 2007  
Sweet malty aroma with hay, citrus, and honey accents. Orange amber color with a tan bubbly head of moderate duration. Flavor is flowery and sweet at first and then moves toward bitterness. Honey and spice flavors with a tea like quality. Lightly creamy in the mouth perhaps a bit thin with a lightly dry finish. Moderate carbonation. Notably good on the aroma and flavor.


 BeerBlockaid (538), Jacksonville, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 20, 2007  
Picked this up at ABC. Seem’s that ABC has grown up a bit. Much better selection of micros. Pourd this into a cloudy brownish urine colour. Taste was offensive at first but mellowed out into a nice pubalesessioner. Nose is sweet malts and caramel, and sugar scotch-e. Taste warms up into sweet malts, honey, peat and a mild roasted flavour. Not too hoppy though. Soe citric flavours, but the sweet malty and barely _ness of it is very enjoyable.



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