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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
common

on tap
unknown

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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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 mountainforest (111), Edinburgh, Scotland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Jun 18, 2007  
Tasted at the 2007 Beer Festival in Edinburgh Scotland. Good. Refreshing. Amber. Floral and spicy. Plenty of malt to balance.


 Jayb0 (750), Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Jun 18, 2007  
I have no idea what sweet gale is but the odd ingredients pay dividends in this beer. Very enjoyable. Deeply hazy, invitng amber with small but frothy head. Floral, Honey, malt, with herbal spiciness. Mild carbonation, nice quaff.


 GG (1612), NorCal, California, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/58/20
Jun 15, 2007  
NorCal tasting June ’07 - While this was a surprise beer, after a few sips it really started to get that.."Am I done with it yet" feeling. A really thin and watery beer, the nose was really flowery with a sour berry taste. It also had something that I just could’t place my finger on it, almost like a honey-like quality. Nothing worth looking at here in terms of pint sized drinking, because it’s just too damn boring. A half-pint, perhaps just because it’s pretty different.


 Cybercat (778), Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/513/20
Jun 11, 2007  
I got this in a four-pack of historic Scottish beers, which was just too much for me to resist. Aroma is strong, malty, and very pleasant. It pours out an orange-amber, rather than yellowish or brownish, with a thick head. Taste is a tad thin, but pleasantly malty with a nice bitter kick. A refreshing and smooth ale - I can see, or rather taste, why it has lasted for four millennia.


 BDR (2139), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jun 9, 2007  
An amber pour with sweet honey malt nose. Dry grainy malt body. Smooth finish.


 cgarvieuk (4159), Edinburgh, Scotland
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Jun 7, 2007    Updated: Nov 8, 2007
bottle at home... Golden orange colour ... Sweet fruity nose ... with honey and pine ... mellow fruit ... quite sweet ... honeyish ... little citric tones ... little pine resins. Rerate 3.6->3.8


 beerinmarch (2781), Alabama, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 6, 2007  
Nose of alcohol, slight scotch note from the herbs and earthiness of it. Sweet up front with a good balance to it, very spicy and dry. Pours cloudy amber with a tall white head.


vadersnightcap (80), Scotland
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/103/55/20
Jun 5, 2007  
I was veru uneasy with this heather ale, thin and watery and whatever flavour there is does not do it much favours. Grassy, leathery and very watery. Dont like the Lord of the Rings style lable either



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