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Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle)

Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle) - Traditional Ale

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 Percentile 
66
overall
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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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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 TheBeerOrg (1563), Kentucky, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Sep 20, 2006  
Pours hazy dark orangish golden with a thin, off-white head. Aroma of flowers, candied pine sap, heather, and lavender. Mouthfeel is thin bodied and dry with very soft carbonation.


 oh6gdx (8801), Vasa, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/512/20
Sep 12, 2006  
Bottled. Dark orangeish colour, small white head. Aroma is nails from conifer along with hops and malts. Flavour is malty and spicy with some harsh hoppiness in finish. Not very pleasant flavour.


 TBone (6675), Pori, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/512/20
Sep 10, 2006  
Bottled (BB 10/2007). Dark honey golden color, small white head. Herbal aroma: birch leaves, pinewood. Light spicey, peppery flavor, dry. A bit similar to some Belgian ales.


 gws57 (1131), Saint Charles, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 9, 2006  
Had this one bottled (thanks Arnie!). Deep golden straw pour with a lacy white head, sweet bread in the nose, quite sweet with notes of clover honey and gin. Not great, but not bad.


 fonefan (10868), VestJylland, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/514/20
Sep 9, 2006  
Bottle. Pours a golden colour with a small white head. Fruity spicy aroma. Sweet malty spicy flavor with some herbal hints. Sweet malty finish.


 thornecb (1736), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Sep 8, 2006  
Pours amber into a shaker. Head from agressive pour quickly recedes to skim surface. Floral aromas. Flat with front to back bread and hay. Nothing redeeming - but not a drain pour - finished because I knew I wasn’t going to get my money back.


 bitbucket (2026), Kirkland, Washington, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/514/20
Sep 7, 2006  
Bottled. Pours a hazy light amber with a thin white head. Floral aroma with some wood/peat, fruit and honey spice. The body is medium with light carbonation. The taste is sweet with fruit and bisquit augmented by the same tastes as the aroma. A bit of spice on the finish.


 thomat (666), Göteborg, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Sep 2, 2006  
Hazy golden color with a thin white head. Malty, friuty and flowery notes. Medium body with a sweet aftertaste.



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