Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle)

Brewed by Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Style: Traditional Ale
Alloa, Central, Scotland

Shared with Beerdrenched. Pours orange with a white head. Aroma has nutmeg, butterscotch and a honey-like sweetness. Starts off sour with nutmeg - slightly medicinal with the honey sweetness. This is a medium bodied beer that is very smooth with gentle carbonation (best thing about the beer). The finish has much of the same that was in the taste with more medicinal aspects. It gets more tolerable further down the glass, but still not something I’ll buy again.

Couldn’t find any attraction to this one. Actually expected a lot more than what was delivered. From the bottle. Pours a clear, golden bronze with no head and alarmingly big bubbles that clung firmly to the side giving it the appearance of lucozade. Very distant aroma of wild heather, rusted car bodies and wood. In the mouth it’s quite thin and seemingly watery with a heady fizz to it. Flavour has again distant heather notes with some light chamomile, dull malts, oak, stale hops and dried flower petals. Quite dull, nothing exciting yet it seems quite soothing. Finish has a tinge of salt and honey with more dried herbs set to linger just long enough to dry it out. Overall it wasn’t bad, but it just doesn’t sit right on the palate and lacks the feel of a good traditional Ale. (33cL, Morrison’s, Bayswater, London)

Very Interesting beer. Stong Floral - Herbal aroma and flavor. Pours hazy orange - copper from the bottle with a minimal head. some unique flavors in this one I cant identify. that must be the heather without the hops. some swallows were a little acidic, but most were malty, floral and dry.

bottle-thanks to vyvvy for sharing. clear orange with a soapy white head. nose is funky, moldy grapes, cardboard and musty earthyness. peat moss? honeydew, mellons and vegetal notes on the flavors. the veg here is over-the top and really becomes detracting. palate is soft with nice carbonation. not my thing

330 ml bottle, bought at Mahlers Vinhandel, Frederikshavn, Denmark. My first heather ale. Cloudy honey coloured, moderate head. Nice aroma of heather flowers and heather honey, notes of earth, peat and fresh sea air too. Flavour is earthy and moderately herbal, but not quite as exciting as I hoped - still good, though. Mouthfeel is maybe a bit thin, the beer is fairly dry but some heather honey notes shine through. A moderate herbal bitterness in the aftertaste.

Pours orange with small disapearing head. Not much aroma but a little honey, woody earthy smell. Stale orange citrus flavors with a smooth palate. Very herbal dry flavors. Very different any other beer I’ve had.

Bottle. Copper-amber color with medium head. Extraordinary flowery aroma with sweet honey, herbs, light acidity and strawberry. Dryer, flowery and woody flavor. A bit flat flavor after such an intriguing aroma.

Transparent orange pour with medium white head offers a floral nose of some spice and pepper that is mostly dry. Palate is rather nice actually, with a silken touch to it. Flavor is, alas, a bit bland with the flower/heather quality distinct throughout. It just comes off a bit thin and unremarkable. Enjoyable as homage, but less than captivating as brew.