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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
8323.21/5.03.2/5.05%51.7Dimpled 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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 gunnfryd (3568), Kristiansand, Norway
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
May 4, 2006  
Bottled. Amber colour with white head. Ginger, malt and caramel aroma. The same is the flavour. Dry bitter finish.


 yngwie (4910), Kristiansand, Norway
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
May 1, 2006    Updated: Jun 29, 2009
Bottled. Golden beer with a white head. No carbonation. Spicy aroma with ginger, caramel and malt. Malty flavor with spices and caramel. Lightly dusty mouthfeel. Dry, bitter finish. Rating: 7-3-7-3-14-3.4. (060422)

Bottle. A slightly hazy golden beer with a fingerthick white head. Heathery nose with sweet pale malts and a flowery touch. A hint of ginger too maybe. Sweet malts, heather and some flowery notes. There’s some ginger-like notes in the flavor too, but without the almost soapy touch there’s to ginger. Medium body. Sweet, almost sugary towards the finish with heather, pale malts and some bitterness. Drying up in the very end. A nice and slightly quenching beer, but a bit on the sweet side. Like it. (090629)


 Beerdedone (1873), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 25, 2006    Updated: Apr 26, 2006
Bottle sampled at my house with Stegosaurus. Pours hazy orange with a white head. Aroma of citrus, sweet malts, herbal. Flavor is smooth, carbonated, citrusy, malt, dry finish. The best Traditional i have sampled.


 FlagstoneHill (211), Erie, Colorado, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/512/20
Apr 23, 2006  
Bottle.. .. Hazy copper, not much head. .. .. Floral, grassy, hints of malt, piney. .. . Herby, sweet, clean finish - chamomile?. . .. . Lt body, little carbonation, watery. .. .. Interesting, herby brew. Not too bad, but I’d doubt I’d have too many more.


 paulmetzger (152), Pocatello, Idaho, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Apr 19, 2006  
Medium pale orange amber with medium carbonation. Herbal and toffee aroma. Starts sharp, slightly metallic. Strong malt flavor at the end. Smooth, but not silky smooth.


 iowaherkeye (1845), Bakersfield, California, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/511/20
Apr 13, 2006  
Pours a light copper with a tiny eggshell head. Aroma of ginger, floral hops, sweet caramel malts--ginger is predominant. The taste follows the aroma into a slightly bitter finish. Nothing to write home about.


 jbrus (4842), Delft, Netherlands
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/513/20
Apr 9, 2006  
Bottled. Floral, cookie and licorice aroma. Hazy, yellow color, small white head, fair lace. Sweet malty flavor, floral - anis like - and cookie, light dry. Not bad but I’m not convinced.


 gnoff (3560), Göteborg, Sweden
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/56/102/58/20
Apr 9, 2006  
Bottle at Haket in Gothenburg, Sweden. The last bottles were sold April 8.
Light yellow color, small non-lasting white head. Sweet scent from honey and heather. Pretty thin sweet taste with very low bitterness. Heather and sweet aftertaste.



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