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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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 BeerVirgin72 (778), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 5, 2009  
Bottle shared at Muckfest 2009. Sweet flowery aroma. Nice flavor of sweet caramel, with a smokey back taste. Very nice.


 IrishBoy (2704), Bakersfield, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/513/20
Jun 26, 2009  
330 ml bottle from Bevmo Salinas. Lightly hazy yellow orange with a small pale yellow head. Nose is spicy with floral and caramel notes and a background hint of grassy hops and caramel. Flavor is light bitterness, herbally smoothing to my throat, and some light caramel. Different!


 CanIHave4Beers (862), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
Jun 25, 2009  
Pours with a medium fluffy white head and a hazy blonde color. Aroma is spicy with some ginger and lots of floral notes with just a touch of rubbing alcohol. Flavor is like the aroma very strong with a spicy ginger, some slight grainy maltiness, and a bit of alcohol. I’d have thought this was stronger than what it was with as much alcohol seems to show through but I like it none the less. The flavor is very herbal, almost like a very good herbal tea. The palate is soft; this is a very nice beer to drink.


 altonbrownd (1888), Amsterdam, Netherlands
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jun 22, 2009  
Bottle at home. Orange body with very thin head. Strong herbal nose. Spicy taste. Also sweet with caramel and malts. Watery texture. Decent.


 Vertical Bacon Strips (887), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Jun 22, 2009  
Bright slight clear orange brew, nice off white cap with good retention and lots of ropy lacing. The aroma was strong, herbal , spcy, floral, a bit Christmasy and peat moss. The taste seems fresh with lots of spice...in fact the flavour is mainly spice with orange peel, pepper and no alcohol at all. Comes across a bit too carbonated and foamy...a touch watery. Finishes with an aftertaste very similar to the flavour.


 brewblackhole (1369), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Jun 20, 2009  
Aroma wa flowery for a little bit,got some kind of metallic thing,very light and clear,taste was a pleasant surprise,almost reminded me of a slightly sweet jasmine tea,malting all very light ,as was the hopping,taste is soft and strangely pleasant,i think this Heather dominates . A cute little surprise


xs2500 (90), Mississippi, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/54/102/512/20
Jun 11, 2009  
Pours a hazey yellowish color with a thin head that grows then dissipates. Aroma is nice, but taste is salty with hints of yeast and floral like flavor. Maybe I just got a bad bottle, but I was not impressed


 nate2g (1073), Brisbane, Australia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jun 7, 2009  
Bottle. Pours ruby with a small, white head. The aroma is spice, earth, pine needles and herbal notes. The flavour takes on the same character with the malt balancing the beer out nicely. Medium bodied and it’s actually quite hoppy, finishing in a sweet bitterness. Something different but drinkable, it’s fantastic to see the traditional ales after all this time alive and well. Great beer.



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