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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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 FishManLA (290), Abita Springs, Louisiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/513/20
Jun 6, 2009  
Pours a bright brass color with a small white head. Nose is sweet, yeasty, and slightly floral. Taste is sweet, slightly tart, with subtle caramel and piney, herbal notes. Finish consists of the lingering herbal components of the flavor and some slight tartness.


 Cirrhosis (615), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/57/102/510/20
Jun 5, 2009  
Yet an other expired beer, from my Scottish multi pack. Looks like shyte, nasty looking grey flakes in a light brown cloudy body, with no head or carbonation showing. Smell was sweet coffee mixed flowers, ok smelling but bland. Taste was all right roasted malts coffee, flowers and a nuttiness, taste better then I thought it would. Mouth fell is thin and flat most likely due to the expired bottle. This beer was vile but I had it before and enjoyed it, so if you can find a non expired bottle drink it if its past its prime let it go


 l1br4r14n (275), Washington, Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 3, 2009  
Aroma of sweet malt and honey. Pours cloudy dark yellow with a head that completely disappears. Flavor is spice, a little citrus, grassy bitterness, honey, all over a malt backbone. Interesting beer.


 BroSpud (594), , Massachusetts, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/102/515/20
May 31, 2009  
11.2oz bottle from a Heather Ale mix sampler box. An interesting beer and I think the only one with heather in it that I’ve ever tasted. Poured light copper. Tastes of pine, citrus, and slight spiciness. Maybe a little on the thin side.


 theisti (1650), Leawood, Kansas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
May 18, 2009  
11.2 fl oz royal. Best before Oct 2007 notched on the label. Pour is hazed orange golden with a bunch of floaties, and a one inch light tan head. Aroma of malty, roasty earthiness - the moss peat as expected. Nice herbal floral notes. Really soft and inviting nose. Taste is the musty, earthy, peaty, slightly sweet floral of the nose. There is also a bit of butterscotch citrus sweetness present. Really layered flavors, nicely integrated. Palate is medium, drying, yet coats the mouth pleasantly. This really attacked the palate despite the lower abv. Interesting and enjoyable beer. I need to grab a fresher bottle and see what the age did to this.


 dwaggs2 (534), Lee’s Summit, Missouri, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/102/512/20
May 13, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a yellowish color with a smaller white head. Aroma was some sweet aromas, malts, and pines. Flavor was bitter, weird and not as good as I thought it would be. Medium body.


 smith4498 (864), Miami, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
May 12, 2009  
Pours golden color with white head that quickly disappears. Very floral aroma. Flavor is herbal, flowery and spicy. I’m getting some cinnamon and citrus also. Medium body with lively carbonation. I enjoyed this one.


 TET (232), Finland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/514/20
May 9, 2009  
Light copper brown beer with quite big blond head. Aroma is quite great, balanced with something exotic, "sweet pine needles", bitterness and some cinnamon? Flavour is more simple than aroma, but still quite similar: dry, pine needles and old-fashioned style. Nice and balanced to drink. Different beer with interesting "exotic", definitety worth to dry.



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