Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle)

	Percentile
	66
	overall

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

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
830	3.21/5.0	3.2/5.0	5%	51.5	Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard

Commercial Description:
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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Ungstrup (15007), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Oct 23, 2005

A hazy orange beer with a huge off-white head. The aroma is quite spicy with lots of herbs, as well as notes of chocolate. The flavor is sweet with quite powerful notes of honey, but also notes of flowers, I seem to pick up roses, and herbs, but also some heather. The end is dry with the spicy honey lingering. I like this - I would have enjoyed living 4000 years ago, if this was what I was drinking.

Papsoe (14791), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

May 16, 2005 Updated: Jul 3, 2005

(Bottle 50 cl) Presumably a historic ale from Scotland from times when heather rather than hops were used as bittering ingredient. Beautiful amber, filtered with a creamy head. Has some gingery notes, but it’s probably from the added sweet gale. A very interesting beer. 290804

yespr (11905), Copenhagen O, Denmark

2.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.7	5/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	11/20

May 12, 2008

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a lacing white head. Mild spiced towards earthy aroma. Flavour is earthy and mildly ginger spiced. Ends mild spiced and smooth.

fonefan (11001), VestJylland, Denmark

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	6/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	14/20

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.

MiP (9025), Sønderborg, Denmark

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	14/20

Jul 6, 2008

Bottle, 5% at ÅBF08. Golden colour. Weak pine flavour. Special enough to be slightly interesting.

oh6gdx (8840), Vasa, Finland

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	7/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	12/20

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.

joergen (8450), Frederiksberg, Denmark

2.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.8	5/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	11/20

Nov 1, 2005

Bottled. Clear amber coloured with a small white head. Fruity aroma with notes of malts. Fruity flavour with notes of malts. Hoppy finish.

kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA

1.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
1.5	6/10	1/5	2/10	1/5	5/20

Sep 1, 2007

Name: Fraoch Heather Ale
Date: 02/04/1996
Mode: Bottle
Source: Greens

clear yellow color, whispy head, sweet floral aroma, strong heather flavor throughout - a cross between bitter and sweet

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 2/10; Flavor: 2/10; Palate: 2/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 1.5/5.0
Score: 4
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