Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle)

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.

(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

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.

Bottle. Pours a golden colour with a small white head. Fruity spicy aroma. Sweet malty spicy flavor with some herbal hints. Sweet malty finish.

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.

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

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

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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The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.