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Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle) 3.2 840

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
8403.21/5.03.2/5.05%52.5Dimpled 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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 PorterPounder (3147), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
May 22, 2004  
Odd, to say the least. Murky, light orange appearance with a decent long lasting head. Very fragrant floral aroma with some ginger notes as well. Pleasant mouthfeel, leaves a nice aftertaste. Flavor has the same ginger elements, I’m sure it is heather, just never had heather before! Also detect a bit of spearmint in the back end as well. Not your everyday quaffing ale, but a nice diversion.


 ogivlado (3088), Zagreb, Croatia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 20, 2006  
Bottled(500ml). -strange beer but quite good, slight punch notes, malty aroma with strong heather and spicy aroma, lingering spicy herbal finish


 hughie (3074), Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/510/20
Nov 1, 2005  
Golden with a white head. It looked, in fact, like a typical international lager. Actually it tasted a bit like one, except it wasn’t bitter enough and had a slight aroma and taste of malt and dried grass. It wasn’t bad, but I refuse to believe this thoroughly modern session beer resembles whatever Stone Age brew the ancient Gaels drank. This is another example of spurious historical associations and ’heritage’ so beloved by Britsh brewers.


 Jukkabro (3039), Tampere, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 5, 2007  
Dark orange colored, slightly hazy appearance. Little thick white head. Interesting aroma with spices and herbs, even some whiskey-oaky tone comes up. Fruits and some honey also in sweet aroma, also some radlery-lemon here, complex aroma indeed. Medium bodied. Flavor is also somehow sour with this fruity-herbal touch, aftertaste dries with still this sour herbal-caramel biting. Some metal and lemon in aftertaste also.


 caesar (3034), Bunnik/Utrecht, Netherlands
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Sep 18, 2003  
Bitter english style beer, but this one is quite well balanced compared to some of the extremely bitter beers like Fullers 1846.


 rauchbier (3002), Isle Of Beer, Lincolnshire, England
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Feb 6, 2002  
Interesting flavours of perfume blackcurrant ginger malt and toothpaste, bright copper bronze colour with no head and a dry alcoholic aftertaste


 presario (3001), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jan 22, 2003  
Nice aroma. I like a beer that calls out to you like a genie when you uncap it. Slightly cloudy. Does almost look like a cider. Smooth palate. Kind of like a tame Belgian without the alcohol or deeper flavour characteristics. Although lighter, the spiciness and heather flavours are intriguing and make it worth buying another bottle.


 daknole (3000), Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/103/56/20
Oct 18, 2008  
Yuck. Cloudy gold color. Aroma is very weak and not interesting. I know they used some cool ingredients in this one, but it doesnt smell or taste like it. Flavor is very boring and I don’t find it pleasant. Taste is grainy and odd and just poor.



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