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Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle) 3.2 843

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
8433.21/5.03.2/5.05%52.9Dimpled 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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 DruncanVeasey (2768), The Penguin’s Arms, Europe, Warwickshire, England
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/59/20
Mar 1, 2007  
Parsnip sweet snout. Deep gold pour with white froth. Chewy maltiness drinking way beyond its strength, a bit like a full-bodied Biere Du garde. Revolting. Nose becoming more sappy and perfumey as it warms. No, it’s waxy, leathery and resinous and I just don’t like it. Where’s the flowers?


 Beershine (2754), Traipsing Around, Cambodia
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Aug 20, 2007    Updated: Dec 27, 2007
Lots of suspended particles sometimes but the color is nice. Smell of honey, flowers, and herbs. The Fraoch Heather Ale is like drinking the forest. Even if it is on the thin side, I believe it might be one of my favorite of the Heather beers. It is intensely herbal and wholly unique. Slight camphor taste. Dry and astringent. It’s also light and quaffable.


 michael-pollack (2749), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/56/20
Dec 31, 2008  
330ml Bottle: Faint aroma of malts, chocolate and evergreen. Poured golden/amber/yellow in color with a small white head that diminished into a film that lasted throughout. Hazy. Sparkling. Flavor is dull. Tastes of slight peat, light chocolate, malts, and bit of sugar. Medium body. Average texture. Average carbonation. Slightly chocolate malt finish. Really boring. Almost no flavor to this beer.


 Suttree (2748), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/105/518/20
May 15, 2002  
Very subtle favor, so don’t try after a night of IPA or stout drinking. tart, leans toward sour. thin mouth feel. worthy trying, if only to drink something a little different.


 Nuffield (2747), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/510/20
Jul 27, 2003  
Lightish amber color, little head, slightly syrupy appearance. Aroma suggests that I've walked into a National Trust giftshop, floral and perfumy. Flavor and not especially interesting palate, even watery. Slightly hazy. Not as bad as the sum of its parts. (gravity pour at 2003 Kent Beer Festival)


 harlequinn (2745), Tacoma, Washington, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 26, 2003  
This is the most unique ale I think I have ever had. Lots of sweet spices in the aroma and taste, cinnamon, nutmeg, perhaps some clover honey, but lots of ginger, almost a ginger ale like quality to this one. Strong wine like mouthfeel that is very dry in the finish.


 IrishBoy (2726), 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!


 maniac (2697), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Mar 13, 2006  
Hazy orange color with a thin white head. Sweet light spiced aroma. Sweet floral flavors with hints of cardamom.



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