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Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle) 3.2 842

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
8423.2/5.03.2/5.05%53.1Dimpled 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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 Crit (2412), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/512/20
Feb 5, 2003  
Hazy gold, fast fading white head.Light earthy, floral nose.Light malt palate with a faintly flowery spiced finish. Different


 Drew (2410), Kent, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 3, 2002  
light, ’springy’, grassy, floral. thin body, tangy-tartness. refreshing. adventurous brew of nice quality


 eaglefan538 (2403), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/512/20
Jun 11, 2006  
Pretty unoffensive, but not that special at the same time. Poured an amber color with a thin white head that dissipated quickly and laced only ok. The aroma was hard to pick up, somewhat off and metallic. The flavor was based on light pale and caramel malts with honey, oranges, and light floral (heather if they say so) aspects. Somewhat dry in the aftertaste and touched with some metallic tones. Again, like their other ales, neat to try, but nothing to drink regularly.


 Boutip (2402), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/514/20
May 24, 2005  
Bottle: Poured a hazy orange color beer with a small head and not much in terms of retention. Aroma is somewhat malty with some strange sweetness. Taste is also sweeteer then expected though it does not seem to come directly from added sugar but more derived from one of the other ingredient. Light spices also hit the palate at the end and again are hard to properly identified. Nice and enjoyable overall but would not necessarily seek this again.


 BrewDad (2378), Olympia, Washington, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/510/20
Apr 22, 2007  
Bottle 1 Pint
A deep amber color with a nice head. The aroma was not bad with a little light struck. I am sure this has come al ong way to go down my gut. The flavors where light and nice but I was expecting more. This was a sweet beer but I was hoping for more spices.


 Bragesnak (2354), Aarhus, Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 7, 2009  
Bottled. Amber with white head. Aroma of malt and spices. Flavor is caramel, notes of fruit and spices/herbs


 Spiesy (2333), Global Citizen, Greater London, England
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/514/20
Sep 23, 2003  
Bottled. Hazy gold colour with a fine white, slightly lacy head. Lovely smooth malty flavour. Very pleasing mouth feel, silky smooth and more’ish.


 Sigmund (2300), Hafrsfjord, Norway
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 22, 2006  
330 ml bottle, bought at Mahlers Vinhandel, Frederikshavn, Denmark. My first heather ale. Cloudy honey coloured, moderate head. Nice aroma of heather flowers and heather honey, notes of earth, peat and fresh sea air too. Flavour is earthy and moderately herbal, but not quite as exciting as I hoped - still good, though. Mouthfeel is maybe a bit thin, the beer is fairly dry but some heather honey notes shine through. A moderate herbal bitterness in the aftertaste.



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