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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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 marchcow (664), Coralville, Iowa, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 20, 2007  
Sweet malty aroma with hay, citrus, and honey accents. Orange amber color with a tan bubbly head of moderate duration. Flavor is flowery and sweet at first and then moves toward bitterness. Honey and spice flavors with a tea like quality. Lightly creamy in the mouth perhaps a bit thin with a lightly dry finish. Moderate carbonation. Notably good on the aroma and flavor.


 chimplechamp (465), Oslo, Norway
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/516/20
May 25, 2008  
Bottle- pours golden amber with white head. clears awa quite fast. nose is spicy. heather, honey, quite tasty not too sweet, with a spicy hop infused finish. nice.


 joohefner (380), Isla Vista, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 6, 2007  
light orange gold color with a small creamy head. citric flower aroma with a light graininess to it. thin creamy body. honey malt comes out in the flavor with some acidic flowers and herbs. havent had many traditional ales so didnt really know what to expect. drinks like a very floral, light pale ale


 FatPhil (3483), Espoo, Finland
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/513/20
Sep 24, 2007  
500ml bottle (Cambridge Wine, Cambridge) Bold orange, thin head. Spicy aroma. Also a spicy taste, like Abbeye de Rocs - very malty. Almost sage-like stuffing taste. Maybe a little sweet, but thoroughly tasty.


 illidurit (895), Santa Cruz, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 17, 2008  
500 mL bottle poured into a mug. Slightly hazed goldenrod color with a very weak off-white head. Even with vigor this beer produces hardly any foam, and what little is there collapses within a minute. Aroma strikes of rosemary and doughy malt. Reminds me precisely of rosemary sourdough bread dipped in olive oil. Lightly malty with a honey sweetness and a dose of semi-bitter rosemary. Well-balanced. Carbonation is moderate, body is medium-thin, finish is bone dry and short. Quite drinkable but lacks complexity and doesn’t keep my interest very long.


 DandyWolfFloyd (331), Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/105/514/20
Aug 11, 2008  
Aroma is sweet matls, with scant detectable hops, sweet fruits, suggesting berries, and figs. It’s color is a golden translucent color, akin to a cider, with a thin white collar. It’s flavor is a light sweet fruit and malt, with berries. The palate is like a champagne, light dry, w/ moderate effervescence.


 l1br4r14n (286), Washington, Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 3, 2009  
Aroma of sweet malt and honey. Pours cloudy dark yellow with a head that completely disappears. Flavor is spice, a little citrus, grassy bitterness, honey, all over a malt backbone. Interesting beer.


 beerinmarch (2829), Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 6, 2007  
Nose of alcohol, slight scotch note from the herbs and earthiness of it. Sweet up front with a good balance to it, very spicy and dry. Pours cloudy amber with a tall white head.



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