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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
8363.21/5.03.2/5.05%51.7Dimpled 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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 CaptainCougar (5493), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
May 17, 2003  
Clear golden with a thin coating of small bubbled head. Light flowery and sweet malty aroma. Body is thin and semi-sweet with an earthy bitter finish. This is an interesting beer and is exceptionally drinkable considering its similarities to an American standard.


Undergrad Boozers99 (40), England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/514/20
Mar 30, 2002  
Not overly impressed by this, its o.k distinctive certainly and a good refreshing drink on a hot day but the aroma isn’t pleasant.


 radiomgb (1993), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Jul 21, 2002  
This one was weird. The aroma was one that sticks with you even days later. Very floral. The taste was different. Not a whole lot to say there. Pretty neutral and unoffending with a dry finish.


 hotstuff (3175), Indiana, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/104/512/20
May 4, 2003  
This brew poured a medium head and it left a good lacing on the side of my mug. To me it had a fruity, citrusy aroma to it. It had a cloudy appearance. It had a bitter taste to it and it left an aftertaste. I was not overly impressed with this brew.


 Schroppfy (1813), Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/513/20
May 31, 2003  
Interestingly malty beer, lagerish as some have mentioned. Aroma is indeed flowery. Golden and nearly clear with a lasting head, this ale is unassuming. I'm getting a slipperyish, soapy body, not too thin (but darn close), kind of like a good bohemian pilsner. Not in taste, however; this has got sourish malty bits and a little citus, perhaps from the flowers, I dunno. Cool and refreshing.


 aspidites (1274), manteca, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/512/20
Mar 4, 2005  
Very floral herbal nose witha touch of sea salt and peat.clean with no problems a very unique beer drinking experience that would not be but for the extreme occasion with friends.


 antzman (313), Clarksville, Indiana, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 4, 2005  
Pours a golden amber with very little head. Earthy aroma with a little citrus. A very smooth taste with just a little bitterness in the aftertaste, but does not linger too long on the palate. This beer did gain more flavor as it warmed up, so it might have been too cold initially.


 yngwie (4970), Kristiansand, Norway
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
May 1, 2006    Updated: Jun 29, 2009
Bottled. Golden beer with a white head. No carbonation. Spicy aroma with ginger, caramel and malt. Malty flavor with spices and caramel. Lightly dusty mouthfeel. Dry, bitter finish. Rating: 7-3-7-3-14-3.4. (060422)

Bottle. A slightly hazy golden beer with a fingerthick white head. Heathery nose with sweet pale malts and a flowery touch. A hint of ginger too maybe. Sweet malts, heather and some flowery notes. There’s some ginger-like notes in the flavor too, but without the almost soapy touch there’s to ginger. Medium body. Sweet, almost sugary towards the finish with heather, pale malts and some bitterness. Drying up in the very end. A nice and slightly quenching beer, but a bit on the sweet side. Like it. (090629)



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