Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle)

Brewed by Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Style: Traditional Ale
Alloa, Central, Scotland

Very little smell, perhaps some tart apple smell in there. Light amber in color. Bigh head fades to 1/4th inch froth. Tastes like roses smell only sweeter. Has a grassy tartness on the finish. This was my first heather ale. I pride myself in not disliking any style of beer. I came close with this one. I imedieatly tried another heather ale (though I didn’t know it was a heather when I bought it) and began to appreciate the style. Perhaps in the future I would give this a better rating.

Golden color with no head to speak of and a floral aroma. The flavor is light and malty with distinct herbal and floral tastes. Fairly light and almost watery. Unique though not something I would get in bulk.

(Bottled, sampled earlier when RB was broken) Clear, deep golden with a small, firm and partly lasting head. Mild aroma of nutty conifer tree, citrusness, berries, and a hint of pineapple. Toffee-malty, nutty-hoppy flavor with citrusy fruitiness, junipery resin, and slightly gingery-burning in the aftertaste. Ligt to medium, slightly thin body with medium carbonation. Overall a pleasant, easily drinkable brew with personality. Pretty mild, though.

Hazy gold color with a fleeting head. Aroma is malty with herbal notes that I can’t place. The flavor is lightly sweet with a bit of bitterness in the finish. The heather is very much hidden and presents itself more as a complexity that defies description rather than being up front and obvious. Interesting beer that is not bad.

This is a new style for me. Not much head and had a very flat taste. There’s a sweet aroma to this that I cannot place. It’s probably a combination of the malts and the Heather...something I have not samples before. I’ll have to try a few different interpretations of this style to know where this lies amongst them.

a sim rate: The aroma, at first sniff, was of Walkers Smokey Bacon crisps... maybe even Frazzles. I’m now convinced that it’s actually closer to Walkers Roast Chicken. Mes, even now, swears it is in fact Smokey Bacon. I’m not so sure. But as he has eaten more crisps than I will ever consume in my life (especially those of a meat persuasion), I’m going to take his word for it. Smokey Bacon Crisps! The flavour tastes much like rosemary to me (my favourite herb, might I add). It’s refreshing and its relatively-low alcohol content and complex flavour makes it a great last beer of the evening. The aftertaste is more rosemary (have I mentioned that I have no idea what heather is meant to taste like? Is it a bit like rosemary?). Lovely. Refreshing. I will be buying this again.

No head. Light bronze color. Floral malty flavor with a touch of cinnamon. It has some interesting bittnerness that appears and dissappears quickly.

Bottle. This reminds me in so many ways of the north of Jutland, where I hail from. I remember walking to the beach, to look at wome...ehh...the sunset and passing the heather covered dunes...ahhh...wonderful memories...