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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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 grat (433), ST. Louis, Missouri, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/515/20
Oct 26, 2004  
Tastes significantly similiar to the grozet ale. Perhpa s adenser malt profile. Beautiful ale. Rich copper buttery head. Nose is chemically fruity Lifesavers candy. Pineapple gummibears. Fresh wheat. Perhaps alsight hidden cheesiness. Primarliy tastes chemically fruit like. This gives way to a complex grainy funk that is very appealing. Perhaps the only thing redeeming about the flavor. Excellent bitterness in the afterpalate. G-rat


 sayravai (3773), Helsinki, Finland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 16, 2009  
(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.


 SpringsLicker (2043), Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Nov 30, 2004  
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.


 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.


 ekstedt (2447), Göteborg, Sweden
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/104/513/20
Feb 14, 2007  
Bottle. Dark amber, with thin off-white head. Malty, spicy aroma with hints of flowers and herbs (but different than hop aromas). Smooth mouthfeel, some sweetness, ad really not much bitterness in the finish. OK, interesting, but there are much better ales for half the price.


 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.


 BREWMUSKCLES (1087), New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 19, 2009  
it is earthy and has good flavors though the components of herbs and heather are light flavor, as i find it. herbal and spicy indeed and a hop character that is just about hidden as it would be. still quite pleasant with peat (more of a thought) than a strong flavor this is good refreshing beer and possibly the water gives it that memorable clean and sweet component.


 MPA (514), Nørrebro(formerly Aalborg), Denmark
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Jan 28, 2006  
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...



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