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Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle) 3.2 841

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
8413.2/5.03.2/5.05%53.1Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard
Commercial Description:
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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 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.


 BREWMUSKCLES (1089), 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.


 fluids (364), USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/57/104/515/20
Dec 3, 2005  
No head. Light bronze color. Floral malty flavor with a touch of cinnamon. It has some interesting bittnerness that appears and dissappears quickly.


 yngwie (5024), 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)


 MPA (515), 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...


 GreatLibations (1454), Last Supper, Arizona, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Nov 28, 2006    Updated: Dec 23, 2007
Pours slightly hazed, pale honey w/ medum semi creamy spattered froth that reduces to thin yet complete lacing very quickly. Aromas of malted flowers and perfume. Light to medium nectar w/ ample residual effers. Flavors are malty w/ complex spices. Citrus, plumbs, unsweetened strawberry, kiwi, pine needles, and florals w/ defined earth. Finish is long w/ malted perfume and has a balanced bittering. An interesting brew indeed.


 DavidP (1743), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 22, 2003  
This beer looks OK in the glass and smells good, but it came off as being a little weak in the flavor department. The main thrust of the flavor had a watered-down leathery taste that detracted from the beer.


 jaymobrown (1360), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/513/20
Sep 29, 2002  
Light yellow color. Flower aroma. Dry and tangy taste. Clean and fresh.



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