Heather Ales Fraoch (Cask)

Cask @ Ayrshire Real Ale Festival 09. Light golden colour, off-white head. Aroma is hoppy, lemonade, sweet. Flavour of sweet lemonade, hops and citrus. Fairly sweet finish.

(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 8 Aug 2009) Golden amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity, herbal nose with citrus, orange and heather. Fruity, malty taste with orange, peaches and herbal hints of heather. Low bitterness. Medium body, fairly sweet. Nice and refreshing with the heather making it slightly different.

Cask@The White Horse, Parsons Green, London.Copper colour, small off-white head. Aroma is heather, wood, mild sweet malts as well as some other spices. Flavour is heather, sweet malts, some wood. Quite dry wooden, grasst and spicy finish and aftertaste.

Cask@The White Horse. Clear copper color, not much head. Spicey cardamon aroma. A bit earthy cask. Nuts, toffee, spices (cardamon, clove), some kind of pear fruityness too.7

Cask (handpump) @ Blue Blazer, 2 Spittal Street, Edinburgh EH3 9DX, Scotland.
Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, heather, flowers, honey, junipeer. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090409]

My ratings here are vague as it was 09/04/09 - however...! Not often seen in the tin so although I was on a cider mission (I never mix! Well..) would have been daft not to. Loc: The Star, Godalming, Surrey England (must remember this is a U.S. site - yawn). Any cask ale leaves bottled standing. Try both.

Cask conditioned at The Rose & Crown, Charlbury. Amber with no head. This is so different from the bottle and how I remember it, it’s not true. Weak, sweet, light, no heather flavours, quite poor.

Full pint, hand pulled cask at The Auld Hoose, Edinburgh. Golden brown body with a thin ring around the rim of the glass. Smell of spicy malts followed by a vaguely taste of herbs and sweet dark fruits. Not so much to go for in the aftertaste. Anonymous [26.10.2008].