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Heather Ales Grozet 2.92 525

Heather Ales Grozet

Percentile
38
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
5252.93/5.02.92/5.05%23.8Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard
Commercial Description:
Bottled. A cask version at 4.5% is available in August and September.
Gooseberry Wheat Ale
From the Gaelic "Groseid". Since at least the 16th century Scots monks and alewives brewed indigenous drinks from cereals, wild herbs and ripe fruits. Tibbie Shiels green Grozet was immortalised by such Scots literati as Sir Walter Scott, Jas Hogg. (The Ettrick shepherd) and Robert Burns whoconsidered it a most convivial drink.
Brewed with lager malt, wheat, bog myrtle, hops and meadowsweet then secondary fermented with ripe Scottish gooseberries.
A pale golden beer, with a refreshing fruit aroma, clean palate, fruity wheat flavour and crisp finish. Recommended with, light foods, pastas and salads.
Drink well chilled in a tall glass.
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 sliffy (2012), Columbus, Ohio, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/58/20
Jul 29, 2007  
C-Bus 8 - Bottle forced upon us by nolankowal: Pours a cloudy pale yellow with a white head. Aroma, ehh wheat, and some stuff I didn’t care for. Flavor, pale malts, then my notes get angry, ugh, icky, and poo. Really wasn’t that bad, but it wasn’t my thing.


 robinvboyer (1443), Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/510/20
Jul 25, 2007  
330ml bottle from an xmas gift pack. Well i’m definitely getting the wheat aspect of the beer, but this doesnt seem to be very fruity. its decent, but not really what its trying to be fr my tastebuds.


 tomthompson89 (1489), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/510/20
Jul 24, 2007  
lager yellow not much head weird nose definate wheat but not sure what else taste is wheat but not alot of fruit odd beer


 pivo (2537), Germany
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Jul 11, 2007  
Perfumy, lavender nose. Gold color, lathery head. Thin body, herbal notes, some lavender. Soapy tastes overall.


 damienv10 (108), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/513/20
Jul 9, 2007  
Clear light copper with a thin white head. Smells like peaches, oranges and pine trees. It’s light with fine carbonation on the palate. It tastes mildly of what I guess are tart gooseberries and a little peach. The finish is slightly hoppy. The fruit is almost not there, which makes for something you can drink a lot of, but not really love.


 mabel (2626), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/510/20
Jul 9, 2007  
[364-20070625] 330mL. Light wheat aroma has hints of bad plastic and light berries. Clear, light orange body with some tiny bubbles and a medium-lasting foamy white head. Light wheat flavour is fairly bland. Medium body. OK but smells funny, probably better if chilled longer.


 BigBen2120 (688), Derry, New Hampshire, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Jul 8, 2007  
12oz bottle from Ron’s’. Translucent amber body with a quarter inch of off-white head. Berry dominates the aroma. A sweet and sour berry flavors come through with the flavor, with hints of malt. Lighter in body, but not thin. The berry is far from simple or bland, and it combines with the drinkability in this beer to make it a good easy drinking tasty beer.


 HopheadHans (755), Bay Area, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 7, 2007  
Bottle. Hmm this one is a bit difficult. Aromas are hard to describe, there is some fruit in there and a perhaps abit of grain. Flavor is fruity, with a tart finish probably due to the gooseberries. Refreshing beer, wiht a nice body and just the right balance between being to light and too cloying. Good for a summer evening.



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