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Highland Gaelic Ale 3.31 401

Highland Gaelic Ale

Percentile
76
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4013.32/5.03.31/5.05.8%89.6English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
A deep amber colored American ale, featuring a rich malty body. Cascade and Willamette hops add a complex hop flavor and aroma. This ale is exceptionally balanced between malty sweetness and delicate hop bitterness.
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 iowaherkeye (1876), Los Angeles, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 9, 2006  
12oz, no date from NachlamSie. Pours a clear orangish red with a one finger fading light beige head. Aroma of some toasty malts and light citrus hops up front, also some light grainy malts and a bit of peat. Flavor is typical of an amber, toasty malts with some mild acidity and citric hops. Biscuity finish. Light-medium bodied with moderate carbonation. I really think that ambers may be the most boring style of beer--with the exception of pale lagers. Premium lagers, such as Bob’s 47, rock this--and most--ambers out of the water.


 Anglofile (135), Piti, Guam
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Oct 7, 2006  
Pours smooth at high elevations. The hops are usually fairly dominant, but that is never a problem. Another great beer from a great brewery.


 Firemoose15 (542), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 4, 2006  
Bottle. Thx TURD. Aroma toasted malts and cacade. Pours a light amber. Flavor was okay just nothing popping out,malts and hops not real complex. Palate is thin and it’s got a bitter dank finish.


 hellomynameis (794), Mayer, Minnesota, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/53/103/59/20
Sep 26, 2006  
I don’t have much to say about this one...The flavour just kind of put me off, it had some odd flavour i wasn’t able to put my finger one, like burnt nut or something.


 Mungo (2473), Southampton, Hampshire, England
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Sep 26, 2006  
Bottle @ Kookfest. Sweet caramelly malts. Not much happening other than this which leads into a thin sugary finish.


 theshocker (329), Marietta, Georgia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 25, 2006  
Dark red, citrusy hoppy aroma. Malty flavor with some bitterness in the corner of the mouth. Easy drinking, pretty tasty.


 jrob21 (1278), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Sep 17, 2006  
On tap at Andrew’s wedding. Slightly malty, slightly sweet. Nice well balanced and medium bodied beer. This does well as far as ambers go.


 19641948 (491), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Sep 16, 2006  
From notes 4/1/03: For a "pale ale / bitter" connotation the beer itself may surprise you. This is a malty, hoppy wonder that stretches the boundaries of the beer style. This is a generously malty creation with a steadily hopped character as well. The aroma is sweet malt with citrusy hops in the background. The color is a ruby amber that glistens in the light. The head is short-lived however, but the thin film that remains laces nicely all the way down. Tasting this beer releases the malt backbone in a rush, while the fruity citrus hops scurry in to balance it out.



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