Highland Gaelic Ale

Brewed by Highland Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Clear amber with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and hops. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, caramel and hoppy notes. Finished bitter.

Bottled. A hazy dark red beer with a t hin tan head. The aroma has strong notes of hops lending it citrusy notes, but also notes of fruits leaning on being over ripe and hence very sweet on a malty back ground. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of malt, caramel, over ripe fruits, and medium notes of hops, the latter lending it notes of citrus, leading to a very bitter finish. The over ripe fruits gives it a good body. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange to light brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is mild caramelish and vague fruity. Roasted malty, vague breadish and oxidised touch. Bitter and dry finish with a mild toffeeish touch.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of brentfeesh. Pours a clear amber with an off-white head. Very sweet caramel aroma with an oxidized edge. Medium body, again caramel with some nuttiness. Faint hoppiness. 091109

I have heard about this brewery for a couple of years but have yet to find any their beers offered in New England. I found this one at a restaurant in Atlanta. Traditional neutral amber color. Mild head with no specific lace. The aroma most closely resembles warmed milk to me. I don’t detect any specific malts or hops but it is overall appealing. The taste is better than most. I particularly enjoy the balance. There’s a solid (lighter) malt base with a pleasant hop counterpoint--not really bitter or biting. The body is okay, but the carbonation seems to be a little high.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a reddish amber with a thin-moderate tan head that faded by the second sip and left a spotty film on the glass. The aroma is sweet malt along with some notes of syrupy orange. The flavor is sweet malt that has a bit of earthiness to it along with some iced tea and brown sugar. Mild bitterness at the finish. Although I like malty beers and I like sweet beers, this one just doesn’t quite do it for me.

Copper color, tan head. A bit of fruity malt, an earthy finish. Certainly not bad, but just not that much to it either.

Pours a clear deep rusty amber with solid tan head. Nose is very malty with hints of hops. Flavor is similar, but a little musty and dusty. Old bottle I guess. Lingering floral semi-bitterness on the finish. This is actually pretty tasty fresh though.