From the "Ales of Scotland" set. Light amber pour, piney aroma. It really tastes like pines and not piney hops but actually pine tree. It’s interesting but nothing I’d drink regularly. Very much like gin.

Pours cloudy orange with a lacing and a off-white head. Aroma has roasted malt, light and fruity. Spiced flavor,possibly from a pine tree. Ends with a caramel flavor and a smooth chocolate note. One of my Christmas presents from my wife.

330ml bottle <br /> 6.5% ABV <br /> I tried this beer on December 14, 2008 after purchasing a 4 pack of "Historic Scottish Ales" from one of my local LCBO outets. The beer poured an transparent muddy brown colour with a short-lived thin head. The aroma was very weak, but there were hints of sweet malt. The mouthfeel was medium bodied, and midly carbonated. The flavour was bitter, and sweet. Hints of both spruce and pine come through with the malt. The ingredients do not list hops on the bottle - interesting.

Bottle: Part of the Heather Ales sample pack, interesting all the different flavours theses beers have, the Alba is truly piney, with a sweet pine needle taste.

330ml bottle - bb feb 2010. Served at room temp as suggested. Orange / copper colour fair head. Aroma at first wiff was a little cardboard but then sweeter malts with a light earthy stable tone. V sweet but not sickly. Woody with a faint tannin aftertaste and malt biscuit note. Intensely soft carbonation but the finish is a bit bile like. Would have rated better if it didnt taste like when Id been throwing up with a gastro bug a few weeks back.