Heather Ales Ebulum

Brewed by Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Style: Traditional Ale
Alloa, Central, Scotland

THOUGHTS; I had a skunked variety pack of these ales about a year ago so I didn’t rate any of them then. This one is extremely better than before. The skunked one didn’t have any of the roasted, chocolate or coffee notes. It’s sort of like a Scottish version of a porter. This was the only one of the four-pack that I would drink on a regular basis. Also it was the one that improved the most from the skunked version. Would like to try this one again. Very nice. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark brown that was black in the glass with an average-sized, off-white to light tan head that mostly diminished. The flavor was moderate roasted malt, milk chocolate and mild coffee along with herb hops and a light aroma of dark fruits like blackberry I guess that was the elderberry. The initial flavor was lightly sweet, while the finish was heavily sweet, lightly acidic and sour with an average duration. The flavor was mostly roasted mat, chocolate and coffee with a little fruitiness too. Sort of like chocolate cherry cordials. The medium body was creamy with lightly fizzy carbonation and a lightly astringent, alcoholic and watery finish.

Poured into a pint glass, producing a black body with a medium tannish-brown head. Aroma was of a dark roasted chocolate, with slight berry notes. Medium to strong bitterness throughout the tasting with a roasted coffee palate with an earthy dirt taste at the end.

Pours a thick black. Aroma of Malt and berries. Taste is very dry at first and kicks in with a nice berry finish.

Pour is a black with a tan head. Aroma is friuty and cocoa. Flavor is much of the same some fruit but more of a chocolate aspect. Decent beer with nothing to say bad about it, it just did not do anything for me in the way of a stout or fruit beer.

Bottle. Deep brown/black appearance with thin medium-brown head. Chocolate dominates the aroma and flavour, with mild berry fruit peeking its way through. Like a drinkable fruit-filled boxed chocolate. Very appetizing, with good depth and evident high-quality ingredients. A remarkable fruit-accented beer.

Pours a motor oil brown with a thin brown head that quickly disappears into nothing. The aroma is like if you mixed a porter with some fieldberry jam, with some notes of roasted malts, and coffee, and then the aroma sort of rounds off with a fieldberry jam scent. Flavours again, are slightly porterish at first, but finishes on a sweet berry flavour. Tasty.!!

Bottle: Poured a thick black and tan head. The aroma is dark malts and fruits. The taste is fruit and nuts with roastedness.

12 oz bottle Pours a dark brown colour with a medium frothy tan head. Nose of red fruits, cocoa, and light roasted malts. Initial taste of cream, roasted malts, berries, and cocoa. Moving into a tangy cocoa berry. Palate stopping chalky dry finish. Mild bitterness lingers. Medium body. Decent head retention and lacing of the glass.