Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle)

	Score
69		61
	OVERALL	Style

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution

send corrections | shelftag

| edit barcodes |

RATINGS: 1024 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.19 EST. CALORIES: 150 ABV: 5%

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle: Filtered
Brewed in Scotland since 2000 B.C. heather ale is probably the oldest style of ale still produced in the world. From an ancient Gaelic recipe for "leann fraoich" (heather ale) it has been revived and reintroduced to the Scottish culture.
Into the boiling bree of malted barley, sweet gale and flowering heather are added, then after cooling slightly the hot ale is poured into a vat of fresh heather flowers where it infuses for an hour before being fermented.
A light amber ale with floral peaty aroma, full malt charachter, a spicy herbal flavour and dry wine like finish.
Recommended with rich and Spicy foods.
Drink slightly chilled from a fluted glass.

Most Recent Top Raters Highest Score Rated By

2.7

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20

niquillis (396) - Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ENGLAND - FEB 10, 2012

Bottle from brown and greens, trentham. Pours amber, fast diminishing head. Too much carbonation, ok but nothing better than an average ale. Expect more from Williams bros ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.5

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20

Danny1217 (77) - Miami, Florida, USA - JAN 30, 2012

Beautiful bottle, with a tasty beer inside. Slightly fruity and herbal, but malty at the same time. Very smooth.

2.7

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20

seymour (607) - Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - JAN 28, 2012

Tasted at the 2012 St. Louis Centennial Beer Festival from bottle into sampler glass. Poured a light amber-orange color with almost no foam. Weak flowery aroma, hints of malt and bread. Lots of non-descript residual sweetness, almost cloying. Medium body, sticky and syrupy mouthfeel, weird cereal mash aftertaste. An interesting historical gruit experience, but not a great beer by today’s standards.

3.5

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

BadAprilia1000 (105) - Johnson City, Tennessee, USA - JAN 26, 2012

Pours a very hazy gold with a thin head. Aroma is very sweet, notes of almost grapes and maybe a slight nut. Taste is very light and refreshing, slightly nutty and amber ale-ish flavors. Never had a heather ale before so I’ll have to try some more of this style.

2.8

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20

WASW (37) - - JAN 20, 2012

Enjoyable and certainly drinkable but lacks real punch or character of its own. I was perhaps expecting more from its heather character but it wasn’t quite as defining as I expected so there was little to differentiate it from other amber ales.

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

bax (483) - Hasselager, Aarhus, DENMARK - JAN 17, 2012

(Bottle 17/01-2012) Low white head, clear yellow color, medium-high co2, slightly spice aroma, some bitterness. BB date Nov 2012.

3.5

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20

edgallow (174) - nashville, Tennessee, USA - JAN 14, 2012

UPDATED: FEB 10, 2012 12 oz bottle pour Hazy light golden color with a 1/2 finger bone white head. Big herbal smell with some oak, honey and a touch of caramel. Slightly oaky flavor with some pale malt and a nice herbal sweetness.

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

jaghana (1803) - Strasbourg (France), FRANCE - JAN 10, 2012

Bottle 50cl, a clear golden beer with medium head. Nose is low, aroma is on honey, sweet, very floral and spicy, bit strange, low body, citrus, ginger. Not my cup of tea.

We Want To Hear From You

Join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings. Click here to create your account... and give your opinion!

Join Us »

View Page

1 2 3 4 » 103

Tick this beer

Currently 0/5 Stars.
1
2
3
4
5

More Traditional Ales By Style
Bøgedal Nr. 0255 Nordisk 63
Bullfrog Water of Life Grisette 83
Nørrebro Old Odense Ale 95
Cigar City Pilot Series Arschgeweih Gose 75
Bøgedal Nr. 0047 61
Cascade Summer Gose 73
Ceres Malt Øl 84
Bøgedal Nr. 0040 70
Herkimer Gose Speziell Weizen 86
Olvalde The Auroch’s Horn 97
Gotlandsdricke 66
New Belgium 1554 Enlightened Black Ale 96
Bøgedal Nr. 0073 97
Bøgedal Nr. 0164 78
Triumph Gose 99

Heather Ales Fraoch (Bottle)

We Want To Hear From You

tags