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Heather Ales Fraoch

Heather Ales Fraoch

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A Traditional Ale brewed by
Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)

Alloa, Central, Scotland

bottled
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6993.21/5.03.21/5.05%48.3 Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard P  Stats

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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.

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 craftycarl21 (174), South Hero, Vermont, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20

Apr 9, 2008  
courtesy of oteyj. amber coloration, lively carbonation, ok head. aroma is uneventful, smells essentially like a typical low grade beer with a bit more citrus and floral notes. flavor is ok, drinkable with some spice and malt. ok mouthfeel. certainly unique, but nothing even remotely earth-shattering. decent overall.

Berserkir (25), California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/104/511/20
Aug 17, 2008  
Aroma is malty, light fruit. Taste is very one dimensional. Malt with a floral aftertaste. This makes a decent "hot day" beer. Easy to drink.


 DandyWolfFloyd (225), Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/105/514/20
Aug 11, 2008  
Aroma is sweet matls, with scant detectable hops, sweet fruits, suggesting berries, and figs. It’s color is a golden translucent color, akin to a cider, with a thin white collar. It’s flavor is a light sweet fruit and malt, with berries. The palate is like a champagne, light dry, w/ moderate effervescence.


 Kalli (404), Falun, Sweden
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/512/20
Aug 4, 2008  
[Archive] Strange but interesting and nice caramel-mint aroma – perhaps cinnamon. Chewy, cloying, toffee with mint. Sweet yet balanced. Very intersting. It’s beer but not as we know it.


 iammarc (175), Inverness, Scotland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/516/20
Jul 27, 2008  
An interesting Scottish ale, one of the better ones produced here. Very herby aroma and taste to go with it. Bought from local oddbins.


 Homebrewerguy (239), Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 22, 2008  
not impressed, the beer looks normal enough, but is rather light in the malt flavor without a lot of herbal notes, the bitterness in on par with hops and I dare say you can’t tell the difference, rather bland flavor for a Heather beer, I think a homebrewed version would be more telling.




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