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Heather Ales Kelpie

Score
8480
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Style: Traditional Ale
Alloa, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 565   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.33   EST. CALORIES: 132   ABV: 4.4%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottled. A cask version is available from May to July.
"Seaweed Ale"
Prior to the 1850's there were many Scottish coastal alehouses which brewed their own ales, these ales were made from local malted barley which was grown on fields fertilised with seaweed. This environment gave the barley a very specific flavour which we have recreated by the inclusion of fresh seaweed in the mash tun. In addition to the seaweed (bladder rack) harvested on the Argyll coast we have used only organically grown malt - the darker malts roasted by ourselves.
Kelpie is a rich chocolate ale which has an aroma of fresh seabreeze and a distinctive malty texture.
Drink lightly chilled in a wine glass.


3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
TheCametron (471) - SCOTLAND - FEB 12, 2012
Bottle. Chestnut brown with little to no head. Nice malty sweetness. Interesting yeasty flavour and strong malt. Interesting. Didn’t pick up any seaweed.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
johndoughty (2814) - cheslyn hay, West Midlands, ENGLAND - JAN 24, 2012
Bottle, Black with a medium head. Some chocolate and maltyness. Much better than i had expected.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
MaartenRF10 (345) - Wageningen, NETHERLANDS - JAN 14, 2012
Clear dark brown with, light brown head. After drinking Oesterstout I was afraid of tasting some strange seetaste again, but fortunately this is just a nice porterlike beer. Chocolate and malts dominate the nose and taste. Good body and nice soft carbonation.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
edgallow (174) - nashville, Tennessee, USA - JAN 14, 2012
UPDATED: FEB 10, 2012 12 oz bottle pours dark brown with a tan head. Roasted malts, cocoa powder, prunes, raisins, and alcohol. Follows the nose, roasted malt, mildly smoked soy sauce, slightly brackish.

2.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 7/20
MikeHolm (8) - FINLAND - JAN 14, 2012 does not count
Chocolate, a little roasty, dark. Good aroma. Maybe one or two per year but not more!!

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
andregoncalves (195) - Lisbon, PORTUGAL - JAN 4, 2012
Bottle from cerveceria internacional, sevilla, spain. Dark redish color. Low bitterness and sweetness. Medium carbonation. Thin brownish head. Chocolate, roasty, coffee aroma.

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
FaithHealer1 (157) - SCOTLAND - JAN 1, 2012
Bottle at Dan’s. Pours a slightly transparent brown-cinnamon colour. Spice, a little salt and nuttiness. Taste is similar, nutty character with some salt present. A little watery - thin bodied and not as strong a flavour as I’d like. By no means bad, just nice.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
dantheman278 (743) - SCOTLAND - JAN 1, 2012
Dark brown pour, medium white head fades to nothing. Dark chocolate, spice, herbal nose. Slightly tart, peppery chocolate palate, hint of salt, finish is lightly spicy hops. Nice!


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