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Highland Gaelic Ale

Highland Gaelic Ale

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An Amber Ale brewed by
Highland Brewing Company

Asheville, North Carolina USA

bottled
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on tap
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3153.32/5.03.32/5.05.8%85.8 English pint, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
A deep amber colored American ale, featuring a rich malty body. Cascade and Willamette hops add a complex hop flavor and aroma. This ale is exceptionally balanced between malty sweetness and delicate hop bitterness.

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 arventresca (145), Greenville, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 16, 2008    Updated: Aug 17, 2008
Tap. Dark amber with tan head. Smells freaking great and taste even better. More than makes up for the oatmeal stout that I thought was inadequate. This is very good beer.


 KAggie97 (1884), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 9, 2008  
Bottle from Suttree. Thanks!
Pours a dense amber with and off-white head and thick, intricate lacing. Smells of bready red wine. Flavor is a slight floral hops punch followed by a swif kick of roasted nut biscuit. Surprisingly full and lasting mouthfeel. Nice lil’ ale here.


BrewCzar (49), St Louis, Missouri, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 25, 2008  
Copper color. Medium white head. Good lacing. Aroma of light esters, taste is slightly sweet , caramel, finishes with light bitter hops. Simple but good drinking.


 pint_size (1004), Austin, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Jul 17, 2008  
7-9-08 bottle shared with lb4lb thanks to emacgee
Semi cloudy red brown with a decent watery head. Smell is pecans and dough and sweet yeast. Flavor is not bad - actually nice and drinkable.. Decent palate. Hoppy finish little bite to it. Goes down very easily.


 lb4lb (1340), Austin, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 11, 2008  
Bottle in trade from emacgee. Thanks dude!
Pours slightly hazy reddish with a beige head. Smell is dusty muted hops and dusty malt. Almost chocolatey at times with a light cocoa flavor and rich malt and hibiscus tea like hop flavor. Really pretty nice and surprising. Didn’t expect much, but really enjoyed this brew. Thanks again.




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