Highland Gaelic Ale

Brewed by Highland Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Pours a reddish amber with a thin off-white head. Aroma is bready malts and a little brown sugary sweetness. Tastes of bread, grapefruit and a little hoppy bitterness on the finish. Clean finish. A good red ale.

I am a fan or Red Ale’s so I must say this is solid red. Ruby red color, nice malt character and it finishes clean. Very sessionable.

2 Sept 2011, bottle. hazy ruby colour. nice, moderate pink grapefruit and bitter grassy hops. med body and a little fizzy. sweet bready malt with mild grassy hops. this is a nice all around pale ale.

Light brown/copper pour with some haziness and lingering khaki head - good lacing. Aroma of toasted malts, some piney hops and nuts. Carbonation was aggressive at first, but faded almost immediately. Medium body and bit creamy in texture. Malty sweetness, with some dark chocolate and sweetbread notes. Balanced, but on the malty side with a dry finish. Subtle lingering bitterness. I like this one.

On tap at Highltand. Amber color with tan head. Malty aroma. Nice malty flavor with dry hop finish. Very balanced. Really enjoyable.

Clean smells of bready malt, clear amber/red color with a tan head, medium sweetness, medium sweet, light bitter, light to medium body with a thin texture. Interesting malt and hop complexity, bread and wood flavor with subtle citrus flavor. Tasty... but lacking just a little something.

TN stairwell special again! This poured lovely. Really active, bronze color with a foamy khaki head. Not much aroma escapes the head but trends towards the sweet side. Definitely an American amber with the NW hops showing up. Good malt balance (sweet) too. Nice.

amber in color with a slightly off putting aroma. kind of tin-y. but the taste wasn’t bad. mild taste of hops. pales in comparison to the black mocha stout by highland but overall, not a bad beer

Poured from 12oz bottle. Pours a copper color with a bit of off-white head. Aroma is caramel/toffee and some hops. Taste follows the nose with a good amount of sweetness balanced out by the bittering hops.

A copper-amber pour with an off-white head. The malty caramel aroma also has a hint of hops. The medium body has a creamy texture with average carbonation. It has a semi-sweet taste with a slightly dry finish.