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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

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3133.32/5.03.32/5.05.8%86.4 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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 Optigon (535), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20

May 4, 2008  
Pours red with a minor head. Caramel and hoppy flavor. Moderate mouth feel.

BrewCzar (32), 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 (1001), 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 (1275), 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.


 TURDFERGUSON (1021), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 29, 2008  
Keg at my cousin’s wedding. Nice, easy drinkig amber. Many of the people at the wedding called this "dark beer." Its nicely hopped and balanced very well. Better than your average amber.


eleiser (7), USA
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3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/514/20
Jun 23, 2008  
This beer was more bitter than sweet but the hops were not too overpowering. It had a very nice color and I enjoyed the aroma. It was a little syrupy tasting but it had a good finish.




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