Highland Gaelic Ale

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Draft - pours amber with offwhite head and great lacing. Nose is pine and grass. Flavor adds caramel. Mod bitterness and light sweetness. Refreshing.

Tap. Pours amber with off white. Malty aroma. Crisp lemon finish sweet tea and sugar

Consumed at the brewery as part of a flight. Beer has malt on the nose with a touch of hops. Pretty amber color in the glass. The taste is malt, malt, malt - it’s a complex malt mixture that is great on the tongue.

12oz bottle. Mostly clear darker amber color. Good thin slightly off-white head. Respectable lace. Medium body. Smooth, lightly soft lighter carbonation. Lightly dry finish. Caramel and toasty malt, malt-forward flavor here. Some light hop fruitiness. Kind of a more rich, sweeter taste. Very light bitter. OK amber ale, but not really my style. A bit heavy.

Surprised I hadn’t rated this, been around it many times. 12oz bottle from ABC on Betton. Amber pour with a thing off-white head that leaves a soapy ring. Aroma is sweet malts, nutty, floral. Tastes are caramel malts, cocoa, background citrus, little bready. Pretty good. I’m not that big an amber fan, so well played.

Bottle at brothers house. One finger head. Head stayed put. Aroma of bread, toffee, caramel, biscuit. Light bitter taste. Light sweetness. Some caramel malts and bread biscuit. Smooth. Pretty solid amber ale.

Draft at Sybarite Pig. Tulip. Deep amber hazy pour with thin white head. Toasted malt aroma with cereal and oats. Taste is simple with fairly rich malts, cereal, light hops and light fruit. Slightly sweet. Finishes dry. Nothing very exciting.

Very mellow, malt-based aroma that offers little else, while rich in this respect. A barely brown appearance that makes you think more of orange. big bubbled decent head. Tastes like it smelled, just watered down, ie it lost some richness to be desired. Sickly sweet, and otherwise empty palate. Borders on boring.

P: Clear amber brewed tea appearance with minimal khaki head. A foamy halo rest on top leaving the occasional leg of lace behind. S: Toasted italian herb and cheese Subway bread, toasted caramel and orange juice and bitter orange peel. T/M: Toasted caramel, bready malt, orange peel and spicy pippali pepper. Finishes dry with lemon zest and toast. Prickly moderate body. Once the beer warns it starts to have a metallic aftertaste to it. It’s not bad but does throw it off a bit. O: Well balance and simple. An easy drinking ale to throw back after a long day of work. The spicy kick at the end really makes this. Without it I think it would be dull.

UPDATED: MAY 7, 2013 Caramel, subtle cocoa, and nutty malt aromas, with notes of earthy, piney hops as well. Clear ruby-amber with a retaining, rocky, beige head. Some sweet malts combine with bitter hops, flavors of chocolate, raisins, and nuts. Medium bodied with low carbonation, and finishes with lasting, sticky, malt sweetness.