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Town Hall Heather Ale


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83
overall
A Traditional Ale brewed by
Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery

Minneapolis, Minnesota USA

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343.5/5.03.47/5.0Winter5.2%81.3Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Heather is a low growing shrub common in the peat hills of Scotland. It has been used in place of hops to balance malt sweetness in beer since the beginning of written record. One archeological dig found traces of a fermented beverage that contained heather that dates to 2000 BC. Our heather ale was made with the finest Scottish grown malted barley and four generous additions of heather tips (generally only the top 5 centimeters of the plant is used in brewing). Heather honey was also a common ingredient for heather beer. Our beer was brewed using basswood honey produced in Northern Minnesota. This is a mildly sweet copper-colored ale with a distinct flower/herbal flavor and aroma from the traditional Scottish heather.

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BitterPoet (54), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/517/20

Nov 12, 2004  
I hadn’t had the Fraoch Ale in a while, so I really had no means of measuring this against a standard of any kind. Nose is autumn with a dash of honey with memories of harvest vegetables coming and going. Think English ESB with a quirky smile. Body is light (but then I expected a dark ruby Scotch Ale-type). Flavor opens its robe to reveal what the nose hinted at: vegetal with fruit and brightness. I was reminded of Sherlock’s Home SOB. I look forward to trying this on cask.

 bp (340), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Nov 30, 2008  
Draft: dark brown, herbal and earthy with a malt aftertaste, this was an interesting beer, not something I’d order up but worth sampling just to see what something brewed with heather tastes like.


 Sammy (3240), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 26, 2008  
Enjoyed at the brewpub with Al McArthy. Dark, no head. Some sourness from the peatiness, like a good brown. Medium mouthfeel, tasty with some sweetness and hibiscus. Carbonation above average. Not too drinkable. Wierd but worth trying to expand what a beer has been.


 BDR (1966), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 8, 2007  
dark color with rockyhead. Light cocolate malt mix with something herbal on the aroma. Sweet taste with plenty of light chocolate flavor.


 detroiter (957), Euphoria, Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 12, 2007  
Pours a clear but unexciting brown color, looking something like a watered down Coke. Almost no head, definately no lacing. The aroma is prominent and very floral. More of that floral character comes through in the taste. There’s something in there that is almost a mint - not exactly peppermint, but close. Light body and light carbonation, mildly sweet in the aftertaste.


 Stine (1354), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Nov 27, 2006    Updated: Sep 8, 2007
Copper colored with a thin head of foam. Aromas of wildflowers and various shampoos. Tastes like a strong lavender tea sweetened with honey and lightened with cream, finishing with faint hint of malt. It begins to taste very synthetic after only a few swallows. A promising design with apparently flawed execution.



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