FRAOCH HEATHER ALE

191 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL

June 23, 2012 (Saturday)

Anniversary of Eileen Byrne death 21 years ago

FRAOCH HEATHER ALE

12 Fl. Oz., Alc. 5% by Vol.

Brewed and Bottled by Heather Ale LTD, Williams Bros. Brewing Co., Alloa FK10 INT.

 Scotland UK

www.heatherale.com

FROM THE LABEL: Fraoch is Scotlands native ale. Heather ale has been brewed in Scotland since 2000 b.c. Brewed using heather flowers and scottish malt, it has a distinctive floral aroma, full malt character and a dry wine- like finish. As one of the oldest styles of ale in the world there are many legends and folklore surrounding it.

FROM THE WEBSITE:

Fraoch: - The Original Craft Beer; brewed in Scotland since 2000 B.C. The Brotherhood have been guardians of the ancient Gaelic recipe for "leann fraoich" (heather ale) since 1988 and are proud to be the only brewery still producing this unique style of beer and distributing it world wide. A light amber ale with floral peaty aroma, full malt character, and a spicy herbal finish - This beer allows you to literally pour 4000 years of Scottish history into a glass.

HISTORY OF ALE:
The term "ale" was initially used to describe a drink brewed without hops, unlike "beer." It has often now come to mean a bitter-tasting barley beverage fermented at room temperature. In some British usage, however, in homage to the original distinction, it is not now used except in compounds (such as "pale ale" or as "real ale", a term adopted in opposition to the pressurised beers developed by industrial brewers in the 1960s, and used of a warm-fermented unpasteurised beer served from the cask (though not stout or porter).
Ale typically has bittering agent(s) to balance the sweetness of the malt and to act as a preservative. Ale was originally bittered with gruit, a mixture of herbs (sometimes spices) which was boiled in the wort prior to fermentation. Later, hops replaced the gruit blend in common usage as the sole bittering agent.

FROM THE MOUTH:HEATHER ALE:  Never having  'heather ale' before and interested in a beer that obviously is not brewed with hops I had to post a bit of history. This beer is sweet, but in a unique way. The sugariness is somewhat different from other beers, kind of like honey suckle or something. It is certainly floral tasting but it is not coming from the hops?! A very interesting beer and damn can't you just imagine 4000 years ago how many Viking warriors got drunk on this stuff!!! Warms my heart. Pretty cool to be drinking an original Ale. I would have it again. A

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