Brewed in Scotland since 2000 B.C. heather ale is probably the oldest style of ale still produced in the world. From an ancient Gaelic recipe for "leann fraoich" (heather ale) it has been revived and reintroduced to the Scottish culture. Into the boiling bree of malted barley, sweet gale and flowering heather are added, then after cooling slightly the hot ale is poured into a vat of fresh heather flowers where it infuses for an hour before being fermented. A light amber ale with floral peaty aroma, full malt charachter, a spicy herbal flavour and dry wine like finish. Recommended with : Rich and Spicy foods Drink slightly chilled from a fluted glass. 5.0% ABV 500ml.
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Brewed in Scotland since 2000 B.C. heather ale is probably the oldest style of ale still produced in the world. From an ancient Gaelic recipe for "leann fraoich" (heather ale) it has been revived and reintroduced to the Scottish culture. Into the boiling bree of malted barley, sweet gale and flowering heather are added, then after cooling slightly the hot ale is poured into a vat of fresh heather flowers where it infuses for an hour before being fermented. A light amber ale with a floral, peaty aroma, full malt character, a spicy herbal flavour and dry wine like finish. Recommended with rich and spicy foods.
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Water, Malted Barley, Malted Wheat, Heather, Hops, Ginger, Bogmyrtle, Yeast
Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) Heather Ale Ltd, New Alloa Brewery, Eglinton, Kelliebank, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, FK10 1NT, Scotland
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Heather Ale Ltd Fraoch, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Beer Description
Fraoch is Scotland’s native ale. Fraoch is Gaelis for "Heather’. Heather ale has been brewed in Scotland for four thousand years and is the oldest style of ale still made in the world. The Picts who ruled Scotland until the 9th century were known to brew the legendary heather ale, these ‘people of the designs’ were the creators of the artistic style of our label. Scotland has ten million acres of wild flowering heather, this natural resource being used to produce ales until the 18th Century when British legislation forced Scottish Brewers to conform to the international use of hops. This ale is produced to a 16th Century Scots-Gaelic recipe from malted barley ‘bree’, sweet gale and heather flowers. The hot ale is infused in heather flowers before being fermented in copper tuns. Fraoch has a floral, peaty aroma, full malt body, a spicy herbal flavour and a dry wine like finish – Slainte
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