Highland Brewing Company Gaelic Ale

Gaelic Ale

 

Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸

  Amber / Red Ale Regular
Score
6.54
ABV: 5.8% IBU: 32 Ticks: 71
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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Tried on 28 Feb 2016 at 13:45


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Keg at the Weinhaus, Asheville, 17/02/15. Clear chestnut brown with a decent light beige covering. Nose is biscuit malt, toffee, spice, light hops. Taste comprises caramel, spice, biscuit, vanilla trace. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.

Tried on 28 Mar 2015 at 17:55


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draft at Brewzzi. No label taken. Pours orange white head. Nose/taste of caramel, light resin and bready malt. Medium body.

Tried from Draft on 26 Feb 2015 at 18:17


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 oz. bottle into a Stella glass A: Hazy copper/amber color with a tight beige head some of which refused to pour out of the bottle. Head lasts a few minutes with nice lacing. Fair clarity. S: Mostly getting caramel and toast. T: Fruit. Nuts. Orange zest and burnt toast. The sweetness from the smell is thankfully absent. Delicious. M: Lighter bodied perhaps, than it looks. Refreshing with zippy carbonation.Dry tart finish leaves you wanting more. O: This is very good amber ale. Maybe the best I can think of. Highland has a hit and at $8/6 it’s a no brainer! Extremely good.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2015 at 11:46


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at Sharkys. Clear amber with small beige head. Aroma is dank, medium body, medium carbonation, and small-bubble lacing. Taste is caramel malt, Scottish malt, and herbal hops.

Tried from Draft on 13 Sep 2014 at 18:51


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Absolutely sure I’ve had this one, but never rated it. Had it at a wedding this past weekend, so here we go. Poured a slightly ruby amber color with a small white head. Aroma was some toasty notes, floral hops. Flavor was caramel malt, lightly floral notes. A decent amber. More malt sweetness than anything else.

Tried on 02 Sep 2014 at 09:21


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours copper amber, light toffee and pine nose, taste is sweet, bitter, fruity.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jul 2014 at 02:42


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Thanks to John for sharing. The nose is malty and smooth The beer starts smooth, malty, freshly hopped. The aftertaste is smooth, fresh, malty and slightly hoppy. Nice!

Tried on 02 Jun 2014 at 08:46


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Rcvd in trade.
She pours a hazy yet somewhat clear amber and leaves the same colored body with a two finger head that rose a bit and died leaving some nice spotty spider web lacing in its wake.
The smell has some malts through bready/slightly caramel, subdued citrus/pine hops only coming through as the beer warms.
The taste is mainly balanced through previously mentioned flavors but adds some slight bitterness.
On the palate, she sits about a light to medium, comes across fairly sessionable, and leaves a crisp clean aftertaste and finish.
Overall, this is good for its style and good for me as I would have this again.

Tried on 22 Feb 2014 at 15:36


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Clear reddish liquid with small white head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, bread, toast, earth and metal. Taste is dry and light to medium bitter with notes of toffee, dried fruit, metal, earth and bread. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Meh.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2014 at 14:40