Gaelic Ale
Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.54
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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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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12oz bottle pours a translucent, copper amber with some frothy white head. Nose has plenty of malt, biscuit, cracker, a little lemon, some light pear, earthy. Flavor is very malt forward, crackermeal, biscotti, almonds, light caramel, a little red grape. Medium bodied, dry, malty finish. As far as amber ales go... this is a pretty good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2012
at 14:44
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Had this on tap at Willards Tap House in largo fla. Sightly cloudy brown with a nice clean smell. Starts off on the buds mild but gets a little beefy as the session continues. A bit medicinal on the finish. Not too much co2 detectable in this brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2011
at 18:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft @ The Porter Beer Bar, Atlanta, GA. Pours a slightly hazy dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty sweetish caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty sweetish caramel finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jun 2011
at 12:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Vintage Cellar. Pours amber with a slight beige head. Aroma is fruity. Flavor is malty and fruity. Touch of tobacco. Finishes with somewhat roasted malt, really light butter/diacetyl, and some hop. Starts to suggest toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2011
at 17:39
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle. Pours a dark copper color with a thin beige head. The aroma is caramel, molasses, and fresh cut pine. The flavor is sweet up front and mildly bitter finish. The palate is light to medium, and a little sticky and astringent. Overall, a very drinkable, yet surprisingly complex beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2011
at 13:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Gaelic Ale is good, if boring, beer. Not that there’s generally much to get excited about from amber ales, but Gaelic provides a comforting familiarity in its malty depth; it tastes like the first time you went to a brewpub and tried a CRAFT BEER and found something you liked and could latch onto. It tastes like what good beer tasted like when you first figured out what bad beer tasted like. Gaelic is inoffensive, slightly sweet, slightly hoppy, better on tap than out of the bottle, but worthy of the occasional six-pack to share with non-beer geeks.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Mar 2011
at 19:49