Clan Brewing Company Spruce Ale

Spruce Ale

 

Clan Brewing Company in Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Brewed at/by: Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
  Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular
Score
6.11
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 25 Ticks: 24
Wood finished, matured up to 6 months in Islay whisky casks.
 

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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

(Bottle) Pale amber colour with brief, foamy, off-white head. Fruity, woody nose with notes of peat smoke, oak wood, apricots and heather honey. Malty, woody taste with peat smoke, whisky, oak wood, apricots, toffee, butterscotch and a mild herbal bitterness in the finish. More than medium body, with a certain sweetness. Really woody and peaty, hardly balanced, but still quite tasty. Quite nice.

Tried on 26 Jul 2025 at 14:51


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Old rating - The final beer from this brewery to complete the set of 4. A good effort at smoked heather ale over whiskey casks. Different bottle of beer in my home No. 1944

Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2025 at 20:57


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

21/9/2024. Bottle courtesy of Jerseyislandbeer, cheers. Pours clear amber with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is heavily peated, smoked, malt, whisky, pine, toffee, ashtray. Medium sweetness and bitterness. Moderate body, oily, average carbonation. Bitter boozy finish. Hard work and not for me.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2024 at 12:34


3.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2024 at 23:00


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sample (thanks fonefan!). Golden colour, mediumsized slightly off-white head. Aroma is peat smoke, some citrus, mild wood and very mild spruce. Flavour is super peat smoked, mustardy, some citrus and mild wooden tones.

Tried on 16 May 2023 at 19:22


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

Bottle ordered on Amazon. Aroma is boozy, with dark fruit, resin and boiled veg. Clear chestnut. Thin off-white head retreats to the rim. Initial bitter boozy hit. Follow by some fruity sweetness. And then it's all shoved adidee by smoky peat with added cardboard. Medium bodied. Slick. Slightly sticky. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long finish. I did not have high expectations and just wanted the region tick so on that level the beer did not disappoint. However it's pretty rank. I don't know if they do environmentally friendly ashtrays that are made of cardboard but I would imagine it's like licking one of those. And I like Smoked beers.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jan 2023 at 19:17


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5


Bottle 330ml. @ home. 🏡🇩🇰 💻👀

[ As Clan Brewing Spruce Ale ].
ABV: 8.0%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, peat, sweet malt, light medicine - band-aid. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, pale malt, sweet malt, short peak of candy sweet - cane sugar - sugary spruce, then back to sweet malt and peat. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20210710]
6-2-6-3-11

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2021 at 19:14


5

Tried on 10 Jul 2021 at 18:07


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from 4-pack SB Torslanda 2021-05-14 Göteborg AR: heavy sweet peated AP: amber hazy, wee thin lid F: heavy sweet peated, rich carbonated, thin body, wee liqurice

Tried from Bottle on 14 May 2021 at 21:14


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

How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Amber colour wit a small off-white head.
Aroma: Malt, peat, smoked, fruit, spruce.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Smoked malt, peat, fruit, whiskey, spices.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Apr 2021 at 12:10