The White Hag Beann Gulban Irish Heather Ale (7.5%)

Beann Gulban Irish Heather Ale (7.5%)

 

The White Hag in Ballymote, Sligo, Ireland 🇮🇪

  Sour / Wild Beer Regular
Score
6.32
ABV: 7.5% IBU: - Ticks: 35
Irish Heather Sour Ale. This unusual sour ale is brewed with Irish heather tips instead of hops. Fruity yet tart, Beann Gulban has soft citrus notes, red berries and sweet toffee malts contrasting with a mouth puckering sour character.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

From tap at Oersoep Craft Beer Festival 2016. Aroma is sweet malt, dry sour fruits, balsemic vinegar, touch of red grapes, berries. Flavour is moderate sweet and medium sour. Body is medium. Interesting and pretty complex Sour Ale.

Tried from Draft on 11 Feb 2025 at 15:36


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

Keg at BD, Bristol Mar 2017. Poured opaque reddish purple with a small off white head. Aroma: tart, berries, herbal. Taste: light to moderate sweet & light bitter, light spices, herbal, straw, red wine barrel. Medium body, light carbonation. Quite complex

Tried on 11 May 2020 at 20:31


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

[33cl bottle from Westholme Stores, Goring.] A chestnut pour with a ring of white head; tart fruity aroma; big sweet fruity taste, but also very tart, and well balanced, with a smooth fruity malt body and some woody astringency - presumably the heather. An interesting and well made beer.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2019 at 18:55


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap @ Founders Festival (Madrid).
Dark coppery color, white head. Aroma: red fruits, some sourness,. Flavor is slightly citrusy, slightly sourish.

Tried from Draft on 03 Jun 2018 at 22:17


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

On tap. @Founders Madrid Beer & Music Fest 03/06/2018
Color marron corona de espuma blanca, aromas acidos, sabor acido cuerpo ligero.

Tried from Draft on 03 Jun 2018 at 10:26


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

Bottle split at Chris & Ruth's pre GBBF Shin Dig, cheers for all the shares, 05/08/17. Orange amber with a decent off white cap. Nose is dried fruits, light citric peel, spice, grains. Taste comprises tangy fruit rinds, herbal bite, mellow spice, grains, stale bread, damp straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. A pretty basic sour and lacking depth for the ABV.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jan 2018 at 09:21


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 330ml. @ The Shnoodlepip, London. [ As White Hag Beann Gulban ].Clear light medium amber colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, tart malt, caramel, fruity - berry, herbs - floral. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, tart, sour, caramel, sweet malt, spicy, dry, red currant. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160801] 5-3-6-3-13

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2018 at 10:21


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

330ml bottle from HonestBrew. Pours an unclear deep reddish purple, no lasting head. Aroma has some lactic red berries. Crisp, bright and tart on the palate, good fruity presence with a fair sweetness and yes, can detect a welcome red wine barrel influence rounding things off. Super tangy, super tart.. more complex than expected.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2017 at 15:49


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

Bottle shared at Chris & Ruth’s pre-GBBF Shindig 2017 - Part 1. A clear deep amber beer with a small off-white head. aRoma of medium tart reddish fruits, some herbs. taste of tart fruits, reddish malt, red grapes, tart finish.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2017 at 14:41


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Red bronze color. Aroma of lacto sourness, flowers, oak and berries. Taste has acidic sourness, lacto, oak, flowers, berries and some smoke. Nice stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2017 at 16:17