Strathaven Ales
Microbrewery in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland 🏴
Established in 2005
Closed in 2022
We consider our beers to be very traditional, our brewing, unlike modern facilities is a hands-on labour intensive process crafted by three generations of the same family.
Manufacturing in an old building brings its challenges and we have retained many of the original mill features and a large part of the original gearing. Although this often gets in the way we feel it is part of what ensures the beer has a character not achieved in modern production units.
RichTheVillan (12446) reviewed Festival Ale from Strathaven Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at Square Peg; clear light copper pour with a creamy off white head, aroma has light caramel and some fruit, taste has sweet toffee and tinned fruit in syrup.
cagarvie (40235) reviewed Craigmill Gold from Strathaven Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
3.7 cask at cloisters bar... Golden amber... Thin tan lacing... Soft sweet toffee fruit nose.. Soft sweet toffee fruit.. Light floral fruit
allmyvinyl (21224) reviewed Avondale from Strathaven Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Cask at the Tam O’Shanter, Dumfries. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of light sulphur, faint acetic note Taste is tangy. Light sour finish
Stuu (34178) reviewed Craigmill Gold from Strathaven Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at cloisters. Pours clear golden, nose is sweet toffee, floral, taste is sweet, dry toffee, floral.
Stuu (34178) ticked Aleberry from Strathaven Ales 10 years ago
Cask in the Canon's Gait. Pours golden amber, nose is light fruit, zesty, taste is sweet, thin.
Stuu (34178) reviewed Lord Kelvin from Strathaven Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask in the Crystal Palace. Pours copper amber, nose is light fruity spice, taste is sweet, malty toffee.
Stuu (34178) reviewed Line Out from Strathaven Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask in the Standing Order. Pours copper amber, nose is toffee, flora, taste is pretty much the same.
Stuu (34178) reviewed Aleberry Fruitbeer from Strathaven Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask in the Canon’s Gait. Pours golden amber, nose is light fruit, zesty, taste is sweet, thin.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle. Hazy golden body with a thin off-white head. Faint lacing. Aroma of apricot, copper and watered-down whisky. Flavour of sour grain, bitter orange, cooking apple and a tangy, metallic finish. Not very nice, but not as bad as I’d feared it would be (this was given to me on Christmas 2014 - it only took me nine months to get round to drinking it!) Needs much more malt sweetness. I could only drink about a quarter of the bottle.
Stuu (34178) reviewed Midnight Walk from Strathaven Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask at sraf 2015. Pours clear deep amber, nose is grassy, musty toffee, taste is sweet, thin, toffee.