Strathaven Ales

Microbrewery in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Established in 2005

Closed in 2022

Contact
Sandford Road, Craigmill Strathaven ML10 6PB, Strathaven, Scotland
Description
Strathaven Ales is the pinnacle of traditional real ale brewing with our stone clad brewing kettle and well used brew-house based in an old mill dating back to the early 1800s. The mill originally manufactured crushed barley for the brewery trade and flour for the local artisan bakers and it sits next to the river Avon near the market town of Strathaven.

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.

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6.6
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.

Tried from Cask on 18 Oct 2015 at 07:51


6.5
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

Tried from Cask on 16 Oct 2015 at 10:31


4.5
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

Tried from Cask on 06 Oct 2015 at 08:25


6.4
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.

Tried from Cask on 06 Oct 2015 at 01:35


6

Cask in the Canon's Gait. Pours golden amber, nose is light fruit, zesty, taste is sweet, thin.

Tried from Cask on 07 Sep 2015 at 09:17


6.8
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.

Tried from Cask on 07 Sep 2015 at 03:21


6
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.

Tried from Cask on 07 Sep 2015 at 03:18


6
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.

Tried from Cask on 07 Sep 2015 at 03:17


4.5
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.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2015 at 16:53


5.5
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.

Tried from Cask on 09 Jul 2015 at 16:00