Strathaven Ales

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

Established in 2005

Closed in 2022

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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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5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle 500ml @ fonefan
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, berries and floral hops. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2012 at 06:49

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and berries. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 101112
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2012 at 06:49

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt, fruits, notes of caramel and hops. Sweet and refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2012 at 06:49

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From cask at Standing Order. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malt, toffee and light caramelish. Mild fruity, sweet and light sugarish impression. Smooth frui and lingering sweet finish, light bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 10 Nov 2012 at 02:25

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
cask at sorder ... amber ... small white head ... soft spicy zezty nose ... light woody smokyness ... soft toffee fruits ... dry wooodybitter linger
Tried from Cask on 02 Nov 2012 at 05:13

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Huge brown head. Nearly opaque deep dark red body with strong carbonation. Earthy roasty caramelly aroma with mealy dried fruit notes. Dry-sweetish earthy caramelly dried fruit taste with roasty burnt notes. Mid-to-thin body. Mild, faintly sharpish mouthfeel. Dryish earthy roasty caramelly aftertaste with metallic chocolatey notes. Quite nice, and certainly drinkable. (0.5l bottle, Centra Majorstuen, Oslo.)
Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2012 at 12:01

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask @ Capital Asset, Perth 181012
Amber, dense white thin head, clear, good lacing
Aroma - light caramel malts, very dull nose
Taste - sweet pale caramel malts, some honey, smooth creamy pale malt, booze not well hidden at all, some grain, simple dull flavour
Palate - soft carb, medium body, oily smooth. Finish as main flavour, dull, bitterish bit metallic booze, sweet light grain malt
Overall - At 7% i’d expect a lot more flavour than this...dull
Tried from Cask on 19 Oct 2012 at 09:27

3.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
0.5l bottle shared with The Tasting Crew. This is a clear dark woody-brown one with a small bubbly beige head. The aroma at first reminds me of a old cellar with strong cardboard, chlorine and old flower-water. Not fantastic. It get's a bit better when you get used to it though, but this did not smell good. It tasted a bit better. Some dark malts, burned tones, hints of both chocolate and earth. Tasted a lot better than it smelled, but not a great one this either from the Strathaven. 16.06.2012
Tried from Bottle on 15 Oct 2012 at 00:00

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
0.5l bottle shared with The Tasting Crew. This is a crystal clear dark nutty-brown one with a small sidesticking and bubbly off-white head. The aroma is light buttery, caramel-malty, some fruity tones and clear hint's of spices. Fennel seeds perhaps? Not to bad. It has a clear burned flavor all the yaw. At first quite disturbing actually, and it does not get any better. Also it has a near soapy-bitter touch that evolves near the finish. It feels really thin and almost watery in the mouth, and it has a really soft carbonation level. A boring and not particularly good one, but still drinkable. 16.06.2012
Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2012 at 23:59

3.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
0.5l bottle shared with The Tasting Crew. This one is a clear pale golden one, some few unfiltered particles and a small sidesticking bubbly off-white head. The aroma is light fruity, malt-sweet, light grainy also. A bit low and dull perhaps, but not horrible. It's average carbonated and it has a thin mineral-water texture in the mouth. Flavors are kinda sharp-bitter and almost soapy actually. Feels a bit like drinking heated flavored mineral water. Normally that's not a good thing when drinking beer, and this was no exception. 16.06.2012
Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2012 at 23:57