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.
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.
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Edward Wylie, JDW. Slightly hazy and sparkling golden colour, white head. Nose is ginger, vegetables, bit of malts. Flavour is ginger, lemonade, followed by dry biscuit. Actually not too bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 May 2011
at 06:44
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
bottle. Amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is malt, hop, fruit. Flavour is malt, hop, fruit, citrus, caramel. boring beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2011
at 00:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
cask at blue blazer ... deep brown black... creamy tan head ... soft toffee chocolate malt nose ... soft creamy woody chocolate malts ... tasty but lacking a little something cask at bow bar ... deep black ... thin tan head ... soft sweeet puff candii roast malt nose ... soft smooth almost milky roast malts ... soft toffee roast ... stick at 3.7
Tried
from Cask
on 11 May 2011
at 04:48
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Deep golden colour with a white head. aroma is malt, fruit, hop. Flavour is malt, floral, fruit, hop. Medium to thin body. Ordinary/ boring beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2011
at 23:55
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Deep golden colour with a white head. Aroma is butterscotsch, hop, mal, caramel t. Flavour is butterscotsch, hop, malt, caramel, fruit, citrus. Strange beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2011
at 01:08
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy to frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted - caramel, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, plastic smoke notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100805]
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Apr 2011
at 11:19
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium yellow amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, molasses, caramel, toffee, light hoppy, dusty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long to average duration, wood, cigar - tobacco. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110318] 6-2-6-3-13 Cask @ Le Gothique Restaurant and Bar, [ Wandsworth Common Beer Festival 2013 ]. Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, John Archer Way, Wandsworth, Greater London, England SW18 3SX.Clear medium amber orange color with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, wood, earthy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, caramel, straw, earthy hops, wood notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130330] 6-2-6-3-13
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2011
at 14:37
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium amber color with a small to average, frothy to fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, earthy - damp stain - fusty, antique furniture. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20110318]
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2011
at 09:47
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml.Clear light dark yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, toasted, moderate hoppy, dusty, dry grass. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, dry, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110318]
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2011
at 09:47
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Bottle, courtesy of fonefan. A clear, dark amber beer with an off-white head. Lots of cellar on the nose, even more cellar and then a little more cellar. Caramel too, and a faint touch of citrusy hops. The flavor too has a lot of cellar, and the same caramel and citrus found in the aroma. Medium body. Cellar, caramel and some citrus in the finish. Wow, new world record for cellar in a beer. 110318
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2011
at 14:37