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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5.8/10 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 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 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 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 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

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottle @ Norway/Denmark Tasting @ Ulfborg. Courtesy of Fonefan. Pours clear amber with a off white bubbly head. Nose is paper and dust. Cellar and oxidized dust.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2011 at 14:34

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle, courtesy of fonefan. It’s a clear, dark golden beer with a minimal sized white head. The aroma reminds me more of an English regular bitter than of an IPA, but what to expect at 3.8 % ABV. Biscuity malts, pine cones, grass and a fruity touch in the aroma. The body is a bit thin, but not thin, and the carbonation level is appropriate. Nice bitterness in the flavor, with fruityness and pine cones, and some pale malts in the back. Bitterness in the end. Decent. 110318
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2011 at 11:03

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle @ Norway/Denmark Tasting, Ulfborg. Pours cloudy golden with a small off white bubbly head. Nose is marmelade, fruit and grain. Dry and bitter flavor with grain and marmelade. A bit dusty. Dry and short hoppy end. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2011 at 10:50

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Bottle, courtesy of fonefan. It pours a clear, golden body with a white head. The aroma has a pleasant hoppyness, but also a buttery caramel touch. It’s dominated by the hops in the mouth, pleasant bitterness and a decent hop flavor, but I would like it less buttery. Medium body, nice carbonation. Overall, too much butterscotch, but a quite pleasant one. 110318
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2011 at 10:11

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle @ Norway/Denmark Tasting, Ulfborg. Pours amber golden with a small off white bubbly head. Nose is sweet. Toffee, butter and fruit. A bit ashy flavor with a note of vegetables and corn. Dry and short end.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2011 at 09:15