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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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 5JZ. [ As JDW Own / Not Any Mor ]. Clear medium to dark red amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, butterscotch, light hoppy, grapefruit notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20090124]
Tried from Cask on 15 Apr 2009 at 02:48

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 5JZ.Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity, caramel notes, butterscotch. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20090124]
Tried from Cask on 15 Apr 2009 at 02:47

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask @ Bon Accord. Golden colour, medium white head. Aroma of toasted malts. Flavour: caramel malts with a dry hoppy finish.
Tried from Cask on 23 Mar 2009 at 07:51

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the Halfway House, Edinburgh, 20-03-09 on Craig’s crawl of Edinburgh’s finest establishments. Pours mid gold with a white head. There is a good dollop of honey on the nose and in the mouth, some sweet malts add to the mix and its a nice beer all told. A6 A4 F7 P4 OV14 3.5
Tried from Cask on 23 Mar 2009 at 04:50

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ 3 Judges. Clear light golden colour with a dense small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, with lemonade hops and citrus and malts. Flavour is sweet, with citric hops. Not very malty. Sweet finish.
Tried from Cask on 23 Feb 2009 at 05:15

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Cask at The Standing Order, Edinburgh 13 Nov 08. Pale golden colored – almost yellow. Modest sweet fruity aroma. Flavor the same with a dry fruity aftertaste. Quite good.
Tried from Cask on 12 Feb 2009 at 14:02

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask in Edinburgh ... Light red ... light malt nose ... light fruity malts ... very non descript.
Tried from Cask on 03 Jan 2009 at 14:30

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From cask at Three Judges, Glasgow, tap handle said Strathaven aleberry fruit beer. Pours slight cloudy golden orange with a small white head. Sweet and mild overripe fruity aroma. Sweet malty ad light raisin and apple fruity flavoured. Sweet caramelish and fruity finish with a solid bitterness appearing.
Tried from Cask on 17 Dec 2008 at 11:34

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask, hand pulled half pint at Guildford Arms in Edinburgh. Clear golden-amber supported by a thin, white head leaving fine lacework on the glass. Plain malty aroma. Caramel malty taste, with a decent bitter ending [24.10.2008].
Tried from Cask on 09 Dec 2008 at 08:10

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at Guildford Arms, Edinburgh. Clear golden body, missing head. Hints of grapefruits to the nose. Fresh fruity flavour with a smooth hoppy ending. Quite good, but nothing special [24.10.2008]
Tried from Cask on 09 Dec 2008 at 08:08