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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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

GBBF, 7th Aug 2019, cask half-pint. Orange coloured body, white topping. Caramel notes in both the nose and flavour, light hop action for a bit of balance.

Tried from Cask on 11 Aug 2019 at 08:24


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Hamilton Beer Festival. Ruby black with a minimal white head. Dried fruit aroma, flavour is molasses abs more dried fruit

Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2019 at 15:42


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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the 2019 Kidbrooke Beer Festival. Black pour with a beige head. Liquorice toffee, cola and coffee aroma. Flavours of cocoa,liquorice, cola, oats. Nice.

Tried from Cask on 25 May 2019 at 08:04


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Turnhouse, Edinburgh Airport. Clear brown with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and a little red fruit. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter finish. 180419

Tried from Cask on 18 Apr 2019 at 12:29


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask @ JCB Weather Spoons Shrewsbury Hotel. Pours clear deep burnished amber, off white head. Spiced caramel on the nose. Taste is smooth and surprisingly spicy (well, it is a winter beer i guess), lots of cinnamon, ginger hints, biscoff biscuits before returning to its caramel-forward base. Nice

Tried from Cask on 03 Mar 2019 at 16:59


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Mørk rødbrun. Lavt tett skum med litt farge. Lett krydderaroma. Smaken kardemomme & søt frukt. Lett tørr avslutning. Greit vinterøl.

Tried on 08 Feb 2019 at 09:48


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 29/1/2019. Amber in colour, with a slight, white, head. Cinnamon, ginger and clove notes, which avoided being dominating, alongside some leafy hops, crisp malts and a moderately bitter finish. Fine.

Tried from Cask on 29 Jan 2019 at 18:23


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Sample@GBBF2018, London, with the Malmö crew - dark brown pour with off-white head. Toasted and sweet malty, some caramel, biscuit, light nutty, dark dried fruits, medium sweet malty into the finish.

Tried on 16 Dec 2018 at 13:48


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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On cask at the Standing Order. Appearance - golden amber with nice lacing. Nose - dried orange, raisin and general cake notes. Taste - more cakiness. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture. Dry crunchy finish. Overall - good example of a premium bitter.

Tried from Cask on 27 Nov 2018 at 16:31


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Cloisters. Black body with ruby highlights and a tight beige head. Good lacing. Aroma of chocolate, raisins and weak coffee. Flavour of plum, brown bread, raspberry, cola bottle sweets and weak Ribena. Thin body with a watery texture. Soft and subtle - incredibly easy to drink. Would love to see this in bottle more frequently - it would be a regular in my fridge.

Tried from Cask on 26 Nov 2018 at 12:40