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.

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

Cloudy red beer, white head. A good example of the style at a survivable ABV. Fruit, dry malt, some bitter hop. Nothing spectacular but a good, solid dark ale.

Tried on 11 Oct 2018 at 18:15


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

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Tried from Cask on 30 Aug 2018 at 22:35


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

On cask at the Standing Order. Appearance - golden amber with decent lacing. Nose - bread, lemon, dried orange. Taste - fruit loaf. Grassy and pithy on the end. Palate - light bodied, creamy texture. Dry finish. Overall - a solid citizen or a bit better. Happy to drink it!

Tried from Cask on 21 Aug 2018 at 09:35


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

Cask at GBBF '18, day 2, 08/08/18. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is brown bread, light cocoa dusting, dried fruits, grains. Taste comprises fruit loaf, faint spice, brown bread, hint of pipe tobacco, light charr. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Decent enough mild.

Tried from Cask on 17 Aug 2018 at 16:46


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

A decent 80 shilling. Dry malt and enough fruit to mix it up without the sickly fruit that sometimes balances these out.

Tried on 10 Aug 2018 at 20:11


6

Tried on 28 Jul 2018 at 10:50


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Picture House, Colwyn Bay. Clear golden-brown and clean tasting, with a light maltiness, light sweetness, and a hint of chocolate in its aftertaste.

Tried from Cask on 06 May 2018 at 11:14


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Very dark brown, thin bubbly head. Malty chocolate aroma, taste is clean malty, chocolate and some fruit. A solid, drinkable beer.

Tried on 27 Apr 2018 at 13:14


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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2016, [ Great British Beer Festival 2016 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Strathaven Summer Glow ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, biscuit malt, mandarin - tangarine notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, biscuit malt, sweet malt, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160809] 7-2-6-3-12

Tried from Cask on 23 Mar 2018 at 08:29


5

Tried from Cask on 16 Mar 2018 at 18:16