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
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

4.4abv cask at the Guildford.. Dark black.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft sweet caramel toffee malts nose.. Soft dusty bitter caramel toffee.. Light chocolate.. Herbal finish

Tried from Cask on 18 Nov 2016 at 07:12


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

Cask at GBBF 2016. It pours clear gold with a bubbly white head. The aroma is straw, grass, hay and some zesty citrus notes. The taste is crisp, clean, straw, peppery spice, orange peel, mandarin, mild soap and some bread with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Crisp and clean, with good orange citrus notes.

Tried from Cask on 08 Sep 2016 at 04:57


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

9th August 2016
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Lightly hazy gold beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has reasonable fine carbonation. Thin malts. Nice tangerine - mandarin and a trace of lemon and lime. Light dry finish. Nicely citric.

Tried from Cask on 06 Sep 2016 at 03:01


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Cask at GBBF’16, day one, 09/08/16. Pale golden blonde with a decent off white cap. Nose is melon, straw, toasted grains, soft bread, crackers. Taste comprises citric kissed straw, light orange peel, bready malts, grains, lemon rind. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a modicum of grassy hop bitterness. Looks and feels good but falls short at the business end.

Tried from Cask on 21 Aug 2016 at 06:23


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

Sampled @ GBBF day 1. Clear golden color, small off-white head. Smell and taste malts, light hoppiness, lightly fruit hops, light to moederately bitter. Average to decent body and carbonation.

Tried on 14 Aug 2016 at 12:55


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Gravity cask@Ealing Beer Festival, London
Clear copper color, small beige head. Some green apple and hops in the nose. Light-bodied. English hops, some crystal malts. Easy red ale.

Tried from Cask on 11 Aug 2016 at 11:46


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

Cask handpull at GBBF 2016. Deepish gold colour lasting white head. zesty very lemon. Good condition. Some hop tannin .some lemon. Good.

Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2016 at 11:31


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Gbbf. Fast klare dunkel goldene Farbe. Geruch mild zitronig hopfig, blumig. Geschmack mild trocken hopfig, zitronig.

Tried on 09 Aug 2016 at 11:08


5

Tried on 22 Jul 2016 at 20:21


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Pours a reddish amber with a small off white head. Caramel malt and orange peel aroma; similar taste, caramel malty marmalade flavours. A fruity bitter finish. Nice.

Tried on 08 Jul 2016 at 11:22