A pint of: Fraoch; heather ale

This wonderful beer from Morrisons is probably the only beer that can claim to have been brewed since 2000bc.

To quote the bottle "heather ale has been brewed in Scotland for four thousand years and is the oldest style of ale still made in the world" I think that's pretty cool and reason alone to give it a go.

The recipe for this beer is from the 16th century. Heather flowers are infused with the hot ale before then being fermented.

I find sometimes that beers infused with another ingredient can be overpowered. Fraoch however still hits those beer flavours. The beer is quite bitter, sharp then with the floral taste from the heather. The bottle describes the heather flavour as floral & spicy herbal. I found it tasted a bit banana like. I enjoyed this beer although I don't think I would like more than a couple.

The beer is 5% abv and is in a 500ml bottle. I rate it a 7/10.