Food & Drink: At last: real ales for real Gaels Beers flavoured with spruce, heather or bog myrtle? Rabbie Burns would've known them well

Dec 07, 2008 13:53:57

Next Tuesday is Burns' Night. But what did Robert Burns like to drink? A Scottish ... lesser writer who described Burns as the heather-headed bard offers a clue ... Williams tosses a handful of heather into the brew- kettle, he ... notes Scott. "And visitors to Burns' Country might make a ...