Nollaig
Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Special|
Score
6.75
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Festive Spruce Ale.We have brewed this special festive ale using malted barley, a variety of high impact specialist hops and hand picked spruce tips which are only ripe for picking during a two week window in the spring. The resiny sweetness of the spruce and malt is countered by a huge hop character, which is just delicious.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Amber with a nice white head. Aroma is sweet, sprucy. Flavour is similar, a bit like Fraoch but with added Christmas. Nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2016
at 16:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Clear amber, thin head. Spicy, fruity hop aroma. Taste is spicy, resinous, hoppy. Crisp and refreshing when chilled. Nice and a bit different.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2016
at 15:53
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Aarhus tasting. Pours copper colour with a small off white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, some warming spices. Quite sweet, light bitterness, light sour. Finish dry, sweet and slightly sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2016
at 13:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting, my place. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are berries, fruits, hops, caramel and malt. Sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2016
at 13:28
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ Johns. Pours dark golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, light caramel, spice, spruce. Flavor is rather sweet, malty, caramel, sweet spicy, spruce. Medium body, average to lively carbonation, sweet finish. 081016
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2016
at 13:25
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle, 7%. Clear amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, spices, toasted and biscuit. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, biscuit, spices, herbs, sweet and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2016
at 13:24
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Clear amber with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and herbal. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish. Lacks bitterness. 081016
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2016
at 13:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Moderate malty and heavy hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter very herbal spicy flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2016
at 06:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
At Jim/John is back tasting. Hazy golden with white head. Soft sugar powder, spruce, strawberry/elderflower lemonade syrup, strange exotic fruitiness. Medium sweet, light bitter finish. Medium body, smooth, nice soft carbonation. Interesting and nice! --- Beer merged from original tick of Nollaig on 21 Nov 2017 at 20:40 - Score: 7. Original review text: 3.7
Tried
on 16 Apr 2016
at 15:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
50cl bottle bottle shared at the Jim/John is back tasting Thin white head. Cloudy amber pour. Very different. Interesting. Lots of spruce
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 15:28