Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) Birds & Bees

Birds & Bees
(has 2 batches)

 

Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Golden / Blonde Ale Regular
Score
6.28
ABV: 4.3% IBU: 25 Ticks (all batches): 115
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6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Hazy yellow with a lasting white head. Grainy and grassy aroma with a hint of cabbage/DMS. Sweet malty flavour with grassy and floral notes.
Tried on 25 Feb 2012 at 05:33

6.5/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Aroma: Lemony, grassy and floral.

Appearance: Clear straw coloured body with virtually no head. No lacing. Lots of carbonation.

Taste: Sharp elderflower, floral hops and a bittersweet finish. Lovely.

Palate: Thin to medium body with an oily mouthfeel. Lively carbonation.

Overall: This reminds me of a cross between Cairngorm’s Trade Winds and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Pretty good.
Tried on 09 Feb 2012 at 13:27

6.3/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle, 4.3%. Bottle now says hops are Nelson Sauv. and Amarillo. Gold with a bit of a chill haze, small white head. Aroma of light honey, elderflowers, gooseberries. Taste is sweet with honey and rather more elderflowers than suggested by the aroma. Crisp citrus finish has a little pepper too. Solid warm weather refreshment.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2012 at 02:40

6.4/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly deminishing head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Strong elderflower notes. Average bitter flavor. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2012 at 09:25

6.1/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
50cl bottle, BBE 01/2013. Poured clear golden with a frothy, white head. Citrusy hops and malt aroma. Flavor is fruity at first, elderflowers cleary detectable, then it turns more sweet, honey perhaps? Semisweet finish. Sweetness was a letdown, otherwise quite a drinkable beer.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2011 at 08:06

6.6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
50 cl bottle of 4,3% version, BBE 01/2013
Aroma has honey, toffee and fruity hops. Flavour has toffee and goldings-like hops. Rather nice golden ale where part of the hoppiness is replaced with toffee. The sweetness of the honey in the finish disturbs me a bit. I have had also the 5% version, this is almost as good.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2011 at 11:17

7.1/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich elderflowers, malt, hops and fruits.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2011 at 09:48

7/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
50cl bottle. Pours golden with gentle bubbles and a good head. The nose has hay, honey and a fresh gooseberries. The taste has honey, sweet malt and a massive elderflower from middle to end. The palate has a medium structure, a decent texture and a clean zingy finish. Overall, a nice refreshing ale - I like it.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2011 at 07:27

5.9/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - elderflowers and straw. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 020711
Tried on 17 Jul 2011 at 05:16

5.6/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Slightly hazy golden with medium off-white head. Flavour is malt, hops, elderflower, fruit and herbs.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jul 2011 at 10:58