Black (Bottle)
(Batch of Black)
Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular|
Score
6.61
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Williams Black is a multiple award winning British style mild ale, pouring a dark black/brown with aromas of coffee, liquorice, roast & chocolate malts and a sweet, hoppy mouthfeel.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pour is dark with a rocky tan head. Looks marvelous. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, some dark fruit- not much though, brown sugar. Body is a tad on the thin side. Powdered chocolate, roasted malts, and some mild bitterness round out this beauty of a stout. This is no World Wide Stout, nor is it trying to be. I could drink a few of these in a sitting, and at just over 4% I don’t see why I wouldn’t.
Tried
on 28 Jul 2009
at 07:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Nice head with medium duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt and smoke with coffee notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2009
at 15:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled(500ml). -Cola coloured, small off-white head, light coffee nose. Roasted malt, coffee, brown sugar and some fruits with low carbonation and pleasant mild coffee aftertaste. Good stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2009
at 10:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
07/04 A 0.5 l bottle ogivlado brought from Hungary, thanks for sharing! It poured a very dark brown body with smaller brown head that flattened soon. Typical stout aroma, some coffee and just a touch of other dark malt scents. Coffee flavor, not too dry, a bit of caramel and fruits to balance it. Full bodied for 4.2% ABV. Pleasant and long coffee aftertaste. I liked this one although stouts are not my things...that coffee flavor here was nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2009
at 11:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0.5l bottle shared with heavy and ogivlado, courtesy of the latter (thanks!). BB nov ’09. Poured an extremely dark brown body with a small off white head that went away fast. Coffee and sweet maltiness in the nose. Light, smooth taste of coffee, balanced, some fruity notes. Actually refreshing. Very light acidity, light aftertaste. Ok enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2009
at 20:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled, Beer Hunters’ (BB 04/2010). Dark brown color, small steady tan head. A bit toffeish and chocolaty, nutty hoppy aroma with hints of menthol. Crisp carbonation. Light porter flavors: toasty maltyness, dry mouthfeel, hints of dark chocolate. Session porter which is actually similar to some Czech dark lagers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2009
at 02:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Wallingatan, Stockholm) Very dark brown colour with foamy, beige head. Roasted, malty nose with chocolate, liquorice and distinct blackcurrant aromas. Malty, slightly fruity taste with notes of chocolate, dark fruit, blackcurrant and spicy hops. Rather thin body, balanced fruity sweetness. An easy to drink stout with an interesting touch of fruity hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2009
at 16:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home ... Cant belive i havent had this before in bottle ... deep black ... very short lived big foam head ... oatmeal ? and coffee aroma ... quite bitter ... decent malt ... seem quite plain and not in same league as the cask version ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2009
at 15:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown colour, tan head. Average stout with some roasted malts and dark fruits. A bit watery.
Tried
on 29 Nov 2008
at 16:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50 cl bottle from Cracked Kettle. Black/brown colour, tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee. Flavour is a bit watery sweet, roasted malts, coffee, chocolate. Ends bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2008
at 03:15