Willy Nilly (Bottle)
(Batch of Willy Nilly)
Brains in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.05
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BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Willy Nilly (Bottle) from Brains 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
500ml Bottle: BBD 31 Aug 2013. Poured into two half-pint glass tankards at home on 7 June 2013. Bright and clear body: red body leaning towards brown, on top a thin off-white head that soon became a wisp and collar. Red berries in the nose and taste: more malts than hops but a good blend of flavours with a body depth that suited the brew. Semi-sweet front with a mildly bitter finish, refreshing and interesting. A decent beer all round. Pity the head refused to hang around.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Willy Nilly (Bottle) from Brains 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
50cl bottle from the Sainsbury’s beer hunt range. Copper with a thin white head; malty aroma; thin at first with a dry, malty, caramel taste; and a trace of fruit and chocolate towards the finish. A straightforward bitter.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Willy Nilly (Bottle) from Brains 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at home in London. Pours clear, ruby-brown with a soft, creamy head. Nose is mostly light berries, some mellow, lightly toasted dough. Light sweet flavor, some bready, dark doughy malts, cherries, grapes and other berries, almost no bitterness, but perhaps some light leaves. Light bodied with average carbonation. Somewhat bland to finish, a bit more of the berry character, some jammy fruits, lightly toasted dough, faint lingering leaves. Extremely basic, but not really offensive or anything. It’s easy.
Tommann (7637) reviewed Willy Nilly (Bottle) from Brains 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
500ml bottle. Pours deep red with a small head. Aroma is fruity malt, treacle and boiled sweets. Taste has bready malt with a bitter, boiled sweet finish.
ianwelby (4686) reviewed Willy Nilly (Bottle) from Brains 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
The initial taste is fruit with an almost vanilla flavour though it finishes quite bitter.
Downender (11275) reviewed Willy Nilly (Bottle) from Brains 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle. I tried this during the event which collected the public’s view of the shortlisted Welsh and west country beers for the Sainsbury’s beer festival, and was very surprised to see it appear in the shops. A ruddy brown, sweet and malty mess, with no redeeming features.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Willy Nilly (Bottle) from Brains 13 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
500ml bottle from Sainsburys Ashford. Clear ruby colour with no head. Brown malty aroma. Some vague fruit on aroma. Malty body and flavour with again some vague hedgerow fruits if you are being charitable. Rest is empty. Finish is a dirty earthyness which is not entirely pleasant. Not a great beer. Some fruit.