Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) Impale IPA

Impale IPA

 

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

  IPA Regular
Score
6.37
ABV: 5.5% IBU: 50 Ticks: 50
Impale IPA delivers hoppy insurrection, through biting bitterness and big tropical fruit aromas derived from the combination of Cascade, Simcoe, Nelson Sauvin & Citra hops used.

Ed Young's recipe was originally winner of an IBD homebrew competition. Not only did he win the chance to brew it with us, he came to work for us for a number of years. Ed has now moved on but he beefed up the original recipe with an increased dry hop before he left.
 

Sign up to add a tick or review

Join Us


     Show


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Old rating - A 330ml bottle my wife got me in Scotland. Pours amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of flora, hops, orange, citrus butterscotch & malt. Medium body & carbonation. Medium bitter finish. Enjoyable

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2025 at 06:21


3
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 12

Bottiglia. All'olfatto si esprimono sentori di cuoio e di creme caramel. La finezza olfattiva è normale e il modo in cui permane è sufficiente. Il manto birroso superiore resiste poco. La grandezza delle bollicine è a grana medio-fine. La parte liquida è limpida e anche qui la grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il colore è giallo dorato carico. Il corpo è rotondo. L'amaro è pronunciato. La forza gustativa è normale e si prolunga in modo sufficiente. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di facile beva. Sul tetto della bocca si fermano note di miele, frutta secca, cannella, erbe aromatiche, mora e frutta.

Tried from Can on 18 Feb 2025 at 11:57


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle bought as part of a delivery from the brewery and drunk at home. Darker, almost brownish gold, maybe a little hazy, with a tiny loose ring of white head.woody aroma, some caramel and perhaps a little sarsaparilla, gummy resin, citrus peel. Hmmm. Sweet taste, herbal with notes of orange, some butterscotch. A little umami makes it very moreish. Bitterness in the finish. Syrupy body with low carbonation. Doesn’t strike me as any kind of IPA I’ve ever had, but its originality is its USP. Not sure at first but I’m coming nicely around to it.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2023 at 18:10


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle @ fontanelle camping. Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, light caramel, sweet fruit, old hops. Flavor is sweet light bitter, malt, caramel, fruity hops, old hops. Medium body, aversge carbonation, light bitter finish. 150722

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jul 2022 at 13:01


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Rocky white head stayed on a clear amber body. Malt & butterscotch aroma. Medium bodied, sharp on the front with a clean back. Confectionery, stone fruit, sweet citrus & pine tastes. Awful aroma but tastes quite moorish!

Tried on 23 Jul 2020 at 19:48


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Golden color. Butter and some hops in the aroma. Oily citric hopbitter but also buttery flavor. Diacetyl all over the place, partly ruining a good IPA. Oily mouthfeel.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:05


7

Aroma malt jordbær. Smak malt humle bær sitrus. Middels fyldig og lett bitter

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2019 at 21:52


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sløret gylden med tykt kremet offwhite skum. Aroma jordbær malt. Smak malt humle bær sitrus. Middels fyldig og lett bitter. Flaske fra Kilpishalli

Tried on 27 Jul 2019 at 19:52


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle kindly shared by Finn. Firm white head over a warm golden body, spotty lacing. Oily hops on the nose, mid-sweet. Decent taste profile of slightly honeyed sweet citrus, oily hops to it. Mid-sweet fruit hoppy end. Pretty nice. (Tromsø 17.07.2019).

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jul 2019 at 13:01


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Delt med Rune. Lys gulbrun. Høyt kremaktig skum. Tynn lacing. Jordbæraroma. Smaken tørket frukt & bær. Ekstra tørr avslutning.

Tried on 17 Jul 2019 at 12:51