Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Microbrewery
in Alloa,
Clackmannanshire,
Scotland 🏴
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 1988
The Williams Bros. Brewing Co. started life in the humble ‘Glenbrew’ homebrew shop in Glasgow. The first beer brewed was the ‘Fraoch’ Heather Ale at a small 5-barrel brewery in Taynuilt, After the 2nd year of brewing in the Taynuilt brewery and with demand far out stripping supply the brothers decided to expand and also to diversify the range with five Historic Ales. These ales were produced at the new purpose built brewery and premises in Craigmill, Strathaven from 1998-2004.
In 2004 the brothers took over the ‘Forth Brewery’ at Kellibank, Alloa where Maclay’s had been contract brewing and packaging their beers since the sale of their old Alloa brewery. It was at this stage in proceedings that Heather Ale Ltd became Williams Bros. Brewing Co.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
From Amstein, best before 09/25, tasting this can yesterday with my wife, without stress at Epalinges. For me, it was not really an ipa, rather a helles with more common hop than usual, rather light body, smooth and malty, a bit fruity, lack of aromas.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle, back in the day, from Drinkmonger. Pours almost still and murky amber. Very woody and sherryish, as I recall. Bit more rounded that the Fraoch version though.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Bottle, back in the day, from Drinkmonger. Pours still and murky amber. Very woody and sherryish, as I recall.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Aldi, Hermiston Gait. Pours lightly hazy golden with a thin white head. Aromas of citrus, light biscuit. Taste is strong citrus. Bitter finish.
allmyvinyl (20966) reviewed Phaze from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) 1 week ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can from Aldi, Hermiston Gait. Pours lightly hazy yellow golden with a thin white head. Aromas of tinned fruit, mandarin, apricot. Taste is orange, peach. Dry finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Aldi, Hermiston Gait. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of grapefruit and pine. Taste is resinous, more grapefruit and light spice. Bitter finish.
allmyvinyl (20966) reviewed Kru$h from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) 1 week ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can from Aldi, Hermiston Gait. Pours clear yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of tropical fruit and light citrus. Taste is light sweet tropical fruit, more citrus. Light sweet finish.
Deanso (15577) reviewed Old Skool from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
44cl can from Aldi.
Medium creamy white head. Slightly hazy golden pour. Light bitterness
Deanso (15577) reviewed Nu Skool from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
44cl can from Aldi.
Medium white head. Hazy golden pour. Light bitterness
Scopey (25061) ticked Old Skool from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Can from Aldi Inverurie. It pours fairly clear yellowy - gold with a white head. The aroma is soft, sweet, juicy, tangy grapefruit vibes, touch of lemon curd, marmalade sandwich, touch green, piney and sone toasty grains. The taste is crisp, quite firm, dry, reasonable level of bitterness, pithy, zesty, grapefruit, weak lemon, pomelo, grass, pine, slightly herbal and some candied fruits. Finish is firmly dry and bitter. Average body and moderate carbonation. Decent enough, but not quite up there with some of their other new releases at Aldi. Drinkable and great value nonetheless.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.53 |
| Beers | 170 |
| Ticks | 3660 |
Top Reviewers (Not including batches)
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allmyvinyl | 95 |
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Scopey | 92 |
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Stuu | 82 |
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jamestulloch | 64 |
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McCash | 61 |
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fonefan | 55 |
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Downender | 52 |
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BlackHaddock | 50 |
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