About
Williams Bros Brewing Company is a Scottish family-owned microbrewery, founded and operated by brothers Bruce and Scot Williams.
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.
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.
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can online from Wise Bartender. Pours light hazed gold with white foam. Aroma: pale malt, light citrus. Taste light sweet & bitter, mainly notes of peach. Decent, medium-ish body with soft carbonation. Decent drop.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jan 2024
at 21:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can at home. Pours golden amber, nose is passionfruit, mango, taste is bitter, pine, some fruit.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2024
at 21:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can from Aldi. Clear gold with a decent white head. Sweet pine aroma, flavour is citrus and pine, nice body
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jan 2024
at 23:37
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can from Aldi Supermarket, Salford. Golden with a head. Fuller-bodied but a little ordinary with its mix of pine and citrus, finishing with a light bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jan 2024
at 19:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Aldi Supermarket, Salford. Golden with a light carbonation and a small head, with a bit of a glow. Has plenty of pale ale styling with a good mix of hops and tropical style fruits.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2024
at 01:39
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
440ml can as part of a delivery from the brewery and drunk at home. Golden brown, slightly reddish, mostly clear with a ring of off-white head. Aroma of caramel, orange peel, boiled sweet, spruce tips. It has a nice honest sweetness, a touch of fruited caramel, little bit more spruce, citrus and cherry finish with a little more bitterness. Full body for the ABV with carbonation on the low side. Yum.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2023
at 14:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle as part of a delivery from the bottle and drunk at home. Very dark brown and with only a little bit of light getting through. Aroma of molasses, liquorice, blackcurrant. Or elderberry. Sweet taste, l more berry coming through here but still fairly dominated by liquorice. Bitterness in the finish. Body is watery for the style, with medium carbonation. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2023
at 14:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
440ml can as part of a delivery from the brewery and drunk at home. Light gold and slightly hazy with a tiny ring of white head. Lemon curd, jammy apricot, bready chewy biscuit yeast on the nose. Sweet taste, more stone fruit here, leading to a slightly chalky bitterness. Lighter body for the ABV, well-carbonated. I’m enjoying this.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2023
at 19:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500ml can as part of a delivery from the brewery and drunk at home. Dark, indeed chocolatey brown, with a little bit of translucency and a tiny ring of off-white head. Decent but not overpowering chocolate fudge aroma. Could say the same about the taste: it’s got a fair bit of chocolate but it’s light enough to let the gentle hop bitterness through toward the finish. Some ground coffee in the aftertaste, justifying the ‘mocha stout’ distinction. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Dec 2023
at 21:32
7/10
Leicht, dünn, süffig
Tried
from Can
on 17 Dec 2023
at 18:25