Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)

Microbrewery in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1988

Contact
New Alloa Brewery, Kelliebank, Alloa, FK10 1NT, Scotland
Description
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.

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Golden colour, clear with a short white head. Hoppy, malty, fruity aroma and a sweet malty, fruity, hay taste. Medium body with a dry hoppy / hay finish.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2006 at 12:54

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottled (Thanks tbone_!). Golden colour, small white head. Strong salad and berries in aroma, along with some hints of hops. Flavour is dry gooseberryish. with hints of hops and some wheat. Very crispy and refreshing beer. Surely quite "alternative" to much I’ve had before. Rating #1700.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2006 at 12:05

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Heavy malty aroma. Dark chocolate notes. Nice chocolate flavor. Creamy palate. Nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2006 at 00:51

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Nice big head but with very short duration. Color is close to black. Aroma is chocolate and roast malt. Taste is smoked and roasted malt.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2006 at 13:53

4.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
[Bottle] Hazy pale brown colour. Not much head. Herbal cough drop aroma. Thin and watery. Flavour is very much similar to the aroma.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2006 at 13:19

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
[Bottled] Dark (almost black) brown colour, very little head. Aroma is black currant, liquorice and "Läkerol". Rough cough drop flavour.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2006 at 13:14

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
330 ml bottle, bought at Mahlers Vinhandel, Frederikshavn, Denmark. My first heather ale. Cloudy honey coloured, moderate head. Nice aroma of heather flowers and heather honey, notes of earth, peat and fresh sea air too. Flavour is earthy and moderately herbal, but not quite as exciting as I hoped - still good, though. Mouthfeel is maybe a bit thin, the beer is fairly dry but some heather honey notes shine through. A moderate herbal bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2006 at 14:27

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Slightly refreshing hop aroma. Dark brown colour, slightly greyish. Malty and hoppy aroma. Flavour starts off ok, but turns sour.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2006 at 08:00

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Malty, liquoricy aroma. Black colour, small light brown head.The flavour is nice, roasted and pleasant. The same goes for the aftertaste which also has some liquorice.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2006 at 05:23

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Clear golden color, short head. Aroma of english hop, bit sweet, some fruit, berries. Taste is bitter, hoppy, bit fruity. Quite ok beer.
Tried on 10 Jun 2006 at 11:56