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 - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Amber misty ale. Light floreal aroma. Herbal, the heather outstands. Hop-like final. I will not look for it.
fiulijn (28444) reviewed Grozet from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) 23 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Misty amber ale. Nice fruit aroma, delicate. Balanced taste, some malt and hop, herbal. The palate too is not bad, but also not outstanding.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Amber cloudy ale. Light candy and fruit aroma. Strange flavour, mix of 'fruity' sweetness and hops; probably rasins. Palate not interesting.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Dark ale, with red shades, wonderful thick head. Roasted malt aroma, lightly fruity. Classic stout taste; the fruits are very difficult to distinguish, they just add a light acidity. Good roasted and hop final.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Very interesting...sweet floral aroma and sweetish flavor with floral notes surely from the heather. Def wine like finish. Becomes a bit overwhelming.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Is this beer really lagered? It says it has wheat, but it bears no similarity to any wheat beer I've ever seen. Instead it appears to be a deep golden pilsner - clean, fizzy with a light head. The beer has a strange bitterness from not just hops but also from bog myrtle. I don't detect anything like gooseberry flavor, but it does have some unique flavors that I can only assume are from the berries. This would be better as a traditional spiced wit ale.
Oakes (33097) reviewed Grozet from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales) 25 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
I found it less complex, less sweet and by far my least favourite of the Heather Ales Ltd. family.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
The most robust and earthy of this series of specialty ales from Scotland. Delicious, complex, highly adventurous. Whether you get into it or not, this is a must try.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Interestingly enough, this isn't even the best heather ale I've had. That was Burghead Pictish Ale from Alameda in Portland, OR. Still, this is a great beer.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.53 |
| Beers | 170 |
| Ticks | 3660 |
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