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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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crit200 (5396) reviewed
Ebulum Elderberry Black Ale from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
23 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Black,fast fading tan head. Good roasted,chocolate nose. Bland vaguely fruity,lightly roasted taste
Tried on 07 Feb 2003 at 20:11
crit200 (5396) reviewed
Fraoch (Bottle) from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
23 years ago
5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
Hazy gold, fast fading white head.Light earthy, floral nose.Light malt palate with a faintly flowery spiced finish. Different
Tried on 05 Feb 2003 at 17:50
crit200 (5396) reviewed
Grozet from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
23 years ago
5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Hazy gold with short white head.Faintly fruity nose. Taste is light malt with light faintly acidic berry flavor. Interesting , but not really enough there.
Tried on 05 Feb 2003 at 13:22
notalush (7406) reviewed
Kelpie from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
23 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Looks like a stout. Smells like a stout. Even kind of tastes like a stout. But brother, it ain''t a stout. Roasted malts in the aroma and the flavor are quite pleasant. Since this is so much like a stout, it''s moderately thin body throws me off, but the slight chocolate finish makes up for it a bit. This is pretty darn good for a gimmick beer.
Tried on 03 Jan 2003 at 18:02
Ungstrup (52439) reviewed
Craigmill Swallow I.P.A. from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
23 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
An amber sligthly hazy beer with a good head, though it disappears quite quick. It has a very nice fruity bitter-sweet aroma, do I detect a little orange? The flavor is a nice bitterness right from the start, no sweetness at all. It is a nice bitterness more like an English IPA than an American - different hop. The bitterness lingers a long time and turns almost woody at last. A very nice beer, that I definately will try again.
Tried from Can on 28 Nov 2002 at 16:18
pilsnerrogge (4915) reviewed
Fraoch (Bottle) from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
23 years ago
4.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Pine aroma. Stinging, reisiny flavour. Sweet and unbalanced finish. Just because it tastes "different" doesn''t mean that it is good!
Tried on 17 Nov 2002 at 10:19
notalush (7406) reviewed
Fraoch (Bottle) from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
23 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
This is a very light and drinkable ale, with an inviting, floral aroma, and a wheaty, slightly malty flavor that contains just a hint of flowers (which I am assuming is the "heather" aspect to this beer). I''ll buy this beer again, but probably for light, summer drinking.
Tried on 07 Nov 2002 at 20:28
Oakes (34715) reviewed
Craigmill Swallow I.P.A. from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
23 years ago
3.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4
Light amber; dried flowers in the aroma; bland, watery, touch of grass. OK, I use that description on swill lagers and this is better than that, but it is not that much better. If I didn''t know any better I''d say they were competing with Keith''s.
Tried on 11 Oct 2002 at 11:12
omhper (46303) reviewed
Kelpie from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
24 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottled. Near black. Neutral aroma. Roasty and medium bodied. Lightly chocolatey and well balanced. Like in the other seaweed beer I''ve try it is very hard to actually get hold of the seaweed flavour.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2002 at 02:21
NotABeerProfessor (3597) reviewed
Alba Scots Pine Ale from Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
24 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Small fading head above a cloudy dark amber beer. Strong caramel candy aroma with a hint of chocolate. Strong and tich candy notes. Nutty? A hint of grape jolly rancher. Light spiciness in the finish. A little cloying over time. Warming strong alcohol finish. I don't find any pine or spruce notes.
Tried from Can on 08 Oct 2002 at 04:17