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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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.
Tried from Can from Amstein on 30 Nov 2025 at 12:54

7.6/10 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.
Tried on 27 Nov 2025 at 15:37

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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.
Tried on 27 Nov 2025 at 15:36

7.6/10 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.
Tried on 27 Nov 2025 at 15:12

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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.
Tried on 27 Nov 2025 at 15:10

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44cl can from Aldi.
Medium creamy white head. Slightly hazy golden pour. Light bitterness
Tried from Can from Aldi (England) on 06 Nov 2025 at 23:42

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44cl can from Aldi.
Medium white head. Hazy golden pour. Light bitterness
Tried from Can from Aldi (England) on 31 Oct 2025 at 22:42

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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.
Tried from Can on 29 Oct 2025 at 13:37

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Bottle. Black body with a beige head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of coffee, burnt toast and raisins. Flavour of roasted malt, coffee and biscuity malt. Medium body with a creamy mouthfeel. Soft carbonation. A smooth, biscuity stout.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2025 at 13:28

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Can from Aldi, Inverurie. It pours lightly hazy pale orange with a decent fluffy white head. The aroma is sweet, juicy, tinned fruit cocktail, peach, apricot, orange marmalade sandwiches, gummy candy, orange blossom and a touch of greenness. The taste is crispy, dry, snappy, pleasing hit of bitterness which lingers, fragrant, floral, orange blossom, zesty, pithy citrus, bitter orange peel, kumquat, grapefruit, waxy peel, grassy, herbal and some peppery spice with a drying finish. Average body and moderate carbonation. Decent gear. Pretty flavourful stuff.
Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2025 at 12:22