Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Microbrewery
in Alloa,
Clackmannanshire,
Scotland 🏴
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 1988
Contact
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.
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.
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
From Amstein, sharing it with my wife, yesterday with a tasty Mexican dish, in family, perfect and light ipa for the meal, rather old school one, light body, dry, resinous note of hop, a bit citrus, a bit fruity, aromatic and floral.
Tried
from Can
from
Amstein
on 17 Sep 2025
at 11:00
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Sep 2025
at 18:06
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle from Tesco. Black body with a beige head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Patchy lacing. Aroma of ginger, marzipan and dark chocolate. Flavour of marmalade, lightly roasted malt and vanilla. Medium bodywork with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. An interesting and tasty dark beer, one of my supermarket go-tos.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Tesco Supermarket (Various locations)
on 09 Sep 2025
at 05:56
6.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2025
at 15:25
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2025
at 14:55
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2025
at 16:19
6.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2025
at 17:02
6.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2025
at 17:00
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2025
at 16:38
7.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 11 Aug 2025
at 19:28