Williams Brothers 80/-

Brewed by Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Style: Scottish Ale
Alloa, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Thistle

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Bottle 500ml (K-Market Kamppi). Clear reddish/mahogany color with long lasting medium beige head. Medium to soft carbonation. Aroma of roasted malts, sweet caramel, fruits and some hops. Lightly bitter, however smooth and very easily drinkable. Lightly bitter aftertaste. Overall a very well-balanced beer. Basically like a typical Scottish ale.

21.02.2010, 05. Bottle. Dark brown colour with off-white head. Aroma is bitter and malty. There is alsosome malt sweetness. Very smooth and easy drinkable. Nice soft bitter andmaltu aftertaste.

This Scottish Ale could have been really great, but was lacking in the flavour that i really wanted from a good Scottish Ale. Colour was dark deep ruby brown and a well retaining off white head. Smelled good too...molasses, brandy, sugar, too bad those smells didn’t transfer well into the flavour.

500 ml bottle sampled@RBNAG 2009, Cardinal. Reddish amber body with a beige head. Aroma of malt, fruit, Madeira and a hint of butterscotch. Flavor is as aroma, malty, fruity, Madeira and a hint of butterscotch with a decent bitter finish. Nice balance, matured and pleasant.

On cask at Paradiso in DuPont Circle. Pours an opaque mud with a brown frothy head. Good retention. Whipped cream consistency. Not much lacing. Aroma is subdued, weak, some toffee. Very light bodied. Taste is pomegranates, strawberries. Super easy to drink. Good dry hop bite. A little sour in the finish.

Bottle 500ml.
Clear medium to dark amber brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, roasted, caramel, berry, chocolate notes, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091114]

Sampled from bottle@Cardinal, Stavanger. A low grayish head upon a crystal clear, dark amber colored body. Rounded, well prononced malt aroma, with tones of roast, pepper and tinned fruits. Medium malt body, gently sour-sweet, with suggestions of spices, nuts and tooffe. Light-bodied. Smooth, almost creamy in the mouth. Rounded malty, light spicy finish. Light and harmonious, yet tasty. Session beer!

Bottle. Dark brown red with a cream foam. Aromas are toffee and molasses with some nuttiness. Malty and lightly fruity. Flavours are sweet malts with cola and some sugar. Dry on the finish. A decent simple malty brew.

(bottle) Clear, mahogany colour with a beige medium-sized foamy head. Slightly sweet and dusty roast-malty aroma with caramel, cacao and a light fruit-character of apples, berries and citrus. Slightly sweet and bitter flavour, light to medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Roasty malty, slightly nutty taste with caramel and subtle fruity notes; leading into a moderately dry malty and faint hoppy finish. By far not as entertaining as the Williams Bros Red, which I had parallel to this one. 22.XI.09

Big coarseish beige head. Deep dark brownish red body. Fruity roasty earthy aroma with peppery chocolate notes. Dry-sweetish milky roasty dusty chocolatey taste with earthy nutty notes. Very harmonic. Mid-bodied. Mild, smooth mouthfeel. Dryish earthy chocolatey aftertaste with coffee notes. Excellent! (0.5l bottle, Centra, Oslo.)