 zach8270 (2136), Henrietta, New York, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 24, 2009 (bottle - 330 ml) Golden pour with a thin white head. Aroma has tons of pine and spruce notes mixing with a mild sweetness. Mainly the pine notes are dominant. Flavor begins sweet with a ton of spruce and pine notes. Mild middle with a very sweet and tangy finish with a flavor that I just couldn’t identify
sound67 (215), Offenbach, Germany
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 22, 2009 33cl bottle, part of a gift set of 4 bottles of "Historic Ales", all by the Williams Bros. brewery.
Pours a wee hazy deep amber, with a medium off-white head. Limited retention, decent lacing.
Unusual aroma of sweet berries and citrusy resin, evidence of the pine and spruce fermented with the beer. Since I sell violins for a business, I know that smell. ;=) And, indeed, there’s a sea breeze there.
Thick, rather creamy mouth feel in a medium-bodied "herbal ale" with very moderate carbonation. Very nice drinking.
Resin is also very noticeable in the taste, but in a good way. Berry flavour and resin are evidently a good match, with sweet, bitter and citrusy notes equally vying for attention. Some honey in there, too. Finish is rather "neutral", with a wee resinous after taste that’s very pleasant.
Well, they use wood for the fermentation of wine, so why not use it in beer, too? Unique, well-crafted, eminently quaffable specialty brew that comes in too-small bottles.
troopie (906), USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 21, 2009 Bottle. Poured dark orange with medium white head. Aroma of pine, smelled like a blerrie Christmas tree. Sweet taste, pine, resin and sugar. Sweet finish. I will sip this, and limit myself to one. It’s good, but rather too sweet for many
tnkw01 (214), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 20, 2009 Bottle. I really like the beers from the William Brothers. This one tastes and smells just like the name. But this is a good thing. This is a great winter time beer. Maybe even a holiday one. Brown colored ale with a light head. Great stuff. Should be experienced.
altonbrownd (1962), Amsterdam, Netherlands
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 17, 2009 Bottle from Cracked Kettle. Dark amber body with oily head. Sweet, caramel nose. Warming up front. Taste of caramel. Then gets cloying, sugary. Nice barley in the finish. Enjoyable.
jonno (603), Brisbane, Australia
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 7, 2009 Interesting beer. Like an unusual tripel. Nose is pinapple and a curious character that must be the pine. Moutfeel is solid with hints of tropical fruit and sugars. A nice change.
jde123 (715), Washington, Washington DC, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 26, 2009 Bottle from a mixer of scottish ales (or more specifically - Ales from Scotland). It was a gift. Pours a cloudy red-orange, very nice looking glass of ale. Aroma is very sweet smelling, not what I was expecting. Very pleasant feeling in the mouth, the flavor is very holiday-ish, though with a twinge of sadness. Reminds of sitting in front of a fireplace at a children’s hospital. Interesting. Tastes red and green.
fromred2green (170), , Ohio, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Oct 21, 2009 Bottle. Pours a brownish-orange a little lighter than amber with a thin, off-white head. I can see pulp/sedinent floating in the beer. Aroma is quite malty, as are most scotch ales. Flavor is also quite malty with some bitter freshness mixed in, pine/spruce it would seem. Just enough bitterness to taste. Overall not bad.
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