Williams Brothers Black (Bottle)

Brewed by Williams Brothers (Heather Ales)
Style: Stout
Alloa, Central, Scotland

0.5 l bottle from Centra Colosseum, Oslo. High, fluffy yellowish head. Body is dark ruby brown. Doughy dark malts, milk-chocolate, and dusty hops in the aroma. Dry, chocolatey malt profile. Notes of earthy bittering hops, coffee and mild roastedness. Chalky texture. Light body. Roast, cocoa and mild bitterness in the finish. A decent Stout, easy drinkable.

Bottle from K-citymarket Sello, Espoo. Sweet malty aroma with a hint of coffee. Very dark brown beer with white dissapearing head. Quite sweet taste has roasted malts. Smooth palate and medium+ body. Nice stout with low ABV.

50 cl bottle at home, bought at Vaaland, Bryne. Very dark color, fine brown head. Aroma is roasted malt and some coffee. Flavor is coffee and dark chocolate, with some dried fruit. Medium bitterness.

Big brown lasting head. Seemingly opaque black body is just barely translucent dark red. Milky peppery roasty chocolate aroma, very harmonic, with metallic notes. Dry-sweetish burnt coffee taste with milky hoppy notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, smooth mouthfeel. Dry resiny metallic coffee aftertaste with burnt mealy notes. Excellent! (0.5l bottle, Centra, Oslo.)

Bottle. Pours black with a big beige creamy head.Malty, fruity aroma, chocolate, some light smoked here as well Light body.Taste is dark malts, some light roasted coffee, hints of anis.Dry end.

(bottle) Clear, obviously not really black but mahogany coloured hue with a beige medium-sized foamy head. Quite fruity aroma of cassis and red berries and rather restrained roast-malty notes Light to moderately bitter flavour, light to medium bodied with an almost crispy carbonation, which is pretty uncommon for a Stout. Dark and moderately roasted malty taste with notes of liquorice, mocha and cassis; dry and moderately bitter and roasty finish with a tinge of hops. Likeable brew, but not entirely convincing for a Stout. 09.XI.09

50cl dark brown bottle, with different label (which is, likewise, dark brown now). Pours a pitch black with medium, soapy beige head that doesn’t last long but leaves generous lacing. Aroma is of stewed prunes, malt and a touch of vanilla. Mouth feel is a bit thin and watery, typical of schwarzbier. Low carbonation. Coffeeish roasted malt dominates on the palate, the taste being much drier than the sweetish aroma indicates. A note of dark chocolate maybe "hints" at sweetness, but the finish is bitter, with an espresso-like after taste. Fruitiness, suggested by the company’s taste notes, is barely evident. For devotees of stout, this is a disappointingly straightforward and even onedimensional brew. As a Scottish schwarzbier it’s more effective, and those who like beers like Krusovice or Breznak should appreciate it. Won’t order again, as it’s fairly expensive.

Pour is dark with a rocky tan head. Looks marvelous. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, some dark fruit- not much though, brown sugar. Body is a tad on the thin side. Powdered chocolate, roasted malts, and some mild bitterness round out this beauty of a stout. This is no World Wide Stout, nor is it trying to be. I could drink a few of these in a sitting, and at just over 4% I don’t see why I wouldn’t.