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Williams Bros. Brewing Co.

🌍 United Kingdom · Known for a full range of styles
Known for a full range of styles

Founded in 1993 by brothers Bruce and Scott Williams — famous for reviving ancient Scottish ales using historical ingredients. First brewery to commercially revive Fraoch Heather Ale from a 2,000-year-old recipe. Also produces Kelpie Seaweed Ale, Birds & Bees Summer Ale. CAMRA award winner. Co-founders of Glasgow's Drygate Brewing Co. (2014). Distributed across Scotland and internationally.

4Beers
4Styles
4.7%Avg ABV
1993Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
0%
catalogue avg 45%

Beers by Williams Bros. Brewing Co.

4 beers
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Birds & Bees
Pale Ale · 4.3%
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Fraoch Heather Ale
Ancient Herbed Ale · 5%
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Joker IPA
American IPA · 5%
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Kelpie Seaweed Ale
Spiced / Herbed Beer · 4.4%
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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 4 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 4 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
maltyevery beer
4 of 4 beers
floral
2 of 4 beers
crisp
2 of 4 beers
herbal
3 of 4 beers

With 4 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad4 beers · 4 style families
Pale Ale 1Dark 1IPA 1Farmhouse 1

Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 340 other breweries making Pale Ale and American IPA.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for Pale Ale and American IPAWilliams Bros. Brewing Co.
in no beersin every beer
herbal
in 3 of 4 · typical Pale Ale and American IPA brewery: 1 in 5
Notably more herbal than typical.
malty
in all 4 of their beers · typical Pale Ale and American IPA brewery: 3 in 5
Notably more malty than typical.

Across 4 beers in 4 style families, 2 traits still carry through — a broad range makes a shared signature harder to hold.

Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 64%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
1 / 4
beers above the median
#2014
best ranked beer
Joker IPA

Their beers place in the Top 64% of the catalogue on average, across 4 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Williams Bros. Brewing Co.

Founded in 1993 by brothers Bruce and Scott Williams — famous for reviving ancient Scottish ales using historical ingredients. First brewery to commercially revive Fraoch Heather Ale from a 2,000-year-old recipe. Also produces Kelpie Seaweed Ale, Birds & Bees Summer Ale. CAMRA award winner. Co-founders of Glasgow's Drygate Brewing Co. (2014). Distributed across Scotland and internationally.

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