Archive record · Brewery
Williams Bros Brewing Co
Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1992
- Archive ID
- TB-CM9GG7AD
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Summary
Famous for 'Fraoch', a traditional Scottish heather ale brewed from a 4,000-year-old recipe.
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Tally’s Take
World-famous for Fraoch, an incredible traditional Scottish heather ale brewed from a 4,000-year-old recipe.
The People
Behind the beer
Given a Gaelic heather ale recipe by a customer in 1988, which led to Fraoch.
Co-founded the Alloa brewery.
The Beer Library
Beers
Fraoch Heather Ale
Year-RoundHeather Ale
Brewed from a Gaelic recipe for heather ale that predates the use of hops in Scotland by thousands of years. This is what beer was before hops arrived.
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