Grozet
Williams Brothers Brewing Company

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From:
Williams Brothers Brewing Company
 
Scotland, United Kingdom
Style:
Gruit / Ancient Herbed Ale
Ranked #18
ABV:
5%
Score:
80
Ranked #25,969
Avg:
3.54 | pDev: 13.56%
Reviews:
331
Ratings:
469
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 24, 2023
Added:
Sep 13, 2001
Wants:
  15
Gots:
  17
From the Gaelic "Groseid", Since at least the 16th century Scots monks and alewives brewed indigenous drinks from cereals, wild herbs and ripe fruits. Tibbie Shiels green Grozet was immortalised by such Scots literati as Sir Walter Scott, Jas Hogg. (The Ettrick shepherd) and Robert Burns whoconsidered it a most convivial drink. Brewed with lager malt, wheat, bog myrtle, hops and meadowsweet then secondary fermented with ripe Scottish gooseberries.
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Ratings by jakester:
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Reviewed by jakester from Pennsylvania

3.85/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Thanks, Amber

I had this as a single at Union Jack's on the Manatawny. I drank it in a tulip glass.

Pours a hazy golden orange with a 1/2 finger head of off-white foam. The head falls very quickly, with almost no lacing. Carbonation looks fairly active.

Aroma is very light and citrusy from wheat. There is also a detectable smell of spices, slightly piney, with (I guess) the smell of gooseberries coming through as it warms. Very light herbal hops comes through late.

Flavor is very light and fruity, with a nice citrusy tang on your tongue. The fruit flavor is delicate, but pleasant, according to style. Spices and gooseberry flavor come through much better as this approaches 55 degrees, and the sweetness is more noticeable. No real hop character in the taste.

Mouthfeel is light bodied, with a medium level of carbonation. It's kind of champagne-like, but not as carbonated. Finish is short and slightly sweet.

This is definitely a slammer. It's not real complex, and I would personally like more of everything, but for the style, it's damn good. Recommended.
Dec 09, 2005
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.73 by binno from Canada (ON)

Nov 24, 2023
 
 
Rated: 4.16 by sorsh_a_ghlinne from Scotland

Mar 18, 2021
 
Rated: 3.77 by Insomniac from Canada (ON)

Dec 06, 2020
 
Rated: 4.45 by Oleg85 from Russian Federation

Aug 16, 2020
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Reviewed by octortus from Canada (ON)

3.75/5  rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
330 mL Bottle. ABV 5%.
Appearance: pale gold, half finger, off white, soft carbonation, slightly veiled, broken cap remains, ok retention, spotty lacing.
Aroma: citrus hops, gooseberries, floral, wheat, herbal, fruity (apples, slightly tropical).
Mouthfeel: Medium body, hop bitterness, off dry finish, slick,
Flavour: citrus hops, unbalanced, slight gooseberries, tart berries
Overall:

Review: 99
Dec 26, 2019
 
Rated: 3.67 by Eric_Standard from Canada (BC)

Mar 27, 2018
 
Rated: 3.62 by bixby1971 from Canada (ON)

Jan 18, 2018
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Reviewed by Jtee from Canada (ON)

3.44/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
From a 330ml bottle served straight from the fridge at 8 degrees Celsius into a white wine glass. Best before date: 08/2018.

Look: The beer pours a brilliant deep gold with 2cm of puffy, white head that dissipates into a craggy cap within 2+ minutes. Exceptional lacing and mediocre retention.

Smell: Medium-light strength and sweet. The nose is dominated by a berry-like fruitiness and some floral notes. Digging deeper there's a faint, generic metallic minerality along with pale malts, and subtle yeastiness. The aroma is quite nice and pleasantly delicate, but it lacks some punch (yes, delicate can still have punch).

Taste: Follows the aroma with moderate strength and good balance. Same notes as the nose – fruity and floral with bready-toasty pale malts. Low to moderate bitterness with a slight adjunct quality. The finish is short and quite balanced with faint intensity.

Feel: Medium body with moderate carbonation. Crisp with a relatively dry finish. No apparent alcohol warmth or astringency.

Overall: Williams Brother's Grozet is balanced and blessed with good looks but it falls short in terms of aroma and flavour. My main issue with this beer is that I have to dig really deep in order to find something to say about it. Visually-speaking it's stunning but otherwise sort of underwhelming. There's an adjunct-quality that really comes through in the finish that also bothers me slightly. It's certainly different and for that reason I say it's worth a try. If I had to choose between their Fraoch and this, I'd go with the former.
Dec 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4.62 by degarmot from Scotland

Nov 07, 2017
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Reviewed by VoxRationis from New York

2.89/5  rDev -18.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Decanted into conical pint.
A: Pours the amber side of golden, minimal head.
S: Little nose, mostly light malts and hay. Didn't detect the fruit.
T: Some gooseberry evident; perhaps a little peat. Little bitterness, more of an herbal taste/aftertaste.
M: Light bodied, not particularly effervescent.
O: Really underwhelmed.
Jun 07, 2017
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Reviewed by Hanglow from Scotland

3.52/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours clear gold, small head

Light floral, sweet aroma. some ripe fruit there

Herbal flavour, some gooseberry coming through. Slightly medicinal. Herbal bitterness. I think there's good reason hops became the brewers bittering weapon of choice over bog myrtle. It is thankfully light here though, typical Williams Bros deft touch

It's an interesting beer but not really one I'd want to go back to
Apr 27, 2017
 
Rated: 3.52 by Glorithm from Canada (ON)

Mar 12, 2017
 
Rated: 4.2 by Boo-urns from Canada (ON)

Jan 28, 2017
 
Rated: 3.68 by Burkbom23 from Connecticut

Apr 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by boszormeny from Canada (ON)

Feb 18, 2016
 
Rated: 4.16 by BcCraft710 from Canada (BC)

Jan 06, 2016
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Reviewed by puck1225 from Texas

3.4/5  rDev -4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
An interesting beer. Poured into a chalice from a bottle. Virtually no head and very light lacing. It poured a pleasant pinkish gold color and was a bit cloudy. Distinct berry fruit smell and taste. The taste improved with warming. Interesting herbal flavors emerged. Probably not one I would buy a lot, but happy to have tried it.
Jan 01, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by GoHabsGo from Canada (ON)

Dec 30, 2015
Grozet from Williams Brothers Brewing Company
Beer rating: 80 out of 100 with 469 ratings