Birds & Bees by William Brothers Brewing Co

Birds & Bees by William Brothers Brewing Co
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October 9th, 2009FletchtheMonkeyGolden Ales

On arrival at Sainsbury’s to peruse the finalists in their 2009 beer competition Birds & Bees

immediately caught my attention. The label is modern and playful and stood out from the crowd.

I loved the colour and the illustration and it fell into my basket (placed very carefully I should say)

without further thought.

Originally I was going to save this beer but it on an indecisive evening with the light not fading until late into the night, it was this

that grabbed my attention again and I plucked it from the shelf.

Not 100% sure what to expect I took care opening it and poured out the golden liquid. It had a light hoppy aroma,

and light fruity taste. Turns out it’s a light golden ale! Swill this around and the colour, aroma and the taste combine

to make a really good golden beer.

The gentle fruit and floral aroma (looking at the label that must be the elderflower

and the Cascade hops) is really refreshing. There is a malt finish that adds an unexpected

darker tang to the beer, which is just enough to make you want another sip and no doubt makes this an enticing session beer.

Trying this it was actually one of the first summer ales I’ve had and I wish I’d been able to get my hands on some in May or June as this might just have been my proverbial soundtrack to the summer (that typical over in a flash summer we usually have!)

I’ve only tried the bottle but I can only imagine the cask version of this is the perfect pint on a sumnnyternoon.

On arrival at Sainsbury’s to peruse the finalists in their 2009 beer competition, Birds & Bees immediately caught my attention. The label is modern and playful and stood out from the crowd.

I loved the colour and the illustration and it fell into my basket (placed very carefully I should say) without further thought.

Birds & Bees & Beer: this is a playful ale with citrus and honey flavours

Originally I was going to save this beer but it on an indecisive evening with the light not fading until late into the night, it was this that grabbed my attention again and I plucked it from the shelf.

Not 100% sure what to expect I took care opening it and poured out the golden liquid. It had a light hoppy aroma, and light fruity taste. Turns out it’s a light golden ale! Swill this around and the colour, aroma and the taste combine to make a really appealing golden beer.

The gentle fruit and floral aroma (looking at the label that must be the elderflower and the Cascade hops) is really refreshing. Honey and lemon blossom on your tastebuds and there is a malt finish that adds an unexpected bitter tang to the beer, which is just enough to make you want another sip and makes this an enticing session beer.

Trying this it was actually one of the first summer ales I’ve had and I wish I’d been able to get my hands on some in May or June as this might just have been my proverbial soundtrack to the summer (that typical over in a flash summer we usually have!)

I’ve only tried the bottle but I can only imagine the cask version of this is the perfect pint on a sunny afternoon.

FletchtheMonkey
Mark is better known as @fletchthemonkey and started writing about beer in 2009. When not content with spending all day on the internet working in digital for an multichannel retailer, Mark waxes lyrical at digitalmediamonkey.co.uk and types up match reports for Leeds Guide magazine.
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