William's Premium Lager

...It's slightly sweet on the nose but taste-wise it was a bit of a surprise. There's stronger malt flavour than I expected, with some slight hoppy bitterness at the end. A lot of lagers in Australia are really dull but this isn't one of them - it's a easy -drinking (yet not boring) beer. And one I'd drink any day of the week over your other "premium" lagers.
Glen Humphries, Illawarra Mercury, January 2012

A strong hay-barn smell soon mellows as the tight white bubbles settle atop the golden fluid. Summery fruits and nice malty notes draw out a longish palate to a clean, medium-dry finish.
Vic Crossland, The West Australian, December 2011

William's Pale Ale

This beer is brewed with all Australian malts and bittering hops, and provides the most fruity aromas of the range. It presetns a clear, pale-golden colour, with shapr corbonation in a tulip glass. It's light on the palate and very refreshing. The bitterness is at the lower end of the scale, which allows the subtle, spicy, citrus notes of the aromatic hops to prevail.
David Lipman, Gourmet Traveller Wine February/March Edition 2012

The brewery look upon this as an entry level craft beer. In other words, something that’s perfectly drinkable yet not too challenging to your mainstreambeer drinker. Craft beer lovers will likely opt for Red Angus over this but the clean, sharp citrus flavours should make casual drinkers and newbies quite happy.
Glen Humphries, Illawarra Maercury, May 2011


For a beer with the pale yellow appearance of a bland lager, this ale presents surprisingly agricultural and robust on the nose. The malt character from all-Australian barley continues rather sweet on the palate.
Vic Crossland and Ray Jordan, The West Australian, 6 October 2010


4 out of 5 stars

De Bortoli makes this complex, quaffable brew at its William Bull brewery in Griffith NSW. It's pale, lemon-coloured and highly aromatic with a light but tasty and very brisk palate. The tangy freshness comes from "sharp carbonation" and terrifically clean, lingering hops bitterness.
Chris Shanahan, Canberra Times, 29 September 2010

Red Angus Pilsener

Firm head, firm body and firm bitterness and all by design: there’s a lot of malt (five types) and lots of hops (three varieties) in this oft-awarded pilsener. It shows in top quality throughout, from a spicy blast in the nostrils to chewy fruit flavours and lingering, cheek-caving aftertaste.

Vic Crossland, The West Australian, December 2011

This was the first beer made by the William Bull Brewery and it was a great
way to start things up. It being a pilsener, I was expecting a malty flavour but was pleasantly surprised to discover the fruitiness in the mid-palate. It’s the sort of beer I could happily drink more of.

Glen Humphries, Illawarra Mercury, May 2011


3.7
Now for something to put into your favourite tumbler. A pair of Red Angus Pilseners lobbed my way and were thoroughly enjoyed. Maker, the William Bull Brewery from NewSouth Wales, calls it pure grain fed beer. What with all this Angus meat and burger craze in Australia, I suppose it was only a matter of time for a savvy brewer to use the theme. It is a nice soft number but just when you think it might be a tiny bit sweet, the counter-balancing bittering kicks in to round out the experience. The brewer says the beer (330ml, 4.8
per cent) has five malted grains and three classic hops – and it tastes like it.
The De Bortoli winery is behind this venture and doing a nice job, too. It also offers Williams Pale Ale, (330ml, 4.5 per cent) which I’ve tried. I only had the one of this retroliveried ale and prefer the Red Angus.
The Verdict: A little bit fancy.

Eric McCormick, Sunday Tasmanian, December 2010


This is very good beer has somewhat of an underground following among real beer connoisseurs. Made from five types of malted grain, including wheat, there are also three different hops used and - most importantly - no pasteurisation, just filtering. The result is a complex yet extremely refreshing beer. Great drinkability. A real goer.

Ben Canaider, Alpha Magazine, November 2010


Much as FHM tries to avoid obvious puns, there really is no bull about this beer (okay fine, we never try to avoid obvious puns). The Red Angus is chock full of flavour, and has a refreshing bitterness about it. A good drop.

FHM, Upgrade Drinks, May 2009


This beer comes from the wine making company, De Bortoli which makes some fantastic, affordable wines. A pilsener-style lager, it's drinkable yet it still has some of that complexity and 'interest' that so many beer aficionados seem to demand nowadays. It is made from five different malted grains and three types of hops, which explains the serious aspects of the beer.

Alpha Magazine, December 2008