Nook Brewhouse

Brewpub in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1754

Contact
3a Victoria Square, Holmfirth, HD9 2DN, England
Description
Located in the heart of the picturesque Pennine town of Holmfirth, The Rose and Crown is affectionately called ‘The Nook’ by all those who know it well and frequent it regularly. Owned and run by the Roberts family for two generations, The Nook has been serving the people of Holmfirth and beyond quality ales in fine condition for over 50 years. In 2000 Ian Roberts and Sheila Sutton took over the business following the passing of their father, David Roberts. Since then Ian and Sheila have followed in their father’s footsteps continuing the proud real ale tradition of the Nook. The Nook Brewhouse is a bespoke purpose built brewery and is the next chapter for the Nook’s real ale legacy. It stands on the site of a previous brewery dating back to the 18th century and has been designed to make the most of natural and local resources wherever possible; Gravity to aid the brewing process, warm energy from one brew to heat the next and the cool cellar which is built deep below the water line of the River Ribble and is perfect for conditioning our ales.

In 2009 they revived a local brewing tradition by building The Nook Brewhouse on a site to the rear of The Nook

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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle from Ben's bottle shop in Chorley. Pours deep red with a small white head. Aromas & tastes of red fruits, toffee, caramel, nuts & malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish. Enjoyable

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2025 at 08:58


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Greenhead Beer Festival 2024. Lighter than expected for a berry beer that does have a stated berry taste, although the blonde part of its name is perhaps a giveaway. Slightly Belgian in its taste its raspberry fuses well with its hoppiness. Perhaps not sessionable but certainly one to look out for.

Tried on 16 Aug 2024 at 15:16


6

Cask at Nook in Holmfirth - hazy yellow body with a firm white head. Grassy hop characters, some citrus tang and cereal at the end.

Tried from Cask on 25 May 2024 at 18:17


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Bradford CAMRA Beer Festival 2024. Pours deep brown with a ruby tinge, beige foam. Light roast, some chocolate, light liquorice. Light to moderate sweet & bitter. Thin body. Fair.

Tried from Cask on 04 Mar 2024 at 22:05


09/03/2012. HARRYS BAR, 107b Westgate, WAKEFIELD, West Yorkshire, England

Tried on 11 Jan 2023 at 15:16


29/04/2010. READING BEER FESTIVAL, King's Meadow, READING, Berkshire, England

Tried on 11 Jan 2023 at 15:14


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small cream head. Roast malts vie with oats in the nose. In the mouth it is fruity with liquorice, plus some ash tones which lingers in the finish. Reasonable.

Tried from Cask on 28 Aug 2021 at 23:26


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bradford Beer Festival 2020. Golden with subtle honey and a light sweetness, although not overly flavoursome.

Tried from Cask at Bradford CAMRA Beer Festival on 28 Feb 2020 at 14:05


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

19/12/2019. Cask at the Three Wise Monkeys, Ipswich. Pours clear bright straw gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of tropical fruits, sweet mango, orange, hops and flowers. Medium plus sweetness and light bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Nice and fruity, enjoyed this.

Tried from Cask on 19 Dec 2019 at 15:01


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

13th July 2019
Clear gold - amber beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head, doesn't hang around long. Smooth and semi dry palate, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth malts, a smooth if somewhat dry creamy sweetness. A little rich breadiness and some orange peel mildly bitter hops. Light semi dry and mildly spicy finish. Hmm, quite tasty, but in a kinda refined tramp lager sort of way. Goes down reasonably easy but I'm kinda anxious to move on.

Tried on 18 Jul 2019 at 09:45