Three Tuns Brewery
Microbrewery
in Bishop's Castle,
Shropshire,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Sun Inn
Established in 1642
It’s 1642 and a half-timbered building is built in Salop Street Bishop’s Castle to brew real ale for the coaching inn next door, the Three Tuns Inn and our real ales come to life for the first time.
The current classic tower brewery with a 10BBL plant was built in 1888. The beers were sold under the name Three Tuns. Brewing ceased in September 2001 due to problems with beer quality due to some equipment needing replacing with brewing being carried out by Hobson's.
in January 2003, our brewery is bought by John Roberts’ Brewing Co.Ltd. - the name of which celebrates our historic association, over about a century, with the Roberts family. Our brewery is fully refurbished, ensuring its brewing future for many years to come.
minutemat (16258) reviewed Fezziwig from Three Tuns Brewery 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle from Appleyards. Clear amber, solid inch-thick off-white head. Nice pint, has a pleasant teasing caramel sweetness underpinned with biscuity malt. Good stuff
reidyboy (3578) reviewed Best from Three Tuns Brewery 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Brown with a frothy off-white head and malt and hops on the nose. Light bodied, fresh with fruit malt and floral hops nicely balanced, a touch of bitterness and a hint of spice ahead of a dry bitter finish.
Yockleton Arms, Stoney Stretton, Shropshire
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Stout from Three Tuns Brewery 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
cask at Nottingham beer festival 2025 Wednesday ...dark black ...thin tan lacing ..soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ..soft blackcurrant roast malts . soft sweet caramel toffee malts
wyzzywyz22 (5889) ticked Cleric's Cure from Three Tuns Brewery 5 months ago
Martinsh (3610) reviewed Fruit & Nut from Three Tuns Brewery 8 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours dark ruby with a sizable foamy off-white head and excellent lacing. There’s malts and toffee in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet with an abundance of malts, plus caramel, treacle and dried fruit with hints of nuts and chocolate. Finish is slightly fruity. This is decent without being outstanding.
RichTheVillan (12489) ticked Cleric's Cure from Three Tuns Brewery 10 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Old rating from 2018 - 500ml bottle, pours golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of dried fruits, citrus, caramel, earth & malt. Moderate body. Light bitter finish
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Best from Three Tuns Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Friday afternoon, 31st January 2025; hand-pulled pint in the Castle Hotel, Bishops Castle, about 100 yards from the brewery. Clean and clear brown, copper bronze body, off-white crust that hung around for a while. Hop bitter with a decent malty base that gives a slight nutty flavour; no Citrus fruits were harmed brewing this beer.
jerseyislandbeer (5899) reviewed Stout from Three Tuns Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
500ml bottle from Cotteridge Wines, pours a near black with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, caramel, hints of coffee, earth & rich malt. Medium body. Smooth slightly bitter finish
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed XXX from Three Tuns Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Hop Vault, Stourbridge, online. Pours a clear gold with small white head, some retention. Aroma is sweet, biscuit, bread, grassy hops. A bit like a few craft lagers I've had. Taste starts sweet with a decent bready malt character, then the hops give a floral-resin, light fruitiness and good grassy crisp bitterness in the finish. Light bodied, refreshing, clean and crisp like a good pilsener! Good.