Three Tuns Brewery

Microbrewery in Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Sun Inn

Established in 1642

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The Three Tuns Inn, Salop St, Bishop's Castle, SY9 5BW, England
Description
Our 17th Century brewery is located right in the heart of beautiful Shropshire. Nestled in the small market town of Bishop's Castle, we’re proud to brew our legendary Three Tuns ales from a charming Victorian brewery tower, just a stone’s throw away from English/Welsh border and unspoilt countryside.

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.

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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns Beer Festival, Bristol 2/07/10. Dark, opaque brown with a decent tan head. Big malty aroma of bread pudding, nuts, dark fruits and liquorice with a hint of spice. Sweet flavour with plenty of ginger cake, more spices, a touch of fruit and nut and a gently bitter finish. Very enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 02 Jul 2010 at 12:59


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On gravity at the Three Tuns Beer Festival, Bristol 2/07/10. Deep, clear gold in colour with a wispy white head. Aroma of sweetish malts and floral hops. Easy drinking, with some sweet malts, a hint of ash and lingering bitter finish. Enjoyable.

Tried on 02 Jul 2010 at 11:53


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

bottle. Hazy golden-blonde colour, mid-sized white head. Fruity nose. Medium-bodied, malty background with some hs yhops that have a fruity character. The hops rather resemble Continental varieties, I can detect more similarities with a Franconian Zwickel than with other beers of the style. Neverheless, a convincing and really nice beer.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2010 at 04:36


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask, handpump at a mightily impressive just £2.80 a pint at The Plough, Worcester, 12-11-09 Pours mahogany with off white rim of small bubbles. Sticky aroma of dark fruits, dates and the like, but more so of black treacle. The aroma transferred into the mouth with dark sticky fruit’s, treacle, dates etc all there, its quite substantial in the flavour department and there is also a very slight fizzy sourness in the mouth. Tasty stuff. A7 A3 F7 P4 Ov14 3.5 Had this again on cask, gravity at the Festival bar Shrewsbury Folk Festival 29.08.10 Poured dark, dark brown with off-white small head. Big heavy beer with plenty of sticky toffee pudding, dark molassess and sticky fruits, still lovely. A6 A4 T8 P4 Ov14 3.6

Tried from Cask on 12 Dec 2009 at 11:59


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Tanners, Hereford. Deep gold in colour with a slight white head and moderate carbonation. biscuit malt and grassy hop aroma. Flavour of honey and apricots, with a hint of sulphur and a long bitter finish. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2009 at 14:36


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (handpump) @ Wellington (formerly Cask & Cutler), Sheffield, Bedfordshire England S3 8GG.Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty and ginger. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (270708)

Tried from Cask on 23 Dec 2008 at 04:52


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 23/6/08. Deep gold in colour with a thin white head that left plenty of lacing down the glass. Aroma of strawberries, orange and a touch of caramel. Flavour was bitter, with some biscuit malt, red fruit and a long dry, bitter finish. Enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 23 Jun 2008 at 16:07


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottled. Pale yellow. Lemony aroma. Light bodied with somewhat soapy mouthfeel. medium bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2002 at 06:46