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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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle online from The Hop Vault, Stourbridge. Pours clear golden with a white cap. Aroma: grains, lemon, orange, grass, floral. Taste: light sweet & bitter, grains, lemon, subtle caramel, floral hops, grassy. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Citrussy hop bitterness in the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2022 at 20:43

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Bottle online from The Hop Vault, Stourbridge. Pours clear mid brown with a cream cap. Aroma: malts, caramel & nutty hints. Taste: light sweet & bitter, brown bread, hedgerow fruits, light caramel. Light body with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle from The Hop Vault on 04 Aug 2022 at 20:22

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A very solid go to pale ale, pours a lovely pale gold with a frothy white head and a semi-sweet light biscuity aroma. Smooth and easy drinking, it's nicely fruity and a little bitter, with some floral hop character poking through too.

The Royal Hill, Edgerley
Tried from Cask on 18 Jun 2022 at 20:15

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Half pint @ House of Grain in a dimple glass with a handle. Pours amber, frothy off-white head. Aroma of fruity malt, continuing to taste, quite light, standard fruity bitter territory, gentle caramel hints, pleasant sweetness. Fine.
Tried on 05 Jun 2022 at 20:43

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Clear amber with a frothy white head and a yeasty malty aroma. An old school English bitter with fruit malt, caramel sweetness and floral bitterness
Tried from Cask at Prince of Wales on 03 Jun 2022 at 17:30

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Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours “bitter brown” with a small white head and good lacing. There’s not much of an aroma, just whispers of malt and herbs. A bit more bite in the mouth, which features breadrolls, nuts, malt and traditional hops plus traces of herbs, honey and ginger. Overall it’s sweet, but there’s an underlying bitterness as well. A decent solid bitter.
Tried from Cask on 11 Jan 2022 at 17:34

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Cask at the Craven Arms, Birmingham. Poured a clear golden colour with a lasting frothy white head and some clingy lace. The aroma is big grainy ovaltine malt. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a smooth, earthy, malty, light floral, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. An awesome bitter and very sessionable.
Tried from Cask at Craven Arms on 03 Jan 2022 at 21:37

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Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours almost black with a medium sized foamy cream head and good lacing. Roast malts and chocolate in the aroma, plus a hint of coffee. Smooth and creamy in the mouth. Initially it is quite sweet with chocolate to the fore, Later on coffee and traces of fruits come through. Finish is quite bitter. This is a decent stout.
Tried from Cask on 15 Sep 2021 at 22:25

6/10
Tried on 14 Aug 2021 at 22:50

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Clear and golden with a creamy, frothy white head and a subtle aroma of sweet malts. Medium bodied, with a hint of graininess, there's a spicy, peppery kick to it with some floral bitterness balancing out the sweet malty flavour, and a bittersweet finish
Tried from Cask at Corbet Arms on 29 Jun 2021 at 18:00