Craddock's Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Stourbridge,
West Midlands,
England 🏴
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 2011
Contact
The Duke William, 25 Coventry Street, Stourbridge, DY28 1EP, England
Description
Reported by CAMRA in March 2025 that beers are now being brewed at Birmingham Brewing Co.
Please check when adding new beers but it would seem to appear best practice to add them as brewed there going forwards.
Before there was the brewery, there were pubs. The Plough and Harrow was the first, 2006. Then the Duke William 2009. These two beautiful and popular pubs are a short distance apart and are the reason that Craddock’s Brewery is rooted in Stourbridge.
The brewery was installed at the Duke William in March 2011. The next two years the focus of the company was on perfecting the beers and remaining traditional and true to the local heritage of small, family-run pub and brewery companies. This was when Dottie the Dray horse would work every Sunday delivering the beer to the Plough and Harrow.
Please check when adding new beers but it would seem to appear best practice to add them as brewed there going forwards.
Before there was the brewery, there were pubs. The Plough and Harrow was the first, 2006. Then the Duke William 2009. These two beautiful and popular pubs are a short distance apart and are the reason that Craddock’s Brewery is rooted in Stourbridge.
The brewery was installed at the Duke William in March 2011. The next two years the focus of the company was on perfecting the beers and remaining traditional and true to the local heritage of small, family-run pub and brewery companies. This was when Dottie the Dray horse would work every Sunday delivering the beer to the Plough and Harrow.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Duke William during the RateBeer Black Country Bus Bash. Pours clear yellow with a light, creamy white head. Simple lemon and dough aroma. Light to medium sweet flavor with faint banana, minerals and dough. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet doughy malt finish. Fine.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Nov 2013
at 00:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Duke William during the RateBeer Black Country Bus Bash. Pours clear, pale yellow with a light, white cream head. Pithy, dry lemon nose. Light sweet flavor with minerals, pee, lemon. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Clean finish, moderately dry, with further pithy lemon character. Solid.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Nov 2013
at 00:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Duke William during the RateBeer Black Country Bus Bash. Pours clear gold with a very tight, white cream head. Tangy, dry citrus aroma with dry dough, too. Light sweet flavor with dry banana, citrus and mildly astringent hay. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Mellow bitter hay finish, some orange. OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Nov 2013
at 00:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Duke William during the RateBeer Black Country Bus Bash. Pours clear, light yellow with a tight, white foam head. Lovely golden ale with nice balance, sweet dough, light straw. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Great condition. Sweet finish with doughy pale malts, white bread and subtle bitter straw. Good one.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Nov 2013
at 04:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Duke William during the RateBeer Black Country Bus Bash. Pours clear yellow with a light, creamy white head. Nice citrus hop aroma with lemon and tangerine especially. Light sweet flavor with moderate dry dough, more lemon, more tangerines. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Fairly sweet on the finish with decent sugary dough malts and lemon meringue. Good one.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2013
at 03:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Black country beer bash. Cask at the Duke William. Slight haze, golden colour. Whitea head. Peppery hop aroma. Some berry fruit esters. Some bready malt and grapefruit.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2013
at 15:06
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Black country beer bash. Cask at the Duke William. Light yellow with a small white head. Grainy stale malt aroma and flavour. Light body, some hay.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2013
at 15:03
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Black country bus bash. Cask at the Duke William. Fruity berry hop nose. Clear light gold colour. Some lace and a nice white head. Flavour is hay and strsw grainy malt. and a dirty bitter hop finish. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2013
at 15:01
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Black country beer bash. Cask at the Duke William. Light golden colour with a persistent white head. Light citrus nose, bready malt. Nice clean grassy hop bitterness. Drinkable enough, but lack depth.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jul 2013
at 14:59
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge, on the RB Black Country Bus Bash - 06/07/13. Clear golden with a thin off white head. Nose is malty, bready, dark fruit. Taste comprieses sugars, bready malt, light yeasty tones, orange. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, dry bitter finale. Mediocre stuff which is how I found most of Craddocks beers at this session.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jul 2013
at 13:15