About
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, Stourbridge on the Rate Beer Black Country Bash - 06/07/13. Clear golden with a decent sized off white cap. Nose is toasty malts, light fruit, hint of yeast, orange notes. Taste comprises bread dough, summer fruits, bready malt, light sugars. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, bitter notes in the finish. Ok drinkable affair but doesn’t carry much depth of flavour for a 5.4% number. I wouldn’t look to revisit this one - as with all of the Craddocks offerings I sampled - just a bit too basic and this one scored highest!
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jul 2013
at 13:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Poured a light amber with a round white head. The aroma is creamy malt, leading to a big malty, weak bitter flavour with a watery palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2013
at 02:57
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Poured a clear light straw colour with a broken white head. The aroma is a mellow egg smell I must say leading to a weak bitter, malty flavour with a watery palate. It’s a good job I like eggs!
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2013
at 02:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Poured a crystal clear light straw colour with a thin white broken head. The aroma is big malt leading to a medium bitter flavour with some malt on the slightly watery palate. It’s a low carbonation typical real ale, perfect for a BBQ.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jul 2013
at 02:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Poured a light straw colour with a thin white head. The aroma is big malt leading to a grassy nettle hop flavour with a zesty palate. Ideal for a hot summer day.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jul 2013
at 14:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Pours pale gold with a small head. Aroma is straw malt and sherbet. Taste is sweet with pear and straw.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jul 2013
at 06:48
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Pours pale gold with a small head. Aroma is leggy with lemon. Taste has sherbet lemon with a low bitter finish. Not sure what Rich has been tasting but I’m unsure what males taste like.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jul 2013
at 06:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Pours orange gold with a small head. Aroma is banana puree. Taste is sweet to start with some lemon. Straw malt finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jul 2013
at 06:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Poured a clear light amber with a thin white head. The aroma is weak malt. The flavour is medium bitter, malty, with a little citrus zest on the palate. A super ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jul 2013
at 15:35
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Duke William: Golden pour with white head, grassy aroma, bitter with some dried fruit, very MOR.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jul 2013
at 14:53