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.
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Pours dark orange with a small head. Aroma is bready with some spice, a touch acrid. Taste is bready to start with a touch of orange and spice.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Dec 2018
at 11:42
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Half-pint, cask at King Charles II. Small sized white head, cloudy orange coloured body, clingy lacing. Modest fruity aroma, mid-dry. Impacts of apricot and dough to the taste buds. Bittersweet ending. Just alright with the pub lunch. (Worcester 07.07.2018).
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jul 2018
at 10:34
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Half-pint, cask at King Charles II. Film-type layer blanketing the glass. Clear amber-gold coloured body. Modest smell of dusty hops. Moderate hop fruity taste together with grainy malts. Distant bitter endnotes. Satisfying. (Worcester 07.07.2018).
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jul 2018
at 10:30
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Half-pint, cask at King Charles II. Filmy white layer, clear golden body, clingy lacing down the glass. Mild fruity nose, mid-sweet. Moments of lemony hops and lightly malt sweetness to the taste profile. Mid-sweet fruity ending. Medium bodied. Accepted. (Worcester 07.07.2018).
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jul 2018
at 10:26
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Half-pint, cask at King Charles II. Clear late straw coloured body. Low white head, spotty lacing. Light herbal hops on the nose. Taste of grain and moments of ripe fruits. Distant bittersweet end. Rather thin on the swallow. Accepted. (Worcester 07.07.2018).
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jul 2018
at 10:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Dule William, Stourbridge. Pours orange gold with a small head. Aroma is mango and orange. Taste has mango to start and a bready caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 May 2018
at 20:34
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
From cask at King Charles II, Worcester, Worcestershire, with OGJ 02.01.18. This ale is oxodized. Clear pale golden. Small head. Aroma and taste — oh, heck, I can’t be bothered, it’s freakin’ stale. Gnetasmak!
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2018
at 16:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
From cask at King Charles II, Worcester, Worcestershire, with OGJ 02.01.18. Dark golden. Uneven off-white head and lacing. Moderate aroma and taste of pale malt, crystal malt and meadows. A bit flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2018
at 16:48
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Pours dark orange with a small head. Aroma is bready dark fruits. Taste is bready throughout with a medium bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jul 2017
at 05:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Pours dark orange brown with a small. Aroma is bready fruity toffee. Taste has sweet caramel to start and a fruity finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2017
at 03:21