Shipstone's

Brewpub in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2013

Contact
Little Star Brewery, 33 Church St, Old Basford, Nottingham, NG6 0GA, England
+44 (0)1158 374200
info@shipstones.com
Subsidiaries
Shipstone's owns 2 breweries:
Description
In 1852, James Shipstone first opened a brewery in Basford, Nottingham. Eventually building the Star Brewery in Basford on the site where his brewed his first barrel. The brewery remained an independent family business until 1978 when the company was purchased by Greenall's of Warrington. Production at Shipstones Brewery ended in early 1991 after 139 years.

Fast forward 2013: We have embarked on a journey to protect & preserve this Nottingham Icon, back brewing on a very small scale to ensure the very best quality, using tried and tested methods and ingredients found in the archives.
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Mr_Pink_152

5.8
Mr_Pink_152 (17449) reviewed Original Best Bitter from Shipstone's 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

500ml bottle from Real Ale Store, Newark. Deep gold colour with a white head. Nice easy to drink beer, that gas a malt send caramel aroma. And a slight bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2015 at 12:33

Brugmansia

6
Brugmansia (22477) ticked Original Best Bitter from Shipstone's 11 years ago

Tried on 13 Oct 2014 at 07:10

Harrisoni

6.9
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed Original Best Bitter from Shipstone's 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Real Ale Store Newark and drunk at home. Clear amber copper colour thick beige head. After a bit of hard manual labour around the flat, this was very refreshing and exactly what I wanted. A traditional session bitter. Some caramel malt, some light peppery hop on the finish. A bitter that is bitter. Rather good to be honest. Just what I wanted at this time.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Sep 2014 at 08:09

Fin

6.6
Fin (18516) reviewed Original Best Bitter from Shipstone's 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle courtesy of dad (cheers dad!) consumed at home, Tuesday 1st April 2014 Copper in colour with white rim with a filmy island across the top. Good tangy and very traditional bitter, but I rather like it, English hops clearly in here but they work well, nice bitterness its a damn good honest down to earth bitter, mine is lightly chilled. Uncomplicated bitter its good stuff. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3

Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2014 at 12:52

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