Deeside Brewery

Microbrewery in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2006

Closed in 2022

Contact
The Seading, Lochton of Leys, Banchory, AB31 5QB, Scotland
Description
Deeside Brewery is an independent craft beer producer based in Scotland’s crowning jewel – stunning Royal Deeside. We have been brewing since 2006 with a range of small batch hand crafted ales and lagers.

Deeside Brewery uses filtered spring water sourced from the River Dee, which starts 4000ft above seawater in the mountain ranges of the Cairngorms.

Our small team was enhanced in 2016 when we were joined by the founders of Loch Ness Brewery, Stephen Crossland and George Wotherspoon. This has brought us a new range of skills and experiences allowing us to develop our products further for the UK and Overseas markets with a focus on delivering consistently high beer quality as we continue to innovate and create new beers.

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4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 3
LAF as in, "Are you havin’ a ?". A buttery mess of a beer. Not very good.
Tried on 16 Apr 2014 at 11:31

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
330ml bottle shared with Ash - Cheers! Pours clear pale gold, No head. Low carbonation. Aromas of honey and lemon. Taste is light bready malt, lingers a bit long. OK.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2014 at 11:30

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
50cl bottle from the brewery. Appearance - opaque black with a decent creamy head. Nose - dark chocolate and a hint of coffee. Taste - coffee and dark chocolate. Tiramasu. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly elegant finish. Overall - a decent stout. The best from the range.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2014 at 08:52

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
50cl bottle sample from brewer. Appearance - golden to amber with a nice fluffy head. Nose - apples, resin a hint of biscuits. Taste - oranges and resin. Some biscuity-ness in the background. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly fresh finish. Overall - it started well and really it didn’t make me think of an American Pale style. It makes me think more of a Bitter or English pale ale.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2014 at 08:23

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
33cl sample bottle from Neil. Appearance - golden with some head, Nose - malt with a touch of citrus. Some honey. Taste - lemon and honey malt. Palate - light to medium bodied with a biscuity texture and a fairly clean finish. Overall - a decent example of a lager.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2014 at 08:02

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Amber. All kinds of hops on the nose, fairly light body but lots of bitterness, only a little bit of cookiesh biscuity malt.
Tried on 17 Mar 2014 at 14:48

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask gravity at Beer Rebellion. Very bizarre that this has turned up in palace! It pours jet black with a medium tan head. The nose is roasted malt, toast, cocoa, earth and hint of smoke. The taste is smooth, roasted malt, toast, coffee, light bitterness, tangy dark fruit and berry with a bitter-sweet finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Well rounded and rather drinkable. Good stuff!
Tried from Cask on 12 Jan 2014 at 07:20

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from Aldi. Clear golden body with a thin white head that slowly fades. Lively carbonation. No lacing. Aroma of grass and shortbread. Soft, clean, well balanced flavour. Slightly earthy, peppery finish. Thin body with a watery, slightly oily texture. Average carbonation. A lovely, moreish Lager.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Dec 2013 at 11:24

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Clear golden ale with a decent creamy head. Grapefruit aroma and a floral, pine edge to it too. Taste is grapefruit and hop with a very dry, bitter finish.
Tried on 14 Oct 2013 at 08:20

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Has a good hop aroma, and a great brown copper body; decent head. Flavour is nice hops, not too complex but not simple either. It’s a fine English bitter.
Tried on 05 Sep 2013 at 12:28