Deeside Brewery (prev. Hillside Brewery)

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

Established in 2006

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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7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at SRAF 2017... Dark copper.. Thin tan... Soft sweet toffee.. Ovaltine malts nose... Soft sweet toffee fruit.. Dry caramel toffee fruit.. Soft sweet toffee malts... Light roast malts.. Sweet floral ovaltine

Tried from Cask on 08 Jul 2017 at 04:22


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask at sraf 2017. Pours deep amber, nose is vinegar, soy, toffee, taste is sweet, thin, malty.

Tried from Cask on 06 Jul 2017 at 14:19


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at sraf 2017. Pours black, nose is liquorice, toffee, caramel, taste is sweet, liquorice, caramel, creamy. --- Beer merged from original tick of Stout on 29 Jun 2012 at 18:10 - Score: 9

Tried from Cask on 06 Jul 2017 at 14:18


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On cask at SRAF. Appearance - opaque black with a lovely crema head. Nose - dark chocolate and light liquorice. Some smoke. Taste - smoky chocolate again. Molasses. Palate - close to medium bodied. Creamy middle section. Decent finish. Overall - good stout.

Tried from Cask on 06 Jul 2017 at 07:50


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at SRAF 2017... Dark black.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft sweet toffee chocolate roast malts nose... Soft sweet chocolate roast malts.. Light caramel toffee roast.. Light dry blackcurrant chocolate roast

Tried from Cask on 06 Jul 2017 at 07:49


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On cask at SRAF. Appearance - dark brown to black. Some head for a change. Always welcome! Nose - much expected toffee note. Some muesli. Taste - more toffee. Caramel shortbread. Palate - close tomedium bodied. Creamy middle section. Fairly good finish. Overall - decent.

Tried from Cask on 06 Jul 2017 at 07:48


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from a Morrisons in Glasgow. Amber in colour, with a decent, white, head. Sweet, malty, bitter with dense malts, some floral hops, light fruitiness and a moderately bitter finish. Fine.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2017 at 11:16


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle from Aldi, as APA. Copper colour with a thin white head. Fruity, toffee aroma, taste is hop, caramel, herbs

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 16:55


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at Lochter Beer Fest. It pours amber with a medium foamy white head. The aroma is earthy, piney, resinous, grapefruit and lemomade. The taste is crisp, dry, decent bitter, piney, resinous, pithy, zesty, peppery spice, grapefruit, pomello, lemonade and earth with, dry, spicy finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Decent zesty action.

Tried on 29 Apr 2017 at 06:29


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Clear brown body with a thin beige head. Lively carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of Weetos and biscuit. Flavour of plum, weak coffee roasted malt. Thin body with a watery texture. Soft fizz. Tangy and light. Lacks depth and body.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2017 at 15:24