Oscar's Brewery

Microbrewery in Nelson, Lancashire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Hart of Preston - Out of business

Established in 1994

Contact
Unit 1 Riverside Works, Brunswick Street, Nelson, BB9 0HZ, England
Description
Oscars Brewery is a small family run brewery currently located in Nelson, Lancashire, supplying the trade, covering Lancashire, Cumbria and all of Yorkshire. All our beers are cask conditioned and available in 9 Gallon casks or pins to meet each publicans needs. We aim to alternate our beers every 4-5 months to keep up with the demand for different ales, and to also bring on one seasonal special beer.

The brewery was created by John Smith opened during 1994 under the name Hart Brewery, being located in John's garage. In 1995 a location was found in Little Eccleston. End of 2010 the brewery relocated to Preston and adopted the name Hart of Preston. The brewery was taken over in mid-2017, renamed Oscar's Brewery in early 2018 and moved to the current location at the end of 2018.

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5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, apple notes, light hoppy, citrus - orange. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090806]
Tried from Cask on 29 Nov 2009 at 06:05

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Golden with a small white head. Fruity and floral aroma with a hint of bees wax. Thin and sweet caramel flavour with a herbal touch
Tried on 16 Nov 2009 at 14:03

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask-conditioned athe Bag O’Nails, Bristol 4/11/09. Golden in colour with a slight white head. Nothing wrong with this one, a decent pale ale with some citrus fruit and a dry finish. Ok.
Tried from Cask on 04 Nov 2009 at 15:50

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Cask@GBBF 2009. Golden color, small white head. Apple fruity aroma. Flat mouthfeel. Fruity: apples and pear in the flavor, some dry hops in the finish. Quite bland and a bit cidery-like.
Tried from Cask on 16 Aug 2009 at 14:55

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask@GBBF2009. Golden colour, small white bubbly head. Aroma is wooden, mildly eggy, earthy and also has some slight floral hoppy notes. Flavour is sour wood, some honey, mild notes of birchsap.
Tried from Cask on 15 Aug 2009 at 02:19

4.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Cask, Three Guineas, Reading. Weak, pallid looking gold colour with a thin white head and some lacing. Not much in the aroma, or flavour for that matter. Maybe some watery citrus, but this really wasn’t great at all.
Tried from Cask on 23 Jun 2009 at 17:15

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask-conditioned at The Royal Oak, Bath 6/9/08. Pale amber with a slight white head. Inoffensive in the extreme, with some fruit in the aroma, sweetish malt and a slight bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 06 Sep 2008 at 16:08

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Market Porter, Borough. Pours a clear copper colorwith a small off-white head. Fruity malty and slightly nutty aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweet malty caramel flavor with a long malty caramel finish and a bitter aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 15 Oct 2007 at 08:27

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask gravity at Pembury Tavern. Gold with thin white head. It’s a citrus golden beer, bit bland, but fine.
Tried from Cask on 24 Jul 2007 at 13:24

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Cask handpull at Ship & Mitre, Liverpool. Dark brown beer with beige head. Good dark beer, got nice burntish toffee. Vry drinkable with nice balancing hop. Pretty good, especially the malts.
Tried from Cask on 29 Jan 2006 at 12:22