About
Inspired by local brewing traditions and the vibrant US craft beer scene, Magic Rock Brewing is the culmination of a lifelong passion for beer. Richard Burhouse (aided by head brewer Stuart Ross) started the brewery in 2011 in an old out-building of the family business in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
Alongside a distinctive core range we produce an ever changing line up of idiosyncratic beers with an innovative quality driven approach. Our ‘Same but Different’ beers are packed with intense yet approachable flavours which will challenge and inspire, but above all remain balanced and drinkable.
In 2022 Lion breweries sold Magic Rock In Good Company Brewing, who intern sold it to Keystone Brewing Group in 2025, and most recently to The Great British Drinks Company in 2026.
Alongside a distinctive core range we produce an ever changing line up of idiosyncratic beers with an innovative quality driven approach. Our ‘Same but Different’ beers are packed with intense yet approachable flavours which will challenge and inspire, but above all remain balanced and drinkable.
In 2022 Lion breweries sold Magic Rock In Good Company Brewing, who intern sold it to Keystone Brewing Group in 2025, and most recently to The Great British Drinks Company in 2026.
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
440ml can from Love Wine in Jersey. Pours a slight cloudy golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of passion fruit, melon, citrus, herbs, pine & hops. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish. Very enjoyable
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2025
at 18:48
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
330ml can from Love Wine in Jersey. Pours a deep black with a good size off white head. Aromas & tastes of coffee, chocolate, vanilla, lactose & oats. Medium body. Soft creamy coffee finish. Quite enjoyable
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2025
at 13:20
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Golden with the pour creating a frothy head, but probably a little too fast on my part. Mild haze. Feels easy in its texture for its strength. Tropical fruit and lower citrus bitterness. At home with snowmageddon outside.
Tried
from Can
from
Asda Supermarket (Various locations)
on 05 Jan 2025
at 20:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bevuta in lattina. Bella birra scura con schiuma densa. Profumo di caffè. Equilibrata.
Tried
on 03 Jan 2025
at 19:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
on 03 Jan 2025
at 01:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can from Beer52. Misty gold with small white top. Aroma is citric with hints of the botanical. Taste has a lemon and lime fruitiness with botanicals and a drying pine finish. Light to medium bodied, slick, easy drinking but with a very dry end. Its decent.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Beer52. Pours a semi hazed yellow-gold with thin white top. Notes of mango, menthol, orange, a little watered down. light bodied, semi-drying.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear gold, small white head. Aroma of mandarin, lime and grapefruit come through. Taste of grapefruit, citrus noted sherbet and ginger biscuit. I enjoyed the juicy adjuncts and hop at the start and the decent bitterness and light spice in the finish. The middle sherbet noted part drags a bit although is pleasant. Light to medium bodied, fine carbonation. Nice fruity palate cleanser type beer.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Clear ruby to brown colour with fading beige head. Aroma of semi-roasted malts, moreish chocolate and caramel, nuts. Taste is the same with some brown bread and do es showcase a decent malt quality. Some roasted bitterness balances the sweetness well. Notable hops in the finish could elevate this but it is a brown ale so that's being greedy. It's a very tasty one.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Shakespeare, Summer Row, Birmingham. Pours brown, small beige head, decent lacing. Very sweet with caramel, nuts, earthy malts, hint of cocoa. Average depth but reasonably tasty. Smooth as you like with low carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:06