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.
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask, handpump at The Grove, Huddersfield 17.03.12 in company of dad & Barry Pours gold in fact it is more pale golden with a white head. Soft in the mouth, it is both a little creamy and also with some vanilla. There is also a nice slightly flinty minerally thing going on here, providing a slight edginess to this beer, hoppy throughout, great beer. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2012
at 05:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask. Frothy white fair mostly deminishing head. Black colour. Heavy malty and light hoppy aroma. Very roasted. Heavy bitter flavor. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Mar 2012
at 02:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and licorice flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2012
at 06:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Bottle Shop Canterbury. Black beer with lasting beige head. Strong intense malt on aroma. Tarry. Nutty, Molasses. It’s a big monster of flavours, but the heat doesn’t come through too much, it’s all well hidden. Quite smooth in mouth. Good wide mouthfeel. Coal aroma. Flavour has some good intense dark fruits blackberry and dark plum juice. Big hairy beer. Compared to something like De Molen, the complexity of the malts isn’t really there, but as a drinkable impy stout, it’s pretty damn good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2012
at 11:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity piney hoppy grapefruit aroma. Fruity malty hoppy citrus piney flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter piney finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2012
at 09:08
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
330ml bottle. Opaque black with small beige to brown frothy lacing head. Aroma is initially ruled by grassy hop, in parts displaced later by roasty dark malt notes, resulting intermediately in a mixture with a vegetable character, carrot, celery. Smooth, a slighty sweet taste only in the ultimate beginning, completely replaced by salty notes, roast, lots of hop. Definitely a beer you have to learn to like, ’cause it doesn’t seduce with an easy going flattering taste due to the abandonment of sweetness; comparable to capers or blue mould cheese - but then... awesome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2012
at 14:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap @ Craft Beer Co. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, coffee, milk chocolate and hops. Smooth beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2012
at 16:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Dark brown pour with a tan head. Brown sugar, tobacco, malt and chocolate aroma. Toffee and caramel flavour. Dry. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2012
at 06:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
[Bottle from Westholme Stores, Goring] Black with a moderate tan head and a light fizz. Grapefruit and urine up front (fortunately the urine gradually fades as you drink more) with a smear of something tropical. Then the malt flavours come through - soot, tar, tobacco and leather, with peppery hints. Then back to the hops - lots more grapefruit and this time pine and maybe something tropical. Then back to the smokiness, with some peat bog, cocoa and definitely a comfy, patched leather sofa. And then maybe a hint of ginger at the back of the throat. But at the end I think the hops just win the ping pong battle. A fascinating, interesting beer - like Thornbridge Raven, it pulls off the rather unique trick of mystically switching in turn between the malt and the hop flavours rather than mixing them together. However, I didn’t think the hops in this worked quite as well as those in Raven, and thus it gets a lower mark. Still a damn tasty beer though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2012
at 14:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Nina’s Mini Mart, Edinburgh
Black...frothy dark tan head...some lacing
Aroma - roasted malts...some soft coffee...hint of dark bitter chocolate...slight wood smoke...rich dark malts
Taste - rich smooth roasted malts...soft coffee..slight smoky burnt wood...bit of liquorice...bit of sweet treacle malts...well blended...no harsh notes
Palate medium carb..a little fizzy..medium body...quite smooth. Finish as main flavour..soft smooth dark roast malt finish...clears well of palate
Overall - I must try this cask one day - another great Magic Rock beer.
Black...frothy dark tan head...some lacing
Aroma - roasted malts...some soft coffee...hint of dark bitter chocolate...slight wood smoke...rich dark malts
Taste - rich smooth roasted malts...soft coffee..slight smoky burnt wood...bit of liquorice...bit of sweet treacle malts...well blended...no harsh notes
Palate medium carb..a little fizzy..medium body...quite smooth. Finish as main flavour..soft smooth dark roast malt finish...clears well of palate
Overall - I must try this cask one day - another great Magic Rock beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2012
at 04:13