Storm Brewing Co. (UK)

Microbrewery in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Snow Goose Cafe & Bar (Storm)

Established in 1998

Contact
2 Waterside, Macclesfield, SK11 7HJ, England
Description
The Storm Brewing Company was formed in 1998 by Hugh Thompson and Dave Stebbings, joined by sales guy Patrick and Dexter the cat in the early 2000s. Operating from a former pub on Waterside, in Macclesfield, they worked together for 15+ years, before Hugh and Patrick retired from Storm at the end of 2018. Dexter sadly passed away in Summer 2019 having lived a long and full life.

​Their small team now comprises Dave, his son Tom and youngest daughter Alice. Today the brewery continues to produce a core range of superb, award-winning ales, along with a new, numbered line of "UXBs" (Unique Experimental Brews), featuring bold new flavours and powerful hop combinations.

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5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium orange amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, hay, toasted, caramel, moderate hoppy, dusty dry grass. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090805]

Tried from Cask on 28 Nov 2009 at 04:23


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

(Cask at Ye Olde Woolpack, Stockport, 24 July 2009) Golden colour with creamy, off-white head. Fruity, malty nose with citrus, toffee, biscuity malt and dusty hops. Fruity, malty taste with notes of tropical fruit, citrus, grass, toffee and slightly dusty hops in the finish. Rather light body. Decent but kind of average.

Tried from Cask on 29 Aug 2009 at 13:39


5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask@GBBF2009. Yellowish golden colour, not much head. Aroma is yeast, earthy, fruity and also has some bready and floral hoppyness. Flavour is quite much the same along with some caramelly notes.

Tried from Cask on 11 Aug 2009 at 23:35


5.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Cask@GBBF 2009. Golden color, small white head. Fruity (mango or some other exotic fruit) aroma. Boring dry lemony hoppy flavor. Dry, a bit acidic aftertaste. A bit watery.

Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2009 at 08:46


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Pale amber with a small white head. Grainy malt aroma. Malty and somewhat toasted flavour with a fruity touch

Tried on 30 Jul 2009 at 05:16


4.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Cask at The George Inn, Belper, Derbyshire, 14-07-09 Pours hazy amber with a white head. A most unusual nose that seemed to combine a smokiness along with some floral notes that I couldn’t quite make out, Loz also got pear drop on the nose. The taste was also strange, wood smoke, sweetness and malt. Unusual stuff that I wasn’t really a big fan of. A4 A3 F4 P2 Ov8 2.1

Tried from Cask on 16 Jul 2009 at 02:59


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask @ The Railway View, Macclesfield. Pours a pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy finish.

Tried from Cask on 02 Jul 2009 at 11:00


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (handpump) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, nutty, dusty, old malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. (070808)

Tried from Cask on 22 Oct 2008 at 09:00


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cloudy golden with tiny white head. Sweet fruity aroma with floral notes. Same goes for the flavor that ends mild Bitter.

Tried on 16 Sep 2008 at 10:28


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

Cask@GBBF2008. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is wood and grass with mild caramelly notes. Flavour is hops, sweet malts and mild notes of dry and sour wooden notes.

Tried from Cask on 20 Aug 2008 at 00:22