Davenports Beer

Commercial Brewery in Smethwick, West Midlands, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 1829

Contact
11 New Street, Smethwick, B66 2AJ, England
+44 (0)121 555 4867
info@davenports.co.uk
Subsidiaries
Davenports Beer owns 2 breweries/brands:
Description
WE HAVE OVER 300 YEARS OF COMBINED BRAND HERITAGE, WITH SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC BEERS IN THE MIDLANDS WE ARE PROUD TO CONTINUE THIS BREWING HERITAGE.

Davenports brewery began in 1829, and our range of revival cask beers harks back to some of the very original secret brews. Highgate Brewery was established in 1898 by James A. Fletcher and began brewing in 1899. Its best known for its classic midlands dark beers , with the “mild” style beer historically being a staple for the workers of the local area. at its peak its was producing 100,000 barrels of mild beer per year. Dares, established in 1927 in Birmingham, Davenports acquired the brand in 1960 now resurrected as a wicked craft beer brand for product and venues.
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oh6gdx
oh6gdx (52790) reviewed
Special Bitter from Davenports Beer
15 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled (thanks hanniku!). Pale amber colour with mediumsized slightly off-white head. Aroma is fruits, some caramel malts, mild grass. Flavour is fruits, wood, caramel, some grass and mild notes of toffee.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2010 at 10:20
oh6gdx
oh6gdx (52790) reviewed
Strawberry Fields from Davenports Beer
15 years ago
4.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Cask@Southwark Tavern, London. Murku red colour with small head. Aroma is lots of strawberries (tart, but sweet). Flavour is malts, artificial strawberries and some mild rubbery notes as well. A bit harsh.
Tried from Cask on 18 Aug 2010 at 10:23
yespr
yespr (55609) reviewed
Strawberry Fields from Davenports Beer
16 years ago
4.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
From cask at Southwark Tavern. Pours hazy deep amber with a lacing white head. Aroma is distinct strawberry. Slight sweet and malty strawberry flavoured. Mild citric to acidic. Mild bitter and dry fruity finish. Overwhelming strawberry aroma and flavour.
Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2010 at 01:09
Tommann
Tommann (7783) reviewed
Top Brew De Luxe (8.2%) from Davenports Beer
16 years ago
5.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
500ml bottle. Pours clear golden with a large head. Aroma is very sweet and malty, a bit sickly. A bit sickly in the mouth too, sweet malt throughout, some apples on the finish. Lots of carbonation. Alright, drinkable, but I wouldn’t bother again.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2010 at 14:07
RichTigers
RichTigers (5276) reviewed
Busy Fool (Bottle) from Davenports Beer
16 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Reddish amber beer with strong head. The aroma is mildly roasted, fruity and bitter, and the flavour is bitter, rich, roasted and mildly vinous. Overall a nice drinkable bitter and roasted beer.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2010 at 14:06
RichTigers
RichTigers (5276) reviewed
Keltic Whiskied Ale from Davenports Beer
16 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a very strong head. The aroma is lightly hopped and toffee, and the flavour is gently bitter, mildly hopped and roasted with a light toffee finish. Overall a reasonable bitter like beer.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2010 at 14:37
RichTigers
RichTigers (5276) reviewed
Special Bitter from Davenports Beer
16 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Vibrant bronze beer with a strongish head. The aroma is smoothly hopped and the flavour is mildly roasted, gently malty and hopped. Overall a nice smooth gently roasted and hopped bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2010 at 14:43
madmitch76
madmitch76 (41389) reviewed
Beer Hunter from Davenports Beer
16 years ago
5.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
12th April 2010. Clear gold beer. Light dry palate. Even malt with some tepid orange hop and a touch of sulfur. Finishes dry.
Tried on 26 Jun 2010 at 04:28
RichTigers
RichTigers (5276) reviewed
Top Brew De Luxe (8.2%) from Davenports Beer
16 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Amber beer with a soon disappearing fizzy head and a fizzy body. The aroma is weakly malt and has a hint of coriander. The flavour is strongly bitter and hopped with a malty quality. Overall a fairly basic but satisfactory strong beer.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jun 2010 at 14:33
caesar
caesar (10832) reviewed
Cloud Nine from Davenports Beer
16 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
On cask @ Bon Accord, Glasgow. Clear golden color. Bitterish, hint of butter. Boring.
Tried from Cask on 30 Apr 2010 at 10:49