Play Brew Co

Microbrewery in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2017

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8 Cannon Park Way, Middlesbrough, TS1 5JU, England
Description
We're a Leeds based craft beer brand hell-bent on producing exhilarating and kick-ass beer!

We bring you craft beer with a nostalgic twist, born from influential culture of the 80's & 90's.

At the heart of Play Brew Co is an obsession for creating quality beers. That all started back in 2014, when our founder Phil embarked on a journey of home brewing after being inspired by the craft beer cropping up in Leeds.

2017: It’s been a long road but we are delighted to announce that Play Brew Co’s first trio of beers is hitting bars and stores in the North of England. The Arcade ‘86 Series is a collection of three recipes that pay homage to Phil’s favourite beers – tying his experience of home brewing and his on hand experience at brew labs together.

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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Keg at BrewDog Paddington; hazy vimto pour with a tight pink head, aroma has cherry hints, taste has sweet cherry drop, vanilla hints, light citrus.

Tried on 20 May 2022 at 12:15


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Keg at BD Paddington, not Lords, 20/05/22. Hazed orange with a lasting white cap. Nose is raspberries, soft malts, sugars, vanilla. Taste comprises raspberry jam, vanilla, perfume, soft malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. So so milkshake sweetness.

Tried on 20 May 2022 at 12:05


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft: Poured a hazy bright yellow with a white head. Aroma is raspberry, custard, fruity, blast to the nose. Taste is similar, berry, raspberry, vanilla, custard.

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2022 at 11:53


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Brewdog Paddington. A light hazed golden orange coloured pour with a fine white frorhy head. Aroma is raspberry ripple ice cream, vanilla, adjunct, raspberry syrup. Flavour is composed of grainy, stale grains, raspberry ripple, grass, vanilla, Victoria sponge. Palate is semi sweet grainy, semi sweet, grainy, moderate carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2022 at 11:49


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Keg at BrewDog Paddington; hazy golden amber pour with a thin white head, aroma has raspberry, taste has sweet raspberry, light vanilla

Tried on 20 May 2022 at 11:46


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

Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Wingman. A clear amber brown coloured pour with a halo of beige head. Aroma is nutty toasted malts, earthy hazelnut, funky, little dung, brown sugars. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, savory malts, salty, nutty malts, apple, toffee. Muddled AF. Palate is semi sweet, oily, cloying, moderate carbonation. Very odd.

Tried on 17 May 2022 at 22:03


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Panda at home, thanks to Dave, 16/05/22. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent beige cap that escapes edgewards. Nose is sweet malts, nutty, cocoa powder, marshmallow. Taste comprises Burtons Wagon Wheel, marshmallow, vanilla wafer, chocolate, brown sugars. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. It's fine but overly sweet for my liking.

Tried on 16 May 2022 at 18:04


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at Brewdog Doghouse Edinburgh. Pours murky yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of tropical fruit and pine. Taste is more of the same. Light chalky texture. Bit green.

Tried on 16 May 2022 at 16:35



5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can at MBCW Tasting. Aroma is vinously stout but with low key Irn Bru aroma. Hazy golden orange. Thin foamy white head. Very sweet. They've overdone the Irn Bru flavouring. Sour edge. Medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long somewhat astringent finish. Sickly.

Tried from Can on 13 May 2022 at 20:13