Play Brew Co

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

Established in 2019

Closed in 2025

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8 Cannon Park Way, Middlesbrough, TS1 5JU, England
Description
Launched in 2019, Play Brew is a brewery, taproom and event space. The 20-hectolitre plant produces unfiltered beers available in keg, cans and occasionally in cask, distributed throughout the north.

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

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6.4/10 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

6.8/10 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 --- Beer merged from original tick of FOAM RASPBERRY PRAWN MILKSHAKE PALE on 20 May 2022 at 12:59 - Score: 6
Tried on 20 May 2022 at 11:46

6.2/10 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

6.8/10 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

6.6/10 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

Tried on 14 May 2022 at 12:18

5.8/10 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

5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Can split at MBCW '22 (Morons Beer Celebration Watford), thank to Fergus, 13/05/22. Lightly hazed golden blonde with a decent white cap. Nose carries notes of Iron Bru, sugars, citric notes. Taste comprises big sweet tones, Iron Bru, sugar sugar sugar. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Not much sour here ... all sweet .. meh.
Tried from Can on 13 May 2022 at 12:33

5.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can shared at the mbcw massive beer celebration watford taating. A light hazed golden orange coloured pour with a lively off white cap. Aroma is airy, semi sweet, cola cubes, orange rind, white sugars. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, mealy apple, light tart, very odd, not much irn brew. Palate is very sweet, tangy, odd, lively carbonation. Too sweet.
Tried from Can on 13 May 2022 at 12:33