Salopian Brewery

Microbrewery in Hadnall, Shropshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Salopian Brewery

Established in 1995

Contact
Old Station Yard, Old Station Road, Shrewsbury, Hadnall, SY4 3DD, England
Description
Salopian Brewery first brewed in Shrewsbury in 1995. Founded by Martin Barry on the site of the old Onions Dairy and like many breweries the kit we first brewed on was small and rudimentary at only two barrels. Brewing ceased in late 1997 due to financial problems. Our chairman Wilf Nelson joined the brewery in 1998 – Wilf coming on board gave the brewery much needed stability and vision to move to forward and brewing recommenced in January 1998.

Slowly, as cash flow permitted, we upgraded our brewing kit and replaced rusty dented vans with slightly less rusty dented vans. It was the onset of brewing a more eclectic range of cask ale, whilst embracing both traditional styles and those of our locality. 2014 saw the brewery make its final move – we hope! – to the village of Hadnall on the outskirts of Shrewsbury.

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7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask, Fly in the Loaf, Liverpool. Amber with a good sized white head. Aroma gently fruity with some grassy hop. Plenty of juicy citrus and more hop in the flavour which was clean and refreshing with some unobtrusive malt leading to a lingering bitter finish. Straightforward and tasty drop. Cheers Charlie!
Tried from Cask on 19 Jan 2010 at 06:10

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Bottle. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate flavor with some hints of caramel. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2010 at 03:08

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at Pig’s Ear BF 09. Slight hazy gold, lasting white head. Citrus acidic hoppy aroma, it may be yet another golden ale, but at least it’s hoppy.
Tried from Cask on 28 Dec 2009 at 03:05

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Cask handpull at Crosse Keys, JDW, London. Gold, thin white head. Sherberty hop, golden ale with diacetyl. Not good, ok beer, but I don’t like diacetyl.
Tried from Cask on 28 Dec 2009 at 01:50

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at Crosse Keys, JDW, London. Gold, bubbly off white head. Slight shervert hop and mouthfeel. Preety good sherberty golden ale.
Tried from Cask on 28 Dec 2009 at 01:35

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask, handpump at The City Tavern, Birmingham 13-12-09 Pours mid gold with white head. There is a little bit of citrus on the nose along with some scrunched up papery aroma. Taste is nicely citric, some light biscuity malts, another nice beer from Salopian. A6 A3 F7 P4 Ov13 3.3
Tried from Cask on 14 Dec 2009 at 01:36

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Cask, Ship and Mitre, Liverpool. Ruddy copper colour with a medium off white head. Really nice fragrant hop and fruity aroma. Relatively sweet flavour with a solid malt backbone and some nice hoppage. Smooth, with medium body. Very drinkable and a pretty darn tasty effort. Definitely one of the better English breweries.
Tried from Cask on 23 Nov 2009 at 10:05

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
10th July 2009. Light gold beer. Lovely fresh bitter bursting with fruity ornage and grapefruit. Not that bitter.
Tried on 15 Nov 2009 at 07:50

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
8th May 2008. Smooth bitter. Just a hint of lemon mainly in the finish where there is also a little hop.
Tried on 14 Nov 2009 at 06:54

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask, Fly in the Loaf, Liverpool. Amber colour with a half decent sized white head. Fragrant aroma had traces of tropical fruit and some grassy hop as did the flavour. Dry bitter finish. Quite tasty.
Tried from Cask on 12 Nov 2009 at 13:06