Vocation Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Cragg Vale,
West Yorkshire,
England 🏴
Associated with 5 Venues
Established in 2015
Contact
Unit 8, Craggs Country Business Park, New Road, Cragg Vale, HX7 5TT, England
Description
Brewing bold beers from our hilltop in Hebden Bridge and pouring punchy pints from our very own taprooms. We’re resolutely in the business of setting standards, not following trends.
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Havnens Vin Og Tobakshus. Pours cloudy deep red with large white head. Aroma is intense sour cherry, redcurrant, blackcurrant, vinegar, and hints of yeast. Taste is light to medium sweet, faint bitter, and medium to very acidic. Body is oily with medium carbonation. Finish is long and balanced sweet and acidic with notes of sour cherry, redcurrant, blackcurrant and vinegar. Appearance: +1 for the nice label.
Tried
from
Havnens Vin & Tobakhus
on 01 Aug 2026
at 23:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught keg at Tønne, Leicester. Light gold and clear with a little visible carbonation and some uneven white head. Grainy aroma, a little bit spicy. Some cardboard, traces of lemon. Bittersweet in the mouth, a nice balance with some citrus bitterness in the long finish. Decent carbonation buoys up the body. Passable.
Tried
from Draft
at
Tønne
on 28 Jul 2026
at 17:37
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
Can. Pours a hazy orange colour with a tight white head, light hop aroma with hints of citrus, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2026
at 17:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Draught @ SKAAL Sønderborg. Pours hazy peach yellow with airy white head. Clear aroma of citrus and malt, eith touches of yeast anf fruit. Bitter, hoppy amd citric flavour with sweetish notes of fruit and malt, and touches of yeast. Bitter and citric aftertaste with fruity hints. Warming alcohol presence. Satiating and decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jul 2026
at 18:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
440ml can at tasting.
The beer poured near black in color.
Surely has some orange in the otherwise light roasted malty aroma. Light to medium bodies, sweet with some zesty notes as well.
The beer poured near black in color.
Surely has some orange in the otherwise light roasted malty aroma. Light to medium bodies, sweet with some zesty notes as well.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2026
at 08:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
MCR July Specials Beer#26. My only Manchester drinking day this month so a sweep of the one-offs. Clear pale golden coloured brew, pretty much a standard lager, a little above the macro sort, clean and crisp, but nothing overly remarkable. Standard special with the added summer football as the excuse. Third final afterthought and last of the day.
Tried
from Draft
at
Vocation & Co. - Hebden Bridge (Vocation)
on 17 Jul 2026
at 19:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
MCR July Specials Beer#25. My only Manchester drinking day this month so a sweep of the one-offs. Not cleary a white stout from its clear golden appearance, bit definitely so from its taste. Sweet with a syrup in both aroma and taste, white chocolate becomes more prevalent after this, and is flavoursome, but also rich. Second afterthought after the train home, and a good one.
Tried
from Draft
at
Vocation & Co. - Hebden Bridge (Vocation)
on 17 Jul 2026
at 19:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
MCR July Specials Beer#24. My only Manchester drinking day this month so a sweep of the one-offs. A golden coloured afterthought, which is very easy, and it needed to be after a very full day of mostly thirds, it's a fruity experience, never going to be the fullest of bodies but there's enough here in this three percenter.
Tried
from Draft
at
Vocation & Co. - Hebden Bridge (Vocation)
on 17 Jul 2026
at 06:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can local M & S 2026-07-14 Uddingston
AR: roasted malt, cookie, sweet chocolate, dry, caramel
AP: dark brown, creamy brown foam
F: roasted malt, cookie, sweet chocolate, dry, caramel
Was 4 is 3,75
AR: roasted malt, cookie, sweet chocolate, dry, caramel
AP: dark brown, creamy brown foam
F: roasted malt, cookie, sweet chocolate, dry, caramel
Was 4 is 3,75
Tried
from Can
from
Marks & Spencer (Various Locations)
on 14 Jul 2026
at 21:24