Vocation Brewery

Microbrewery in Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 6 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.

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

Hazy yellow creamy huge light yellow head.
aroma is citrussy, wheaty, herbal, yeasty, not unlike a belgian wheat ale, but not citrussy as the typical witbier also no banana as the typical german hefeweizen, more like belgian fruited wheat beer.
flavor is distinctively belgian yeasty with some fresh fruitiness going on, quite refreshing, comes off as dry, crisp and light, with yeasty and herbal bitterness. easy drikning flavorful slightly fruity wheat.

Tried from Can on 23 Mar 2026 at 12:07


7

Tried from Draft at Plug & Taps on 21 Mar 2026 at 21:54


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

Aroma: Fruity hops with citrus and farty notes. Flavour: Fruity sweet and tangy bitter with citrus. Aftertaste is bitter and sweet. Colour: Amber with a white head. From: Can @ Kvickly Viby J.

Tried from Can from Kvickly Åbyhøj on 21 Mar 2026 at 17:22


6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Lake Kilpisjärvi in Finland is the most northern lake I have visited. Clear golden, never saw any head on this one. It's full of sugars, although not quite at marshmallow standards, but it's on the sweeter side of hoppiness with jam and sherbet in the mix. It has a very clean texture too.

Tried from Draft at Crown & Kettle on 21 Mar 2026 at 13:32

gave a cheers!

8

Massive chocolate and mint. Maybe a bit sweet.

Tried from Draft at The Strugglers Inn on 21 Mar 2026 at 13:10


6

Some citrus grapefruit, malty and slight sweet

Tried from Cask at Duke William Hotel on 21 Mar 2026 at 12:40


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Deutlicher Kaffeegeruch. Weicher, schokoladig malziger Beginn, viel Kafee, zunehmend Süß. Unterstützende Vanillenoten gefallen, cremig, unterdurchschnittlich karbonisiert, was das Bier süffiger macht. Cremig, voluminös, süffig. Leicht alkoholisch zum Ende, gefällt. 11/11/12/11/8/11

Tried from Can on 20 Mar 2026 at 21:51


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Aroma: Dark roasted malt with chocolate and caramel. Flavour: Very sweet with chocolate and light bitterness with chocolate. Aftertaste is sweet lightly bitter. Colour: Black with a tan head. From: Can

Tried from Can on 20 Mar 2026 at 18:37


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

Can. Pours a light gold colour with a tight white head, plenty of hops and citrus fruits in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish.

Tried from Can at Vocation & Co. - Hebden Bridge (Vocation) on 20 Mar 2026 at 18:15


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7.5

clear dark brown, huge smooth light brown head
strong and quite powerfull aroma of sweet oranges and roasted malts and dark chocolate. the oranges aroma does not come off as artificial, but rather like if they had used orange peel to spice things up. Very well balanced aroma that presents itself as a whole - not the individual parts. Quite impressive body and power for a 4.5% alc beer.
palate is a bit watery, chocolate dissolved in water. Flavor is a good balance between orange lemonade, chocolate and dark, slightly roasted malts. the beer feels very light and is extremely quenchable and easy drinking for a dark beer. quite dry - not sweet - not even fruity sweet - but also not bitter.

Tried from Can on 19 Mar 2026 at 17:44