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.

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7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can from Havnens Vin Og Tobakhus. Pours cloudy dark golden with large white head. Aroma is caramel, honey, mint, grapes, roses, custard, lemon curd, cream, butter cookies, and vanilla. Taste is medium to very sweet, light to medium bitter, light acidic, and light salty. Body is ceramy with fizzy carbonation. Finish is long and mostly sweet with notes of honey, cookies, caramel, mint, wine gums, sweet green grapes, burnt sugar, lemon curd, dried ginger, vanilla, and mint.
Tried from Can from Havnens Vin & Tobakhus on 05 Feb 2026 at 23:01

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Sample, thanks fonefan! Hazy pale amber, small head. Generous aroma of papaya and piney tangerine. Mid sweet with rather slender body and crisp, rounded mouthfeel. Tangerine, white currant, pineapple and papaya. Mid bitter finish. Elegant and pleasant.
Tried on 05 Feb 2026 at 20:44

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
440ml can, part of a presentation pack I got for my Birthday, cheers Ben & Steph. Poured into the Vocation glass that came with the beers, at home on 2nd February 2026. Black bodied, tanned roof. Mild coconut nose and taste, malty chocolate took over mid sip. Not at rich as I thought it would be, but pleasant enough.
Tried from Can on 02 Feb 2026 at 16:45

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440ml can from a selection box given to me for my 72nd Birthday last year, cheers Ben and Steph. Poured into the Vocation glass from the same box, at home on 1st February 2026. Very dark body, tanned crust that hung around. Surprise, surprise it had the aroma and taste of a chocolate orange, more orange than chocolate in my eyes. The orange isn't sweet, but the lactose and chocolate elements are, different and interesting beer all round.
Tried from Can on 01 Feb 2026 at 19:55

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can, 7.4%. Pungent aroma, smells a little like tonka bean. Also acidic nose. Cocoa powder. Black colour. Small stable creamy light brown head. The flavour is milk chocolate, lactose to begin with. Later, it turns a little roasted, but still creamy and smooth. I remember not liking matcha, and fortunately this does not taste like that to me.
Tried on 01 Feb 2026 at 18:09

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Gusher! Pale gold with foaming head. Aroma promises passion fruit, grass, and a touch of peppery spice. Taste is mildly bitter and moderate citric. Dry, citric finish. Body to the light side of medium, moderate carbonation, refreshing. Good.
Tried from Can on 01 Feb 2026 at 17:46

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tried from Cask at Boot Micropub on 30 Jan 2026 at 21:25

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can, small light brown bubbly head, opaque black colour, aroma of milk chocolate with some mint and cocoa underneath, flavor of dark chocolate with mint and some earthy and burned hints, light but noticeable sweetness, just a whiff of alcohol. A pleasant and highly enjoyable blend of chocolate and mint, like a toned down After Eight.
Tried on 30 Jan 2026 at 20:45

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I had a smooth moment with this beer, at home. It is an aromatic white IPA, citrus, grapefruit, perfect touch of hop, sparkling and dry, 16.08.18, at Prélaz, finding it through qoqa.ch
Tried from Can on 30 Jan 2026 at 05:58

7.5/10
A black beer with a beige lacing. Aroma of mild sweet strong dark malt, hints of mint and chocolate. Taste of sweet chocolate, sweet strong dark malt, mint, cookies, liquorice, sticky finish.
Tried from Can on 28 Jan 2026 at 15:07