Vocation Brewery

Microbrewery in Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
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. Weโ€™re resolutely in the business of setting standards, not following trends.

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6.6/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Enid Blyton wrote a story about a hollow tree. This hollow tree is hazy yellow-gold in appearance. It feels a little weak for this brewery, but it isn't, it's just a citrus fruity session beer, although its aftertaste is fairly bland and dryish.
Tried from Draft at Vocation & Co. - Hebden Bridge (Vocation) on 03 Nov 2025 at 05:35

7.4/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
440ml can from M&S Broadstairs. Pours very dark / black with a deep tan head. Aroma of unctious caramel and rich chocolate dessert. Flavour profile continues in this vein, I've always liked a nice caramel stout and this presents that nice smooth full bodied character well. However, it is labelled a caramel cookie chocolate stout, and there are no cookie notes at all, so have marked down slightly for that.
Tried from Can on 02 Nov 2025 at 08:54

8.2/10
Chocolate, sweet and creamy. Smooth and bit hazelnut
Tried from Can on 01 Nov 2025 at 20:32

7/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Orange-gold juicy appearance. Pulp Fusion is a series of jazz and funk albums with artwork closely resembling the Pulp Fiction film. Sweet nose, lower end sourness, strawberries abundant. Interesting.
Tried from Draft at Vocation & Co. - Hebden Bridge (Vocation) on 01 Nov 2025 at 19:31

4.9/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 2.5 Texture 8 Overall 4
Gold with a foamy, white head. Aroma of raspberry syrup and vanilla. Taste is bitter with a sweet underside. Chemical bitter and strongly medicinal finish, but I doubt this is curing much apart from a weakness at not better reading the can labels before buying. At least it feels good on the tongue, silky smooth and chewy. Not a fan of this, or white stouts in general.
Tried from Can on 31 Oct 2025 at 17:56

7.1/10 โ€” Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Citrus and tropical fruity medley, getting notes of pineapple and grapefruit, orange, papaya, some sweet malts, medium to light body, light bitter hoppy finish. Ok supermarket brew.
Tried from Can from Meny Valby - Toften on 27 Oct 2025 at 16:13

7.6/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
26th October 2025
Near opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation comes through on the back end. Fairly rich dark chocolate malts, a slight bitterness. Abundant mint, cooling and a little sweet. Some dark choc After Eight naturally emerges. Bourbon barrelling is surprisingly recessed, just adds a soft extra dimension on the back end. Nice After Eight brew, the BBA could definitely be bolder and would definitely enhance it for me.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Oct 2025 at 19:18

5.1/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5
Keg at Brewdog Cowgate Edinburgh. Pours murky orange with no real head. Aromas of sour tropical fruit. Taste is chalky, more sour fruit. Overripe strawberry. Sour finish, but not in a good way.
Tried on 24 Oct 2025 at 15:46

7/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 5 Overall 8
Thuis 50cl blik. Donkerbruin bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is licht bitter en redelijk zoet met duidelijk veel chocolade en sinaasappel. Ook wat rode bes meen ik te bespeuren. Heel goed bier.
Tried from Can from De Caigny Dranken on 24 Oct 2025 at 11:16

7/10 โ€” Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
440ml can at the Wrekin Inn on Sunday 19th October 2025. Hazed golden/yellow body, a few sediment bits in the second pour, white head. Fruity and pleasant, fairly sweet throughout, pineapple like flavours trying to dominate, pity it was overcast and raining outside as this is a summer beer in my eyes.
Tried from Can at Wrekin Inn on 19 Oct 2025 at 15:45