Wharfe Beer Yorkshire (Prev. WharfeBank Brewery)
Client Brewer in Poole in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Established in 2010
They brewed on their own 20BBL plant, located in Poole In Wharfedale, Otley, in April 2010.
The brewery closed in Spring 2015 with production shifting to becoming contract brewed at Hambleton in 2016.
Beers sold under the Firestorm name "are what happens when Brewer Steve plays.".
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle, 500 ml at Samo Pivo, Belgrade. Pours dark brown, small tan head. Malty, roasted, chocolate, bit lactic, moderate sweetness. Soft carbonation, medium bodied. Decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
On tap at Damián. Dark to black color with brown head. Coffee and caramel aroma with coffee playing the prime. Nothing extraordinary in taste. Mild coffee, very flat. So.. Meh.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask pint in the Willow Walk, a Wetherspoons in Victoria, London: 17th Dec 2016. Clear, amber pour, white crown on top. Fairly sweet malty brew with a toffee like undertone, some piney, resiny hop presence helps with the balance in flavour and aroma. Liked it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (handpump) @ Canalhouse, 48-52 Canal Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 7EH. [ As WharfeBank Blood Orange IPA ].ABV: 4.3%. Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, light to moderate hoppy, fruity, blood orange notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, pale malt, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151007] 6-3-6-3-12
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
on Tap at the Ritz JDW, Lincoln. Amber colour with a white head. Aroma is malty toffee and biscuit. Taste light sweet. Body thin.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Tesco. Pale straw golden colour with a white head. Citrus aroma a touch grainy. Taste light bitter, with a fresh zing. thin body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Tap at Salon Piva. Dark brown color with medium beige head. Malty, raosted note, dark chocolate. Sweet caramel malt taste with notes of dark chocolate, coffee. Very good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Amber colour with a thin white head. Citrus and caramel aroma and taste that is also slight sweet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Tap at Salon piva. Well balanced, rather dry, yet full bodied and initially slightly sweet. Assertive roastiness, good stout. Easy drinking.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
50cl bottle from Morrisons. Thick white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness. A good ESB