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 from 100 piv. Orange color with medium white head. Citrus hops in aroma with caramel malt. Taste, citrus hops, caramel malt in taste. Medium long hoppy bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Cask @ The Cherry Tree, Huddersfield. Golden with a small creamy head. Easy-drinking bitter with a medium bitterness and a dry maltiness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask @ Hedley Verity, Leeds. Golden with a small head. Its strength is evident but not overbearing, with a mild bubble gum sweetness apparent in a fairly easy-drinking texture for 5.6%.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Cask @ Hedley Verity, Leeds. Pale golden with a thin head. The cloves and coriander create an almost ginger-like spice, which dominates both aroma and taste, although it has a weak texture.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask @ The Works, Sowerby Bridge. Clear golden with a creamy head. Has a light hoppy character with a similarly light berry-sweet aroma and taste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask @ Sir Titus Salt, Bradford. Black with a creamy off-white head. Has a roasted malt aroma, also less stated in this respect in terms of its taste, but there’s still lots of dark malts giving it plenty of flavour.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
On cask @ The Crown, Berkhamsted. Smooth mild beginning. Hints of grain, smooth and mild. Not too deep, not much hops. Easy to drink aftertaste with hints of grain.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at the strugglers, Lincoln. Golden colour with a thin white head. Aroma is spicy with the cloves and coriander, also fruity. Taste is unusual spice with a light bitterness
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle into a UK pint sleeve at home on 11th Dec 2015. Very pale golden/blonde, straw coloured in fact, the head a thin white covering. Citrusy nose and taste with some melon like flavourings too. Better than it looks thank goodness, refreshing and crisp, a bit ’Lager like’ to be honest, but with more flavour and depth.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught @ Tap East Pub & Brewery, The Great Eastern Market, Westfield Stratford City, Stratford, Greater London, England E20 1ET. [ As WharfeBank Yorkshire Stout ].ABV: 4.2%. Clear dark brown black color with a small to average, fizzy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, soy sauce notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, dark malt, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150731]