Highgate in England - Reviews, Beers, Location & Contact

Highgate

Commercial Brewery in Smethwick, West Midlands, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Davenports Beer

Established in 1898

Closed in 2007

Contact

11 New Street, Smethwick, B66 2AJ, England

+44 (0)121 555 4867

info@davenports.co.uk

Description

Highgate Brewery was established in 1898 by James A. Fletcher and began brewing in 1899. Its best known for its classic midlands dark beers , with the “mild” style beer historically being a staple for the workers of the local area. at its peak its was producing 100,000 barrels of mild beer per year. It was purchased by Mitchells & Butlers in 1939, which merged with the Bass brewery in 1961 It became independent when the management bought it out in 1995. July 2007 it was sold to and still belongs to Davenports Brewery.

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7.5

Hermod (17867) reviewed Old Ember from Highgate 15 years ago

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

50cl bottle, Alko. Pours amber, reddish color. Aroma is nice roasted malty with a hint of fruits in it. Flavor is sweet malty and fruity, some caramel and in the finish honey. Not so bitter aftertaste as I expected, but overall a very nice ale.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2009 at 13:25

6.3

fonefan (84235) reviewed Old Ale (Bottle) from Highgate 16 years ago

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

Bottle 500ml.Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roated, caramel, chocolate, toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090813]

Tried from Bottle on 02 Dec 2009 at 00:32

6.6

Fin (18271) reviewed The Bards Tail from Highgate 16 years ago

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

Cask handpump at The Bell, Banbury, at CAMRA Banbury Beer Festival Planning Meeting, 23-11-09 I just started to type this from the notes that I took on my phone, before deleting it inadvertantly thinking that I was deleting an already entered Ironbridge Beer doh! Still I think I can recall enough to rate this. Pours Copper in colour, some light fruity touches amongst the malt. Taste is predominantly fruity but there are very definate floral touches in the mouth, bit dry, reasonably bitter, better than expected. A6 A4 F7 P3 Ov13 3.3

Tried from Cask on 24 Nov 2009 at 00:15

5.5

Hermod (17867) reviewed Old Ale (Bottle) from Highgate 16 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

50cl bottle, Alko. Pours dark brown color with a creamy, beige head. Roasted malt to my nose, some fruits also. Flavor is malty, chocolate and quite bitter. Finishes sweet. Might be that I don´t have found a taste for this style of beer, but didn´t find this one very special.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2009 at 22:38

6.9

madmitch76 (40205) reviewed Highland Whisky Ale from Highgate 16 years ago

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

3rd April 2008 Bananaish undertone in the start and a malty mid. A little vanilla as well. The whisey is well blended in and very subtle.

Tried on 21 Oct 2009 at 16:55

6.1

bb (18337) reviewed Highland Whisky Ale from Highgate 16 years ago

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

Cask. Amber beer with a cream colored head. caramel and light fruity aroma with light toffee. Malt and light caramel flavor with light fruitiness. Medium bodied. malt and caramel linger with light fruitiness. light sweetness throughout.

Tried from Cask on 16 Oct 2009 at 11:32

7.1

SimonF (3268) reviewed Highland Whisky Ale from Highgate 16 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draught. Clear brown with little head. Aroma has hint of seaweed. Light body and carbonation. Malty with spicy tangy notes and some bitterness in finish. Nice beer.

Tried on 10 Oct 2009 at 22:27

5.5

Beertalk (16425) reviewed Dark Mild from Highgate 16 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Dark brown with a small off-white head. Fruity aroma with apple and caramel. Sweet and fruity flavour with caramel and a hint of sulphur.

Tried on 05 Oct 2009 at 14:15

cagarvie (39800) reviewed Dark Mild from Highgate 16 years ago

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

Cask at GBBF 2009 ... Deep brown ... rich soft roast nose ... soft toffee malt ... light bitter chocolate roast ...

Tried from Cask on 22 Sep 2009 at 14:03

CloakedDagger (37038) reviewed Old Ale (Bottle) from Highgate 16 years ago

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

Bottle 50 cl. Clear, dark reddish brown with a dense light brown head. Aroma of wood, nuts and burned caramel. Medium body, nuts, wood and overripe fruit. Light bitterness in the finish. Quite sophisticated. 130809

Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2009 at 05:34

Brewery Stats

Score	6.31
Beers	25
Ticks	186

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