Castle Rock Brewery
Commercial Brewery
in
Nottingham,
Nottinghamshire,
England 🏴
Associated with 17 Venues
Established in 1997
Contact
Queensbridge Road, Nottingham, NG2 1NB, England
Description
Castle Rock was originally founded in 1977 by former Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) chairman Chris Holmes, and was formed as a partnership between Bramcote Brewery & Tynemill in 1997 (Bramcote have now stopped brewing). The site opened next door to the Vat & Fiddle in Nottingham, which is now the Castle Rock Brewery Tap.
Adrian Redgrove was appointed in 2004 and the brewery went from strength to strength, producing high quality and consistent beers time after time after time. From the opening of the brewery, production grew from 30 barrels a week to over 100 barrels a week in 2010. Word spread and Castle Rock’s reputation grew.
In 2010, with the second brewery bursting at the seams Castle Rock underwent a further expansion, with a whole host of new equipment and an increased capacity of 360 barrels a week.
Today the brewery continues to create innovative new beers, while remaining consistent and of exceptional high quality. That said we reassure our customers that it isn’t ‘job done’ and we will work hard to continue to provide the very best beers that we can possibly deliver.
Adrian Redgrove was appointed in 2004 and the brewery went from strength to strength, producing high quality and consistent beers time after time after time. From the opening of the brewery, production grew from 30 barrels a week to over 100 barrels a week in 2010. Word spread and Castle Rock’s reputation grew.
In 2010, with the second brewery bursting at the seams Castle Rock underwent a further expansion, with a whole host of new equipment and an increased capacity of 360 barrels a week.
Today the brewery continues to create innovative new beers, while remaining consistent and of exceptional high quality. That said we reassure our customers that it isn’t ‘job done’ and we will work hard to continue to provide the very best beers that we can possibly deliver.
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Green Goddess Easter Cask Beer Festival, Blackheath Royal Standard. Chestnut coloured pour with a beige head. Nise is dark fruits, raisin, citrus. Flavours of grapefruit, bitter dark berries, cola, raisin. Malty sweet action.
Tried
from Cask
at
Green Goddess
on 04 Apr 2026
at 12:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 5.5
Cask handpull at Barley Mow Bristol. Clear amber brown colour lasting beige head. Yep its a best bitter. Malty flavour. Quite soft in the mouth. Moderate bitterness on the finish. An English style vest bitter. OK.
Tried
from Cask
at
Barley Mow
on 28 Mar 2026
at 14:46
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask handpull at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Clear gold colour lasting white head. Aromatic sherbet hop aroma and flavour. I rather liked the sherbet hop. Moderate bitterness on the finish. Decent condition and temperature. I liked the hop.
Tried
from Cask
at
County Hotel
on 17 Mar 2026
at 18:06
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Hand pulled half pint at the Crown Inn, Oakengates on 13th March 2026. Amber pour, clean and clear, white crust on top. Solid malty base with a decent bitter hop bite, piney and woody flavours.
Tried
from Cask
at
Crown Inn
on 13 Mar 2026
at 16:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12/3/2026. Cask at wetherspoon’s beer festival. At the Crosse Keys, Gracechurch Street, London.
Tried
from Cask
at
Crosse Keys (JDW)
on 12 Mar 2026
at 15:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Third of a pint on cask at the gate house jdw.
Medium white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness
Medium white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
The Gate House (JDW)
on 10 Mar 2026
at 17:33
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A straw coloured pour with a ring of white head; light citrus aroma; grainy body with a taste of lime; then a dry bready finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 09 Mar 2026
at 14:39
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Bull & Stirrup, Chester. Pours golden amber with minimal scummy off-white head and good lacing. The aroma is a pleasant blend of soft citrus, pine resin and mixed hops. In the mouth there is briefly a little sweetness before it rapidly become somewhat bitter. Flavour is floral hops, oranges and pine, with traces of spice and mango coming later. A slight spiciness in the finish too. This is decent.
Tried
from Cask
at
Bull and Stirrup Hotel
on 09 Mar 2026
at 13:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2026, Beer#12. Solid enough clear golden ale with a dominant hoppiness, mix of fruits, I can just taste the pine as described in its beer notes, perhaps not without knowing. Its a slightly grittier hopped brew.
Tried
from Cask
at
Regal Moon (JDW)
on 05 Mar 2026
at 20:26