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.

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

Hand-pulled pint at the Wrekin Inn on Sunday afternoon, 19th October 2025. Clean and clear but dull golden body, white crust on top. Easy going brew with a slight fruit leaning in both the aroma and taste, nice blend of hops and malts.

Tried from Cask at Wrekin Inn on 19 Oct 2025 at 14:30


6.5

Tried at the Nottingham beer

Tried from Cask on 10 Oct 2025 at 16:17


6.5

Correction of beer tried at the Nottingham beer festival.

Tried from Draft on 10 Oct 2025 at 16:13


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Tried from Cask on 08 Oct 2025 at 19:15


6.5

Less tart and more fruit sweet.

Tried from Cask on 08 Oct 2025 at 19:02


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

Cask at the Strugglers Inn, Lincoln. Pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are light citrus but slightly thin.

Tried from Cask on 13 Sep 2025 at 11:30


5.5

Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2025 at 18:13


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

Tried from Cask on 25 Aug 2025 at 14:12


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Tried from Cask at Peterborough Beer Festival (CAMRA) on 25 Aug 2025 at 12:15


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5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

21/8/2025. Cask at the 33rd East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds.

Tried from Cask on 22 Aug 2025 at 06:29