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.
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the Semi-Final Tasting, London. Pours clear gold with a small, fluffy white foam. Some doughy and biscuity malts on the nose. Light sweet flavor, some doughy pale malts, mild straw and faint lemon. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Slightly dry finish, some weak straw and dough, faint white sugar. Nice and fresh. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2012
at 10:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is floral, herbal, fruity and mild caramel notes. Flavour is fruity, caramelly and also has some mild bitter notes in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Jun 2012
at 20:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Asda: golden colour with a long lasting cream head. Citrus aroma, and a refreshing zesty grapefruit taste with a sweet finish. An excellent blonde.
Originally rated: 9/12/06
Originally rated: 9/12/06
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2012
at 13:26
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
500ml bottle. Pours gold with a medium head. Aroma is eggy and straw. Taste has and straw. Gassy with co2 in the bitter finish. About as interesting as the jubilee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2012
at 13:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white and creamy dense head. Aroma is mild fruity and vague toasted malt. Smooth fruity, vague citrusy. Crisp hoppy, dry and light straw note. Smooth fruity and crisp bitter dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 May 2012
at 07:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, wooden, grassy, malty with some slight herbal notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, caramelly, mild hebal and zesty notes. Balanced and refreshing.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 May 2012
at 08:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, bready, floral and some mild doughy notes. Flavour is fruity, floral and a bit earthy with some mild nectary notes. Also some slight saltyness in it.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 May 2012
at 07:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Tesco poured into an English pint glass. I love this beer and it's grown on me over time and is in danger of becoming my standard summer beer! It reminds me of Duvel, but without the alcohol. It has a slightly bitter, floral and citrus taste. It's pleasant but not overpowering. Lovely lingering palate that positively begs you to hold onto your glass rather than putting it down. Serve cool but not cold. We don't want to kill all those lovely flavours do we? ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2012
at 13:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
June 2009
Draft. Clear dark brown beer. Soft palate. Very well balanced. Just a touch sour which makes it interesting. Malty sour with a little hop. Semi dry finish.
Draft. Clear dark brown beer. Soft palate. Very well balanced. Just a touch sour which makes it interesting. Malty sour with a little hop. Semi dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Apr 2012
at 07:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask, handpump at FFTMC, Oxford, at Oxford Folk Festival Morris dancing with KBO Sunday 22.04.12 Pours gold with great clarity, slim white head. As the description suggest the nose is a little floral however I wouldn’t have guessed that this had New Zealand hops. Tastes quite thick in the mouth, nice bitterness, some citrus. Good beer. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Apr 2012
at 10:28