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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5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
bottle at home ... amber ... thin white head ... soft toffee malt ... quite metalic ... metallic front ... quite bitter ... musty ... little grassy ... not my things at all
Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2011 at 11:36

6/10
26/5/2011. Cask at The Dove Street Inn Spring Beer Festival.
Tried from Cask at Dove Street Inn on 25 May 2011 at 23:00

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask @ Bon Accord. Light golden colour, white head. Aroma is hoppy and malty, bit of bread. Flavour is malty, fairly hoppy, biscuit. Dry finish. Medium body. Superbly drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 25 May 2011 at 10:31

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Morrisons. Amber colour, thin white head. Aroma is light malted, bit of caramel and fruits. Flavour is caramel malts, some hops and spices. Slightly bitter and dry finish. A bit odd.
Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2011 at 04:56

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Cask at a back street pub in St. Ives. Floral aroma. Pours gold with a creamy white head. Nice fruit and floral aspects. Finishes mildly, but nicely, bitter. Excellent.
Tried from Cask on 13 May 2011 at 13:27

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
50cl bottle from Morrisons. Amber with a small white head and light carbonation; aroma of cherries and summer fruit; but the first taste reveals some sharp, dry, resinous hops, before the fruit and some caramel catch up; there’s a touch of spice and some good hops giving a drawn out finish. An interesting meld of flavours.
Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2011 at 04:21

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Trade with Papsø. 50 cl. bottle. BB march 2010. Pours hazy yellow with a small off white head. Nose is citric and grainy. Some dusty floral and citrussy hops. A bit of cellar and oxidation - besides of that, drinkable- yet a bit bland and ordinary.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2011 at 06:46

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
bottle. golden colour with a white head. Aroma is hop, flower, citrus. Flavour is hop, flower, malt, citrus. Ordinary beer.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2011 at 02:39

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Waitrose. Deep gols in colour with a slight white head. Citrussy hop character with some sweetish mats and a decent, dry finish. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Apr 2011 at 13:59

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On tap at The Windmill, pours pale yellow. Aroma and flavour of light floral hops balanced by English-style malts, with a slightly bitter finish. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 24 Mar 2011 at 09:32