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.
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@GBBF 2009. Golden color, small white head. Apples and some honeyish hops in the nose. Honeyish flavor with fruity (pear, apples) notes. Sweetish blonde ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2009
at 14:44
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@GBBF2009. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is quite sweet malts, some bitter wood as well as some floral hops. Flavour is bready, fruity, a bit doughy and floral, but still is quite pleasant and drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2009
at 02:21
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ 3 Judges. Amber colour, off-white head. Aroma is toffee, burned sugar, some toastiness. Flavour of caramelized sugar and toffee. Thin bodied.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2009
at 04:35
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Blackfriars. Golden colour, off-white head. Aroma is hoppy and soft. Flavour is hoppy and fruity. Soft. Slightly dry and bitter finish. Good drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Aug 2009
at 05:37
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ 3 Judges. Light golden colour, white head. Aroma is flowery. Flavour is flowery, fruity. Has some sour candy and spices maybe? Slightly dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Aug 2009
at 05:32
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ 3 Judges. Hazy amber colour, off-white head. Aroma has caramel malts. Flavour has caramel malts, some bitterness, toffee. Fairly bitter finish. A bit bland.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Aug 2009
at 05:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Bow bar ... Golden yellow ... light fruit hop nose ... light sweet dry hop .. little blackcurrant... claimed it was a lager.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jul 2009
at 12:50
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark brown with a small off-white head. Fruity aroma with caramel and roasted malt, and a touch of butter. Sweet and fruity flavour with a slightly roasted finish.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2009
at 05:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask handpull at Alexandra Hotel, Derby. Gold, lasting white head. Slightly ascetic strong golden beer, not overly syrupy, alcohol not too present. Yeah just a bit too ascetic, decent lemon and fullness in mouth. 2.8/5.0. Re-rate 33cl bottle from Sainsburys Ashford. Clear orange gold colour with lasting thick white head. Good strong satsuma aroma hoppy. Really drinkable. Good fullness in mouth. Still a little of that ascetic hop flavour I got on cask. Aroma is good, mouthfeel is good. Just some pale malts in mouth so nothing too exciting. Finish could be a little better, but the sharp satsuma finish is good.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Jul 2009
at 05:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 8/07/09. Deep gold in colour with a decent, off-white head. Aroma of apricots and grassy hops. Flavour had a touch of sweetness, before a touch of citrus hop and dry finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jul 2009
at 13:57