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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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask. Golden colour. Flavour is hoppy, a little bitter, but not aromatic as such.
Tried from Cask on 22 Oct 2005 at 05:58

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask. Dark, red brown colour with a creamy head. Malty, slightly toasted flavour. It has a kind of acidic bitterness.
Tried from Cask on 22 Oct 2005 at 05:56

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
[Cask at Charlies Bar, Copenhagen] A dark orange beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with light notes of fruit - especially peaches. The flavor is sweet malty and very fruity, but also slightly bitter, giving it a very dry end. A good Bitter.
Tried from Cask on 18 Oct 2005 at 17:58

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask Conditioned
Blond color. Light malt and hop aroma. Quite malty taste, well hopped, very pleasant.
Tried from Cask on 17 Oct 2005 at 10:03

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask Conditioned
Hazy blond color. Light hoppy aroma. Good, refreshing taste, quite malty, well hopped and aromatic; some fruitness behind the bitterness. Very good!
Tried from Cask on 17 Oct 2005 at 10:00

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
[Cask at Charlies Bar, Copenhagen] A hazy orange beer with a lazing thin beige head. The aroma is sweet and very flowery, I pick up elderflower and violet. The flavor is sweet and very perfumated and flowery - I find violet to be most dominant. It is too perfumated for me.
Tried from Cask on 11 Oct 2005 at 18:20

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
[Cask at Charlies Bar, Copenhagen] A hazy nut-brown beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet fruity combined with notes of nuts - but a bit on the light side. The flavor is sweet and very malty and with powerful notes of toffee and nuts, leading to a dry bitter and slightly roasted end.
Tried from Cask on 07 Oct 2005 at 19:10

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
[Cask at Charlies Bar, Copenhagen] A hazy orange beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is very lightly hoppy, while the flavor is sweet flowery with a light hoppy end. A great thirst quencher.
Tried from Cask on 26 Sep 2005 at 03:17

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Cask gravity at Kent beer festival. Pale gold colour. American hop nose, good citric flavour. Good tasty session beer, lots of flavour for such a eak beer. Exellent
Tried from Cask on 24 Jul 2005 at 02:51

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Cask at Head of Steam Euston London Mid gold in colour with a hoppy nose and superb balance throughout. More hoppy bitterness on the finish with citric flavours on nose and on finish. Truly excellent citrus golden beer of its type
Tried from Cask on 06 Jul 2005 at 08:34