Derby Brewing

Microbrewery in Derby, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 2004

Contact
Unit 11, Masons Place Business Park, Nottingham Road, Derby, DE21 6AQ, England
Description
A family-run craft brewer. Trevor Harris and his wife Kes set up Derby Brewing Company in 2004, they are now semi-retired but still keep a close eye on the beer! Their son Paul is currently the managing director.

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at The Great Western during the RateBeer Black Country Bus Bash. Pours golden with a fine white head. Some citrus in the aroma, dry pale bread too. Light sweet flavor with hay, faint metal, dried orange. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Fairly sweet to finish with more dried citrus. OK
Tried from Cask on 06 Nov 2013 at 02:15

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle 0.5l at home (via alesbymail). BBE APR 14. Colour is clear golden with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, bitterness, some sweetness and malts.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Nov 2013 at 11:09

4/10
Tried on 19 Oct 2013 at 18:30

6/10
Tried on 19 Oct 2013 at 13:11

5.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle bought in Swadlincote to give me some malty company on a train journey. Has a chestnut colour, with a pleasant malty start and fruity hoppy finish.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2013 at 12:21

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
500ml bottle. Clear amber colour with average, creamy, half-way lasting, moderately lacing, off-white head. Grainy, minimally strawy aroma, cautious hints of red berries in the background. Taste is minimally tart, minimally bitter, minimally soapy, minimally grainy and strawy, cautious fruity hinst of pale and red berries.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2013 at 12:02

5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle from Archer Road Beer Stop, Sheffield. Burnished copper, thin white head. Sweet and clarty with nothing balancing that out. Not very nice. At bit Bombardierish.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2013 at 13:28

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
6th July 2013
Black Country Beano. Cask in the Great Western. Clear bright gold beer, tiny white head. Light palate, airy. Fine carbonation. Good orange peel hops over light mellow malt. Light finish. Very good marmalade here! Tastes like a Golden. Looks like too.
Tried from Cask on 14 Jul 2013 at 04:19

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Great Western, Wolvo, on the Rate Beer Black Country Bash, 06/07/13. Clear golden with a thin off white head. Nose is citrus, grpaefruit, hops, orange, caramel. Taste comprises bready malts, orange pith, light hops, mineral notes, biscuity. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, bitterness in the finish. Decent hopped up ESB.
Tried from Cask on 11 Jul 2013 at 13:44

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at The Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a dark mahogany with a bubbly tan head. The aroma is of dry stale malt leading to a medium bitter, liqourice, smoky peat flavour. The palate is little watery and the bitterness in the finish was not the best I’ve tasted.
Tried from Cask on 01 Jun 2013 at 09:00