Sarah Hughes Brewery

Brewpub in Sedgley, West Midlands, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Beacon Hotel (Sarah Hughes)

Established in 1988

Contact
Beacon Hotel, 129 Bilston Street, Sedgley, DY3 1JE, England
Description
The Traditional Black Country Victorian tower brewery and public house was bought at auction in 1921 by Sarah Hughes.

Brewing home-brewed ales until 1957 when the brewery closed. After 30 years lapse the grandson John Hughes lovingly restored the brewery in 1987, keeping the traditional art of brewing alive.

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6/10
Tried on 21 Nov 2014 at 13:55

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask stillage at the Birmingham CAMRA festival 2014. Poured a crystal clear straw colour with a bubbly white head. The aroma is sweet malt citrus hop. The flavour is light bitter sweet with a smooth malt hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 30 Oct 2014 at 05:07

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask at Birmingham Beer Festival; clear amber pour with a frothy white head, citrus aroma, citrus taste and some sweet honey.
Tried from Cask on 30 Oct 2014 at 02:14

7.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 10 Overall 8
Cask @ Engineers Arms, Henlow. Light reddish brown with a bit of white head. Aroma of candy sugar, lingonberries, slight tinge of balsamic vinegar. Taste is a sweet/sour assertion of its strength, with a bitter/sour fruity finish. A tough beer to rate, as it has to be served in optimum condition to appreciate it. Drinking it in a top pub, as is my privilege tonight, helps. But even still, every sip is different, every finish reveals a slightly different shade of its character. Worth exploring for its many facets.
Tried from Cask on 20 May 2014 at 15:48

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask gravity at the Wandsworth beer fest preview night 26/03/14. Pale amber colour lasting white white head. Aromas is berry fruit cake , caramel Malts and some hot alcohol. Flavours are orange , cask and yeast esters. Some hot alcohol. Some signs of a stressed ferment. Palate is full a slick. Sweetish finish. Not bad.
Tried from Cask on 26 Mar 2014 at 12:12

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ Winter Beer Festival, Prince of Wales, Shrewsbury. Pours chestnut brown with a rich taste encompassing plums, fruit cake, dried fruits, spices, dark malts.. not bad at all.
Tried from Cask on 24 Feb 2014 at 01:21

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ Le Gothique Restaurant and Bar, [ Wandsworth Common Beer Festival 2013 ]. Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, John Archer Way, Wandsworth, Greater London, England SW18 3SX.Clear medium yellow orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity, moderate hoppy, pineapple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, pineapple, fresh. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130330]
Tried from Cask on 19 Feb 2014 at 05:02

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ Le Gothique Restaurant and Bar, [ Wandsworth Common Beer Festival 2013 ]. Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, John Archer Way, Wandsworth, Greater London, England SW18 3SX.Clear medium yellow orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity malt, toasted - caramel, light to moderate hoppy, herbs, grass, sharp. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130330]
Tried from Cask on 30 Jan 2014 at 04:32

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Dark ruby in colour with a thin head. It’s strength is just about evident and it has a small sweet character. Medium bodied.
Tried from Cask on 20 Dec 2013 at 14:59

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Gravity cask at Dudley beer festival. Pours orange with a medium head. Aroma is sticky toffee and caramel. Taste has sweet raisin and sticky toffee pudding.
Tried from Cask on 29 Nov 2013 at 08:56