RCH

Microbrewery in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 1983

Closed in 2017

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West Hewish, Weston-super-Mare, UK - BS24 6RR, England
Description
Brewing started behind the Royal Clarence Hotel, and in those days trading as the Royal Clarence Hotel Brewery, in Burnhan-on-Sea in August 1982. A 5 barrel brew plant was used primarily to supply the hotel only. The brewery was taken over in May 1984 and the beers became more available in the free trade. Due to problems with the water supply, the brewery was using that much that hotel guests could not wash, the brewery moved in January 1993 to an old cider mill in West Hewish, Weston-super-Mare. Capacity was tripled during the move and in 2000 work started on upgrading the plant to a 30 barrel brew length. The brewery closed in early 2017 but relaunched shortly afterwards as Pitchfolk Brewery.

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5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
500 ml bottle sampled in 2009 as On the Tiles. Golden body with a big, dense off-whiter head. A bit weak aroma of malt, caramel and toast. Flavor is light malty, caramel and moderate bitter. A bit watery body and short aftertaste, Drinkable, but rather boring and uninspired.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2013 at 13:42

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Golden with a small head. It has a potent aroma with an aniseed edge, but not a huge amount of ’wheat’ character.
Tried on 16 Apr 2013 at 08:06

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
10th April 2013
Hamilton Hall Spoons. Clear gold beer, little white head. Palate is light, semi dry and slightly crisp. Pleasant orange marmalade and lemony citrus with a whisper of bubblegum. Marmalade bitter linger. Not bad at all but not very wheaty.
Tried on 13 Apr 2013 at 08:58

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at Akkurat, April 2013. Clear copper with a minimal head. Aroma and taste of malt, light hops and grain. Also light notes of toffee. Soft and very drinkable. A nice one.
Tried from Draft on 10 Apr 2013 at 02:15

5.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Pours brass-amber with a tall, frothy, long-lasting , parchment head. Floral hop scent, pear, apple. Taste is slightly bitter-sweet...soft fruit, malt, yeast. Very mild. Not bad, but a bit flat.
Tried on 23 Mar 2013 at 16:59

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
50cl bottle @ home. Clear orange golden color, full sized, decently lasting, fair to good lacing, lightly creamy, white to off-white head. Smell malts, lightly hops, lightly fruity. Taste malts, pretty bitter and a light fruitiness. Medium carbonation, medium body. Quite decent.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2013 at 13:43

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Shared with Finn, half pint, cask at NWAF ’13. Deep dark golden body. Naked surface. Dusty hops and bready malts to the nose. Dried fruity taste with notes of dates added by caramel malts. Mid-sweet vinous ending. Warming alcohol. Medium plus bodied. Nice (Manchester, 23.01.2013).
Tried from Cask on 07 Feb 2013 at 11:55

6.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at NWAF, 2013. Didn’t make a note of the colour for some reason..never mind. Marmalade and calvados apple aroma. Toffee apple and caramel flavour with some soft fruit. Long sweet finish.
Tried from Cask on 27 Jan 2013 at 12:08

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
A colabrown beer with a big, almost creamy and beige head. Aroma of chocolate, roastiness, hint of liquirice, lactose and red berries. Nice and unique aroma that inspirate to taste. Taste of roased malts, black coffee, some chocolate, also some bitterness. An aftertaste is dry and roasted, but not burned. Ligh+ bodied, mild carbonation, quite smooth to drink. Succesfull Porter with nice complexicity and lots of taste.
Tried on 23 Jan 2013 at 11:52

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at home 16th December 2012, not bad, not enough smoke for me, but thought it was ok
Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2012 at 07:24