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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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask gravity at Kent BF 07. Copper, lasting bubbly beige head. Actually a great session bitter, good malt/hop combo, hop on end was very good. Balanced and drinkable. I liked it.
Tried from Cask on 02 Aug 2007 at 13:02

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
bottle, bought at Tucker’s Maltings in Newton Abbot. Blackcolour, lovelly aroma of coffee and chocolate. Full-bodied, lovelly flavours of chocolate, toffee, coffee, roasted malt. Wel-rounded by hops and a pleasant fruitiness.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2007 at 12:11

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Amber-red with a slight white head. Aroma of sweet malt, red fruit and marzipan. Flavour was predominantly of redcurrants with a hoppy finish to provide balance. Excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2007 at 14:21

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@Beer Hunters
Dark amber color with good off-white head. Strong honeyish hoppy aroma. Malty but quite pale malty and hoppy, but not aggressive for IPA. Licorice notes. Light as you can expect from 3.6 % beer but ok for sessions.
Tried from Cask on 28 Jul 2007 at 10:45

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. Bottle conditioned. ABV is 6.0%. Brewed by RCH Brewery, bottled by Integrated Bottling Solutions. Amber coloured beer, huge and lasting off-white head. Pleasant hoppy and fruity aroma, also hints of toffee and oak. The flavour is fruity and malty, with a noticeable alcohol presence. Dry hops in the finish. A powerful extra strong bitter, but no session beer - one bottle is enough.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2007 at 13:36

8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. ABV is 5.0%. Beautiful deep amber colour, large off-white head, leaves a nice lacing. Sweetish aroma with plenty of malts, notes of caramel, bakery and raisins. The flavour is very rich and malty, but also fruity with well balanced hops. Not too sweet. Hoppy aftertaste. A first class premium bitter in my book.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2007 at 08:48

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. Bottle conditioned. ABV is 5.3%. Golden colour, hazy. Large and lasting off-white head. Nice hoppy / citrussy aroma. The flavour is also distinctly hoppy throughout, but there is also a noticeable presence of alcohol - in a blind test I would have guessed that the beer was somewhat stronger than 5.3%. There’s a moderate sweetness in the background. Moreish.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2007 at 10:22

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask handpull at Waterend Barn, St Albans. Copper colour with creamy cream head. Beer is fine. Decent juicy fruity malt. Decent hop on finish. Above average bitter. Good bitterness.
Tried from Cask on 09 Jul 2007 at 08:04

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask cask and barrel edinburgh ... amber tight foam head ... soft hop nose ... strong summerfruit hit ... juicy fruity odd not unpleasent fruity hop finnish.
Tried from Cask on 04 Jul 2007 at 13:55

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle, 6.0% at KØ07. Spicy aroma with a little ginger. Hazy golden colour, very small head. Quite nice spicy flavour, again reminding me of ginger.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2007 at 08:13