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 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask gravity at Catford BF 06. Clear gold with disappearing head. Some caramel on this, otherwise a bit dull. Some hop on end. OK, but dull.
Tried from Cask on 10 Jun 2006 at 06:16

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled picked up in Herefordshire. Pours a warm golden colour with a white quite frothy head, definately quite hoppy but also citrusy lemonyness and good crisp bite the best of the RCH beers I’ve had but still I have had much better.
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2006 at 14:51

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle picked up in Herefordshire. Pours a dark brown with coffee and hint of dark chocolate in the aroma, has a roasted flavour and is quite dry but a little bit of sweetness. I have had this beer frequently, why I don’t know as I have never been particularly impressed
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2006 at 14:47

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled Herefordshire. Reddy brown coloured, some hops and malt present in the aroma but not too much, malty and pleasantly bitter this was a good if unspectacular ale.
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2006 at 14:44

6.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at Rook & Gaskill York 5 May 06. Brown colour. A creamy white lasting head clinging to the glass. Very pretty. Fruity aroma. A nice bitter aftertaste - after a while.
Tried from Cask on 30 May 2006 at 13:44

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tap, bow bar, edinburgh. Regular bitter. Looks like regular tea. Some english hop, bit dry. Ok beer.
Tried from Draft on 07 Apr 2006 at 10:41

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. Small creamy lasting head. Taste is coffee and chocolate. Dry sweet finish. Good palate.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2006 at 06:05

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask handpull at Red Lion, Isleworth. Golden with lasting creamy white head. Good mouth feel, bit grainy. Nice beer. Fine hoppy aroma, really quite juicy in the mouth and with fine malts.
Tried from Cask on 24 Mar 2006 at 11:01

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
6th DRG. Hazy orange color, short head. Goldings hops in aroma, bit flowery. Sweet and bitter taste, bit flowery.
Tried on 27 Feb 2006 at 12:24

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Casked. Amber/copper colour, mediumsized head. Fruity bitter aroma. Hayish, flowery bitter flavour. Quite standard cask bitter. Flowery hops in aftertaste. Not that much "oakish" (or whatever) hints many casked ales do have in them.
Tried from Cask on 29 Jan 2006 at 13:52