About
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.
Filter & sort
Show
Anders37 (30296) reviewed
Old Slug Porter from RCH
20 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ Bishop’s Arms Malmö. Black/ dark brown colour. Small tan head. Roasted malt and chocolate in the aroma. Taste is roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. It has more stout taste to me than porter taste. But i like it.
Tried from Cask on 03 Nov 2005 at 18:35
RichTigers (5280) reviewed
PG Steam from RCH
20 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Cloudy brown beer with a strong head. The aroma is fairly dry with a toffee finish and the flavour is refreshing, slightly watery but with a long bitter and toffee/caramel finish. Overall an average beer, nice though.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2005 at 19:07
RichTigers (5280) reviewed
Steam Fair from RCH
20 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@Nottingham Beer Festival. Golden beer witha light fruity aroma and a sour fruity flavour. Overall a nice beer.
Tried from Cask on 28 Oct 2005 at 15:51
fiulijn (28377) reviewed
Steam Harvest from RCH
20 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask Conditioned
Hazy golden color, thin creamy head, nice lace. Too simple aroma. Some malt flavor, and medium bitter final with some aromatic hop, caramel and light fudge, but too simple, overall.
Tried from Cask on 25 Oct 2005 at 08:16
oh6gdx (52920) reviewed
Old Slug Porter from RCH
21 years ago
5.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Casked. Dark amber colour, creamy small beige head. Weak roasted malt in flavour along with some malty hints. Dry (weak) roasted malt and some fruits in flavour. Dry finish and a bit sticky palate.
Tried from Cask on 03 Oct 2005 at 14:11
TBone (31510) reviewed
Old Slug Porter from RCH
21 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask conditioned @Akkurat
Very dark ruby, creamy small cappuchino head. Sweetish coffee nose. Roasted, a bit sweet, licorice in the flavor. Watery but interesting session porter.
Tried from Cask on 03 Oct 2005 at 13:54
oh6gdx (52920) reviewed
Double Header from RCH
21 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Casked. Golden colour, creamy mediumsized white head. Sweet fruitish aroma. Caramellish and fruity, very pleasant flavour. A bit hoppy finish. Dry and a bit sticky palate.
Tried from Cask on 27 Sep 2005 at 01:30
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Steaming Santa from RCH
21 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask gravity dispense at Blakes, Dover December 2004. Ruby colour with thinnish head. This ale has some good malt and not bad for a Christmas seasonal
Tried from Cask on 04 Sep 2005 at 06:51
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
East Street Cream from RCH
21 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
cask at county hotel jdw ashford. copper with good beige head v malty lots of toffee caramel on aroma not a lot of hop but some on end mostly malts dominate
Tried from Cask on 22 Aug 2005 at 16:04
CloakedDagger (38094) reviewed
Double Header from RCH
21 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
(Bottle 50 cl) Pale amber golden with a pretty, creamy head. Malty, sweetish aroma. Malty, aromatic body and a pronounced bitter finish. Surprisingly delicate for a bottled Bitter. 290705
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2005 at 14:13