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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7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Liked it bottle-conditioned in 2001 (3.4) and I like it better on cask today. @ Old Green Tree, Bath. Golden with a thick head. Generously hopped and bitter, woody with light citrusy notes. Assertive and dry, bitter, with a slightly minerally finish.

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2001 at 21:39


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

What an odd beer. Very buttery at first, followed by some firm malt flavours (bread and toffee) but this all disintegrates into a confused finish where a bunch of elements make cameos but none sticks around to give us a real sense of what this beer is all about.

Tried on 06 Feb 2001 at 23:57


7.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Somewhat unusual flavours - smokey, lots of dark malts. One of those beers you remember a long time after you've had it. I had the pleasure of enjoying it from the cask at the Chicago Real Ale Festival, which I only mention because anyone who is serious about beer should attend this fest ASAP.

Tried from Cask on 17 Nov 2000 at 22:05