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
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - deep amber/brown. Hazy. Nice fluffy head, possibly a touch lively. Nose - caramel and biscuits. Taste - light spiced biscuits, more caramel or fudge. Palate - medium bodied, creamy in the middle, dry crunchy finish. Overall - a bit single dimensional, but generous.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2017 at 07:19


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - deep copper. Nice fluffy head. Nose - strawberry jam (with real fruit). Taste - more strawberry jam with biscuits. Jammy Dodgers again. Palate - close to medium bodied with a crunchy texture and a long dry crunchy finish. Overall - good beer.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2017 at 06:17


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours clear amber with a thick bubbly white head. Aromas of strawberries, light astringent malt. Taste is jammy dodgers. Light sweet finish.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2017 at 06:16


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On cask at Cloisters. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - meadow flowers and custard. Taste - more sweet custard notes. Lemon, but again it’s sweeter than usual. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - solid traditional style ale.

Tried from Cask on 30 Jan 2017 at 16:05


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

Cask at cloisters. Pours clear golden, nose is cereal, floral, taste is sweet, floral, grainy.

Tried from Cask on 25 Jan 2017 at 10:34


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

Cask at cloisters. Pours clear golden, nose is floral, toffee, light citrus, taste is sweet, lemon, chewy toffee, floral.

Tried from Cask on 19 Jan 2017 at 11:02


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

cask golden dry medium bitterness earthy bit citric oro buonaschiuma secca amaro piuttosto terrosi filo citrico

Tried from Cask on 19 Jan 2017 at 09:55


8.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Piwo ma fajna kremowa na jeden palec grubosc pianki, kolor miedziano-herbaciany, zapach suszonego siana i trawy. W smaku trawiaste, goryczkowe konkretnie, nieco kremowosci brytyjskiego pudinga, gorycz wszechobecna zdominowala nawet te srednia slodowosc. Nieco oleiste i jakby tluste piwo. Bitter mocno nachmielowy. I like that.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2017 at 16:52


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Railwaymans Arms, Bridgenorth, Shropshire. Poured a slightly hazy light amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is malt, floral yeast, light hop bitter. The flavour is moderate to light bitter with a light smooth floral grainy light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 31 Dec 2016 at 10:55


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Fra cask på Great Western Hotel, Exeter 27 Sep 16. Lys kopperfarget. Lett plomme- / druearoma. Tynn tett lacing. Smaken frisk syrlig frukt. Tørr & bitter etter hvert. Hint av grapefrukt.

Tried from Cask on 14 Dec 2016 at 04:13