Emily’s father & Grandfather Jack & John Sadler started the family printing & publishing business at number 7 Stourbridge road, now The Windsor Castle Inn & Brewery, when the printing industry was booming in the early 80’s.
Print Works to Brewery to Print Works Brewery!
In 2004 John Sadler packed in the printing & transformed the print works into a brewing haven and tap house following in the footsteps of his great, great, grandfather Thomas back in Oldbury in the late 18th Century.
Since then due to Sadler’s ales success the brewery out grew & moved on from its smaller beginnings at The Windsor Castle inn leaving room for a new craft brewery for our family to get creative with!
Inspired by the passion for brewing beer we have continued the family tradition by starting our new Printworks Brewery producing small batches of craft beer to serve in our pub The Windsor Castle Inn and supplying public houses throughout the Black Country.
Gareth enjoys brewing a selection of craft beers packed full of flavour from some of the best English hops & malt available with some extra special limited-edition experimental brews from time to time too.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Lobster from Printworks Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Webbs of Wychbold, near Droitwich. Pours a clear dark ruby-near brown with small beige head. Very malty aroma with nuts, caramel, earthiness. Toasted malts, nuts, bread, earthy, some jam. Light to medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying, slightly dusty mouthfeel. Its ok.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Bumblebees from Printworks Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Webbs of Wychbold, near Droitwich. Never have been a big fan of these honey ales but thought I would try a local one I've not had before. Clear dark gold/light amber with small off white head. Nose: Light caramel malt, floral like hop, honey. Quite nice actually. Taste: Flora, pine needle, toasted malt, light caramel, honey. Nice. Mouthfeel: Smooth light to medium body, mid-fine carbonation. One of the best honey ales I've had and I now realise why I'm mostly adverse. This one still has a good level of hops in it whereas most just rely on the flavouring resulting a sweet malty rich brew. Simple really.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Geneva from Printworks Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Becketts Farm, Wythall. Pours a clear dark gold/light amber with small white head; looks ok. Aroma of biscuit, tea, fusty citrusy floral hops; ok. Taste of biscuit malts with citrus, mango, flora, resin, moderate bitterness; more interesting than I was expecting. Medium bodied, oily, zingy carbonation. Quite good.
Tommann (7637) reviewed Halloween Dream from Printworks Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Windsor Castle, Lye. Pours dark orange with a medium head. Aroma is sweet pumpkin spice and bread. Taste has pumpkin spice, straw and honey.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Geneva from Printworks Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a slightly hazy golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt and yeast. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a smooth, fresh, light juicy passionfruit mango, light floral, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Geneva from Printworks Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hand-pulled half-pint in the Anvil, Shifnal on 23rd April 2023. Clean amber body, off-white crown. Light hop nose with orange like esters, taste more floral with some maltiness.
Tommann (7637) reviewed Letterpress Stout from Printworks Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Windsor Castle, Lye. Pours dark brown with a medium head. Aroma is chocolate and vanilla. Taste has marshmallow to start with a yeasty, grainy vanilla finish.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Helvetica from Printworks Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at The Pup and Duckling, Solihull. Poured a crystal clear golden colour with a short-lived, frothy white head. The aroma is malt, buttery yeast. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, malt, light citrus, woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Geneva from Printworks Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from HAUL!, Birmingham. Aroma had resin with a citrus edge. Opaque amber gold. Thin translucent white head soon thins out. Medium-ish bitterness. Resin. Spice. A tad watered down. Sweet citrus streak. Peripheral floralness. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. The aroma promises more. Ultimately this feels like a restrained IPA, which wants to pack more bitterness.
Tommann (7637) reviewed Hatter from Printworks Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Chequers JDW, Stourbridge. Pours pale gold with a small head. Aroma is straw, lemon and tea. Taste has straw, tea and lemon.