Printworks Brewery

Brewpub in Lye, West Midlands, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2019

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The Windsor Castle Inn, 7 Stourbridge Road, Lye, DY9 7DG, England
Description
Inspired by our family heritage and tradition as well as a love for craft beer we have launched a brand new craft brewery located behind our pub The Windsor Castle Inn, Lye.

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.

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6.4
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.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:05


7
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.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:05


6.8
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.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:02


6.8
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.

Tried from Cask on 10 Nov 2023 at 19:21


6.8
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.

Tried from Cask on 16 May 2023 at 18:54


6.1
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.

Tried on 21 Apr 2023 at 12:46


6.6
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.

Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2023 at 12:45


6.4
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.

Tried from Cask on 04 Feb 2023 at 15:28


6.6
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.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2023 at 19:23


6.4
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.

Tried from Cask on 19 Jan 2023 at 19:57