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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.
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.
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Windsor Castle, Lye. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is yeasty, milky cocoa. Taste has yeasty cocoa.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Nov 2022
at 21:41
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle online from The Hop Vault, Stourbridge. Pours clear gold towards amber with a white cap. Aroma: grains, biscuit malts, floral, earthy hops. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, biscuit malts, citrus, light caramel, grassy. Medium body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2022
at 22:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Windsor Castle, Lye. Pours dark gold with a small head. Aroma is peach, mango jelly and lime. Taste has mango jelly and tangerine.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Aug 2022
at 19:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Windsor Castle, Lye. Pours pale gold with a small head. Aroma is eggy straw. Taste is smooth, slightly crisp with eggy minerals.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Aug 2022
at 19:04
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
Bottle online from Hop Vault, Stourbridge. Pours clear gold with a smidge of a white cap. Aroma: grains, honey, caramel. Taste: moderate sweet with lighter bitterness, honey, Bit of hop bite on the finish. Light body with light carbonation
Tried
from Bottle
from The Hop Vault
on 04 Aug 2022
at 19:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask at Pigs Ear '21, day two, 01/12/21. Golden amber with an off white covering. Nose is nutty, grains, stewed fruits, crackers. Taste comprises fruit esters, hint of apple, breads, grains. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Okay golde.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Dec 2021
at 17:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the pigs ear beer festival 2021. A mostly clear amber orange coloured pour with a a loose greyish head. Aroma is semi sweet, jammy grape, schloer, cola cubes.. Earthy. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, apple, blackcurrant, grape,. Grape, dry tannin. Ok. Palate is semi sweet, tannin. Ok, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Dec 2021
at 17:55
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Gravity cask at Pigs Ear 2021 - Hackney. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white head. Medium sweet flavour with notes of apple, tangerine, white bread. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, more apple notes, very slight bitter hay. Quite so so.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2021
at 21:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Third of a gravity dispensed pint at the Kidderminster Beer Festival on 6th November 2021. Amber body, white head. Orange esters and flavours ruled the nose and taste, all a bit 'strange', at also interesting I suppose!
Tried
on 07 Nov 2021
at 09:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Nottingham Beer Festival 2021. Rich deep red colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste are earthy and dry. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2021
at 14:23