Brass Castle Brewery

Microbrewery in Malton, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2011

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10A Yorkersgate, Malton, YO17 7AB, England
Description
Brass Castle commenced brewing in a garage as a commercial home brewer in August 2011 initially in Pocklington, East Yorkshire. In December 2013 they relocated to Malton, North Yorkshire and expanded to a 10BBL plant. Over time, new tanks arrived and a Taphouse was established next door. Success, friends, family and the odd bank loan have got us where we are now.

The brewery has always pushed itself to brew interesting beers, under the very deliberate constraint of doing so without the use of animal products. In turn, this caused Brass Castle to develop a house yeast strain and specialised processes that could guarantee the final product. From December 2017, every beer brewed at Brass Castle has been based on a gluten-free beer recipes – on the basis that beer should be made available to as many people as possible. Most recently, the brewery invested in canning line and carbonation tanks, to spread the beers further than they have gone before.

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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can thanks to Leighton. It pours clear deep brown with a small white head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, varnish, pine, toffee, musty, barnyard and honeycomb. The taste is crisp, bitter - sweet, toffee, oily, piney resin, varnish, apricot, stewed orange, tangerine, nectarine with a smooth, warming finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Works pretty well.
Tried from Can on 21 Mar 2016 at 16:00

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can at Bespin thanks to LKS, 21/03/16. Lightly hazed orange amber with a moderate beige covering. Nose is sweet malt, caramel, orange, candy bar. Taste comprises airy malt, caramel, orange peel, overly sweet, syrupy notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, sweet close with light hopping. Not great, sweet and disjointed.
Tried from Can on 21 Mar 2016 at 15:57

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the Templar. Leeds jaunt. Pours clear amber with a thick creamy head. Aromas of almonds, caramel. Taste is light spice, red fruit, more almonds. Chewy finish.
Tried from Cask on 21 Mar 2016 at 08:49

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Tried at The Cardinals Hat, Lincoln. Deep amber colour with a white head. Fruity, caramel aroma, light sweetish taste, with an orange marmalade finish.
Tried on 20 Mar 2016 at 13:26

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask at the bow bar... amber... Small off white head... Soft sweet fruits.. Massive coffee fruits nose... sweet coffee fruits.. Light bitter.. Just Light easy what id image coffee berries
Tried from Cask on 18 Mar 2016 at 14:57

7.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at Cloisters, Edinburgh, Friday 18th March 2016 in the company of Dad and Barry. Clear as a bell, perfect clarity, small white head atop. Burnt coffee beans, more burnt than roasty. The coffee is the prominent flavour here, I guess that there is some caramel sweetness, but the coffee is bolshy. Still for a lower strength beer it has a lot to offer. A7 A5 T7 P3 Ov14 3.6
Tried from Cask on 18 Mar 2016 at 14:20

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Victorian Craft Beer Café, Halifax. Clear golden with a thin head. Has a dry tropical fruit taste that’s not overly stated but does provide enough flavour to enjoy. These linger in its aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 18 Mar 2016 at 03:33

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle split at CCii, thanks to Danny, 05/03/16. Cheshunt brown with a decent off White head. Nose is sweet malt, toffee, fruit cake, dates, brown sugar. Taste comprises toasted brown sugar, syrup and figs, toffee, light spice, fruit loaf. Medium + bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a spur edge. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2016 at 03:27

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Keg @ Victorian Craft Beer Café, Halifax. Golden with a thin head. Has a few hops, with some creamy malty flavours evident. There’s a few malts in its nose too.
Tried on 17 Mar 2016 at 17:11

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at cloisters. Pours clear golden, nose is coffee, toffee, roasted, taste is sweet toffee, dry, coffee, light bitterness.
Tried from Cask on 17 Mar 2016 at 12:27