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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7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg @ The Grove, Huddersfield. Golden-blonde with a small head. Has a heavy smoked ham aroma, I can only assume it’s similar to Polish sausage in this respect, hence the name. It’s a little more regular in taste, with a crisp albeit light tropical fruitiness to savour.
Tried from Can on 06 Mar 2016 at 03:53

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Tried at corteridge 2 thanks to The_Osprey, I think. Black colour tan head. Sweet roasted malts. Liquorice, fizz in the body.
Tried on 05 Mar 2016 at 15:20

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cotteridge 2 tasting. Dark brown beer lasting tan head. Almost whiskey aroma. Vanilla. Barrel ageing. It’s quite smooth. Not my thing sweet. OK. Apple brandy.
Tried on 05 Mar 2016 at 06:30

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle share at Ratebeer meet up, Cotteridge Wines, Cotteridge, Birmingham Saturday 5th March 2016 Notes of whisky and wood, thick in the mouth with a lot of oomph... Fruity lots going on, dark brown in colour with a light beige head. Good. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6
Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2016 at 06:26

6.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask @ Three Pigeons, Halifax. Deeper glowing amber ale with a creamy head. Has a full bodied texture with grittier tropical fruits in its nose and a more regular and deep tasting tropical fruitiness in taste.
Tried from Cask on 04 Mar 2016 at 09:27

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Fra cask/gravity på NWAF i Derby 18 Feb 16. Delt med Rune. Svart. Lavt, lett farget skum. Tynn lacing. Sterk sjokoladearoma. Smaken melkesjokolade & lakris. Litt sherry i avslutninga.
Tried from Cask on 02 Mar 2016 at 08:52

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Fra cask/gravity på NWAF i Derby 17 Feb 16. Delt med Rune. Varm gyldenbrun. Filmskum. Anonym metallisk fruktaroma. Smaken lett aprikos. Lett tørr ettersmak.
Tried from Cask on 02 Mar 2016 at 08:14

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2015, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Brass Castle Burnout ].Clear dark brown color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, smoke, meat. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, dark malt, smoked, meat. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150812] 5-2-6-3-11 Cask (handpump) @ NWAF 2015, National Winter Ales Festival (2015), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Brass Castle Burnout ].Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, oyster - sea salty, light smoke. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, sod, smoke, oyster - sea salt water, chocolate, dark malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150212] 6-3-6-3-12
Tried from Cask on 28 Feb 2016 at 04:08

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Keg at the bow bar... Light yellow.. Tiny pink haze... Thin white lacing.. Soft smoke.. Ligh floral fruit nose... Light fruits.. Juicy fruits.. But long soft light all pervasive smoke
Tried on 22 Feb 2016 at 08:37

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at the bow bar. Pours hazy golden, nose is smoked, wheat, vanilla, taste is dry, smoky, yeasty, little harsh.
Tried on 20 Feb 2016 at 10:24