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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440ml can from Good Spirit Co, Glasgow. Pours a very dark brown with a small white head. Aromas & tastes of cinnamon, spice, cherry, vanilla & sweet malt. Medium body. Sweet finish
Tried from Can on 07 Jan 2025 at 16:12

5/10
Tried on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:56

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Can from LCB, consumed ten days before BBE. Clear gold with brief fizz. Aroma of lemon, flora and wheat. Taste of sour lemon, some rind, hint of unami from the miso but not overdone. Salty tart finish. Quite refreshing, fairly straightforward.
Tried from Can on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:07

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Can from LCB, consumed 11 days before BBE. Pours a misted gold with small white top. Classic aroma of banana, clove, bread. Taste of banana, moderate sour lemon peel, wheat, grassy hop, touch of bubble-gum. Medium bodied, highish carbonation, quite dry but still refreshing.
Tried from Can on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:07

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Can from LCB, consumed 2 weeks after BBE. Light hazed golden brown pour with off white head. Aroma starts quite flowery and then almond essence cherries and fruit cake come in. Taste of almond oil, bread, lemon zest, cinnamon, cherries. I was expecting something bakewell tart like but its more bready and the almond element a touch artificial/stale. I did like the cherries, dried fruit and richness to the malt however. Nice medium body for the strength and fine carbonation works well.
Tried from Can on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:07

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Pours dark brown/near black with small beige top. Aroma has big coffee notes mixed with dry roast, slight sour dark berry hint, some chocolate. Taste brings all this together well - bitter coffee and roast to begin, then a sweetness with creamy to dark chocolate, hint of berry and nuts, then back to a bitter coffee finish. Medium bodied, slightly chewy, not overtly rich.
Tried on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:05

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Can from House of Trembling Madness. Pours black with small beige head, reduces down quite quickly. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, vanilla, cinnamon and other spices. Taste of roasted malts, chocolate and vanilla, cinnamon, clove, some coffee bitterness. Very nice.
Tried from Can on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:03

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440ml can and my first from this brewery. Cloudy amber with small white head. Malty, pine and citrus aroma. Bitter, caramel, pine, lime in the flavour. Bitter hoppy pine resin finish. Medium body, soft carbonation. Surprisingly old style malty amber IPA and with a name like Sunshine you expect something less resinous and much more light in nature. Still its ok.
Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:25

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440ml can. Cloudy gold, moderate sized white fluffy head, roaring fine carbonation, leaves a nice consistent top. Peach, citrus, yeast on the nose; fairly fresh in aroma. Peach and citrus give a light start but finishes with a piney resin bitter finish. A bit grassy in the middle. Light to moderate body, slightly cloying, soft carbonation. Would prefer a bit more depth of hop flavour but Its pretty good.
Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:25

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440ml can. Pours a dark drown, moderate sized beige head. Aroma of maple syrup, nuts, light roasted malts; inviting. The flavours come together a treat, toasted malts then the maple syrup, chocolate and nut element. A good bittersweet balance. It's not too heavy not to light on the palate, slightly dry. Just very well made.
Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:25