Brass Castle Brewery
Microbrewery in Malton, North Yorkshire, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Established in 2011
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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 โ 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.
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 โ 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.
6/10
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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
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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
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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
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ GBBF 2015. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty smoky chocolate and caramel aroma. roasted malty smoky caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty smoky caramel finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2016
at 04:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask @ The Salopian Bar, Shrewsbury. Pours clear gold with thin white head. Sweet yeasty aroma. Surprisingly sweet, yeasty taste. Belgian yeasty perhaps? Even some banana esters coming through. Very decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2016
at 13:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Golden with a small head. Has a light tropical fruit aroma and taste with small pale ale dryness.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Feb 2016
at 05:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the bow bar. Pours clear amber, nose is orange, peach, taste is juicy peach and sweet toffee.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Feb 2016
at 13:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the bow bar. Pours clear golden, nose is toffee, peach, little cheesy, taste is sweet, fruity, dry.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Feb 2016
at 13:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the bow bar... Copper.. Small white head.. Soft sweet fruits floral fruit... Oily cheesy fruits...
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Feb 2016
at 12:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Black with a thin creamy off-white head. Potent in its mix of sweetened dark and roasted malts. Fairly smooth in its texture, itโs a little more stated in its roasted variety in taste, with a lingering aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Feb 2016
at 06:41