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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6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at Chriso easter tasting. Thanks to Paul for this one. Dark caramel / orange coloured pour with a frothy cream head. Aroma is dusty, musty, light caramel, toffee, malts. Flavour is composed dark unrefined sugars, woody, syrup, nutty, twigs, Bit of hot alcohol. Palate is semi sweet, highish carbonation. Little bit of vanish.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2015 at 17:13


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On cask at the Bow Bar. Appearance - lovely auburn with a thin head. Nose - red fruits and toffee. Taste - earthy, spicy, toffee and red fruits. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy yet tangy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - good beer.

Tried from Cask on 28 Apr 2015 at 07:23


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns, Bristol March 2015. Golden in colour, with a white head. A touch of floral biscuity malts, a touch of stone fruit and moderately bitter finish. Good.

Tried from Cask on 25 Apr 2015 at 03:52


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at cloisters. Pours clear gold, thick white head. Aromas are light buttery lemon, light caramel. Clean malty taste, light bitter. Clean finish.

Tried from Cask on 24 Apr 2015 at 02:05


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask @ Grapes, Liverpool. Glowing clear dark copper with a small head. Has a grainy-biscuit malt aroma and taste with hints of chocolate in here too - all very tasty. It’s texture is good too and feels good in the palate.

Tried from Cask on 23 Apr 2015 at 13:25


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

23rd April 2015: 500ml bottle BBE of Sep 2015. Poured into a UK pint sleeve at home. Slight haze to the orange/amber body, on top a full uneven white foam blanket. Hops all the way and very bitter with a hidden malty backbone that fails to temper the hop bitterness too greatly. I really liked it, the wife not so. Strangely I was talking to my daughter who lives in California while I was drinking this beer: it could have been brewed where she lives in Orange County such was the hoppiness.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2015 at 12:17


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask. North Riding Brew Pub, Scarborough. Clear, very dark brown. Thin, and bubbly, lasting, tan head. Dark chocolate, and coffee malts. Dark cherry tang. Taste is bittersweet. A little dryness. Smooth palate, with a liqueur booziness. Finishes dry, with more of the bittersweet tang. Nice one.

Tried from Cask on 22 Apr 2015 at 09:44


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

4th April 2015
ChrisOs Easter Tasting. Thanks to Paulinho. Hazy amber beer, good cream colour head. Palate is airy and semi dry with good fine carbonation. Light smooth malts, airy and a little creamy. Brandy creamy sweetness. Some wood and whisky underneath. Light finish. Nice.

Tried on 19 Apr 2015 at 06:22


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at cloisters... Golden amber... Big off tan head.... Soft Dull floral fruit nose... Dry fruits.. Soft fruits

Tried from Cask on 17 Apr 2015 at 10:38


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at Mother Kelly’s, 05/04/15. Black with a decent tan swirl and edgeing. Nose is rich chocolate, dark berry fruits, sweet notes, biscuit. Taste comprises black forest gateuax, chocolate biscuit, cherries, biscuit crumble. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent stuff.

Tried on 11 Apr 2015 at 13:54