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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7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Craven Arms; dark brown pour with a frothy tan head, dark fruit aroma, taste is initially sweet with hints of vanilla, dark chocolate, roasted malts very tasty.

Tried from Cask on 03 Aug 2014 at 02:10


5.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

On keg, 1/3 pint at Brigantes Bar & Brasserie. A wheat haze to a grey-golden coloured body. Low patchy layer at the surface. Mild spices on the nose added by citrus. Mixed taste of lemon, orange and ripe banana on a backbone of wheat. Spiced fruity ending. Refreshing and not overly sweet (York 10.07.2014).

Tried on 01 Aug 2014 at 04:04


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Tried on 26 Jul 2014 at 00:29


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Tried on 25 Jul 2014 at 13:56


8

Tried on 25 Jul 2014 at 09:21


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

Cask at The Craven Arms; clear golden amber pour with a frothy white head, grapefruit aroma, taste has sweet honey some fruit action of grapefruit and citrus, pale malts.

Tried from Cask on 25 Jul 2014 at 06:42


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

Cask at The York Tap. Pours clear pale gold, thin white head. Aromas of tropical fruit, citrus, some pine. Taste is bitter, good balancing sweetness. Grapefruit bitter linger. Nice.

Tried from Cask on 24 Jul 2014 at 00:49


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

Keg @ Friends of Ham. Pours hazy yellow. A decent wit with bright wheat flavours, subtle farmhouse yeast and a moreish fruitiness with lemon and banana esters and a touch of spice. Very nice.

Tried on 23 Jul 2014 at 14:47


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

17th July 2014
Chelmsford Summer Beer Fest. Cask. Lightly hazy amber beer. Few pale cream colour bubbles trying to be a head. Palate is light, smooth and semi dry. Not much carbonation. Sweetish caramel malts with a touch of strawberry led berry fruits. Touches of malt cream and esters. Light dry finish. Weird lager. Not at all unpleasant but definitely a little strange.

Tried from Cask on 20 Jul 2014 at 07:14


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

Cask at Maidenhead beer festival 2014. A black coloured pour with virtually no head to speak of. Smokey, malty aroma. Tastes smokey, malty, slightly roasty with a hint of coffee in there too.

Tried from Cask on 20 Jul 2014 at 01:59