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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7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at The Blue Bell, York. Dark brown, near black, long-lasting beige head. Big chocolate aromas, light vanilla. Sweet taste, more like a milk stout than a porter. Nice though.

Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2014 at 09:32


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

Cask handpull at The Exmouth arms Farringdon. Black beer lasting beige head. Huge chocolate on the aroma. Almost comical chocolate in the mouth like powdered chocolate. 10 years ago this was acceptable. Now? Nope must try harder. Putting more of something into a beer doesn?t mean it?s better. Had to leave it. Way too much chocolate. 2.6 cask gravity at Firkin Alehouse Folkestone. Better than before clearly. Lots of chocolate some vanilla. Ok.

Tried from Cask on 22 Mar 2014 at 11:10


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

Cask at the Lyric, 17/03/14. Black with a good sized tan head that retains well. Nose is sweet chocolate, vanilla essence, caramel fudge, sugary notes. Taste comprises much the same, sweet lickings, choco vanilla fudge. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, massageing on the palate, sweet close. Looks and feels good but overly sweet at the business end for me.

Tried from Cask on 19 Mar 2014 at 06:33


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

5th February 2014
Lightly hazy amber beer, small bubbly white head. Palate is smooth and slightly soft. Mild fine carbonation. Smooth light malt base, whisper of cream. Nice hops - juicy orange - tangerine - lemon. Mild hop sting. Little floralness. Comes together really well to a light finish. Mild fruity linger, Good stuff!

Tried on 24 Feb 2014 at 14:24


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

Amber-brown, thin head. Aroma has a lot of floral hop and the pale. Gets a bit syrupy on the palate, as stronger ales often do with cask.

Tried from Cask on 24 Feb 2014 at 10:44


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Waggon & Horses, York 26 Jan 13. Svart. Medium høyt farget skum. Sterk & god aroma av melkesjokolade. Smaken det samme.

Tried on 16 Feb 2014 at 04:23


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Last Drop Inn, York 26 Jan 13. Gylden. Litt uklar. Lavt tett skum som etterlater teppelacing. Frisk søt aprikosaroma. Smaken litt sukkertøyaktig. Søt. Syrlig & tørr ettersmak.

Tried on 16 Feb 2014 at 04:11


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Hop & Vine, Hull. Purplish-black, opaque. Large beige head. Aroma is faint but pleasant, full of chocolate malt and slight hit of honey. Very sweet with a slight sour-bitter aftertaste. A good mild. I’ve had better but this is perfectly drinkable.

Tried from Cask on 12 Feb 2014 at 01:17


3.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Bottle - Xmas gift. Poured a very dark ruby with a dense tan head. Rather unappealing aroma of Oxo cubes, liquorice and acrid sweetness. Heavy carbonation in the mouth feel. Sweetness continues on the tongue with notes of fudge and vanilla essence and some sharp, bitter coffee. Frankly unpleasant. Finish was toffee, dark malt and banana bread. I don’t like sweet dark beers at the best of times, but this I didn’t care for at all.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2014 at 12:46


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

Cask at the Manchester beer festival.. Golden amber.. Woody hop nose.. Sweet fruits... Cheesy hop finish

Tried from Cask on 25 Jan 2014 at 04:17