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

Can from Eltham Wines. Murky golden orange pour with a white head. Aromas of passionfruit, kiwifruit, lychee, gooseberry jam, oats. Flavours of passionfruit, guava, grapefruit, kiwifruit, more oats. Oaty, fruity hoppy aftertaste.

Tried from Can on 10 Apr 2024 at 19:48


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

@ Londinium Cask Festival IV @ Treefolk's

Tried from Cask on 07 Apr 2024 at 17:56


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Crafty Merlins, Darlington. Gluten Free. Black brown colour, beige foam head and aroma of roast malt, chocolate, biscuit, doughnuts, coffee. Taste is sweet, roasty, malty, caramel, rich chocolate, dark fruit, coffee, with biscuit, doughnut and tangy nutty bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, sweet chocolatey bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask on 04 Apr 2024 at 19:11


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Good Spirits, Glasgow. Black with no head. Perhaps not the most stated of stouts but there's enough here, especially in its aftertaste where its chocolate does linger long. Before that its aroma and to an extent taste has some hoppiness and floralness about it.

Tried from Can on 02 Apr 2024 at 06:26


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

Can at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Golden orange pour with a white head. Peach, citrus & tropical fruit aromas. Taste is orange marmalade, apricot jam, splash of tropical fruits. Sweet fruity mouthfeel. Lightly hoppy finish.

Tried from Can on 31 Mar 2024 at 21:55


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

Cask at Crafty Merlins, Darlington. Gluten Free. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of citrusy hops. Taste is malt, caramel, biscuit, with zesty citrus and hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask on 29 Mar 2024 at 16:21


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

Cask at Egglescliffe Beer Festival, 29th March 2024. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of malt, grain, fruity, custard hint. Taste is sweetish, malt, biscuity, bready, rhubarb hint, custard vanilla note with some tangy light bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying mild bitter finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Cask on 29 Mar 2024 at 12:10


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

(Cask at Cock Tavern, Hackney, London, 17 Nov 2023) Dark brown colour, almost black, with brief head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of chocolate, vanilla, milky coffee and caramel. Malty, roasted, sweet taste with chocolate, vanilla, caramel, nuts and a mild roasty bitterness. Medium body, quite sweet. On the sweet side, but rich and really tasty. Very nice.

Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2024 at 21:23


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can from HOTM. Gluten Free. Reddish tinged amber colour, foamy off-white foam head and aroma of malt, spices. Taste is malt, bready, spice, with cardamon, clove, ginger, cinnamon, some warming chilli heat and peppery bitterness. Mediujm bodied, soft carbonation, dry warming spiced finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Can on 22 Mar 2024 at 18:18


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at ORB Darlington. Gluten Free. Clear orangey amber-gold colour, white foam head and aroma of malt, citrus. Taste is sweetish, malty, bread, biscuit, fruity with citrusy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy citric bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask on 17 Mar 2024 at 16:51