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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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
31/5/2024. From cask at the 37th Colchester Real Ale and Cider Festival. Pours, clear dark amber bronze with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is sweet, bready, toffee, candy, chocolate, sugars. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, oily/sticky, soft carbonation. Sweet candy finish. Decent.
Tried from Cask on 02 Jun 2024 at 16:27

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at Crafty Merlins, Darlington. Gluten Free. Clear bright golden colour, white foam head and aroma of citrus, hops. Taste is sweet, malt, caramel, biscuit, with tangy citrusy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 02 Jun 2024 at 15:36

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at Crafty Merlins, Darlington. 3.9% version with updated branding. Gluten Free. Amber colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, toffee, earthy. Taste is sweetish, malty, toffee, bready, roasty hint, with some earthy bitterness. Smooth, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried from Cask on 02 Jun 2024 at 14:58

7/10
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - golden and clear with no head. Nose - lemon and lime, something green, possibly the miso. Also, salty edge. Taste - lemon and lime, general shandy feel, not so sour though. Palate - tangy and light to medium bodied, salty edge. Overall - enjoyable.
Tried from Can on 26 May 2024 at 10:32

7/10
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - golden amber with a thin wispy off-white head. Nose - toffee, red fruit and generally bready. Of the spices, cardamom is coming through the most, they are generally subtle. Taste - so chilli up front, then into strawberry jam, followed in with toffee and light breadiness. Palate - medium bodied, a little sweet and rich through middle and finish. Then a very late smoky note. Overall - good.
Tried from Can on 26 May 2024 at 10:28

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Cardinals Hat, Lincoln. Golden colour with a thin white head. Aroma and taste are surprisingly light seeef passion fruity. Light body.
Tried from Cask on 18 May 2024 at 14:46

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Keg draught at the Two-Tailed Lion, Leicester. Light amber, clear with a small swirl of off-white head and a fair bit of lacing. Malty aroma, gentle resinous notes, getting plenty of white pepper and chili. Sweet taste, spices are subtle among the berry notes but I get a spicy ginger/pepper hit just at the end. Warming and subtle. Spicy finish with a slight body lifted by heavy carbonation. Exceptional.
Tried on 16 May 2024 at 18:58

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Clitheroe Beer Festival 2024. Slightly deeper amber with a glow to it. Hoppy with a few caramels available in taste, but mainly tropical fruits here.
Tried on 15 May 2024 at 04:30

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Black with a tan head. Aroma of vanilla coffee. Flavour is hints of cherry gateaux, vanilla bean on a sweet chocolate base.
Tried on 11 May 2024 at 21:40

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Keg @ Northern Monk Refectory, Manchester. Deeper golden in colour. Has tasty hoppy biscuit notes at a very palatable strength.
Tried on 11 May 2024 at 18:37