Brass Castle Brewery

Microbrewery in Malton, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2011

Contact
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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6.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - deep brown to black and mostly opaque. Thin off-white head.
Nose - cherry, cherrystone, marzipan and sweet chocolate.
Taste - sweet cherry, roasty chocolate and some dry roastiness.
Palate - light bodied, too thin really and a bit imbalanced.
Overall - not for me.

Tried from Can from Appellation Wines (Comely Bank) on 03 Nov 2025 at 14:04


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

Can thanks to McCash. Pours clear dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of chocolate, cherry and vanilla. Taste is cherry cola, faint chocolate. Thin finish.

Tried on 03 Nov 2025 at 14:03


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

Can from Lupe Pintos. Hazy deep golden body with an off-white head that holds well. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of orange and peach. Flavour of orange barley and pear. Thin to medium body with a slick mouthfeel. Soft fizz. It’s a bit on the light/pithy side.

Tried from Can on 29 Oct 2025 at 20:15


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

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer Festival 2025, Beer#9. Useful steadier before the transition to the dark beers. Quite a good body for a low alcohol brew, very hoppy, mildly fruity, very hazy, somewhat dry.

Tried from Draft on 16 Oct 2025 at 16:13


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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer Festival 2025, Beer#8. Straw-blonde coloured sour, by no means a stated example of the style, but certainly within it. Quite dry hoppy, lower sourness taste, fruitiest in aroma and its lingering aftertaste.

Tried from Draft on 16 Oct 2025 at 16:03


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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer Festival 2025, Beer#7. Mildly hazed golden, first keg of the fest and crisp for it. Slightly dryish texture but usurped by a grittier tropical fruit, but very sugary dominant character.

Tried from Draft on 16 Oct 2025 at 15:43


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

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer Festival 2025, Beer#3. Golden coloured with soft tropical to exotic flavours in a very drinkable texture, making it lightly sweetened too.

Tried from Cask on 16 Oct 2025 at 14:06


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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer Festival 2025, Beer#2. Very mildly hazy in its amber colour, with a bit of a glow. Session strength and texture, its the lightly sweet citrus in here that gives it a slight sugary kick, although hoppy in the main.

Tried from Cask on 16 Oct 2025 at 13:16


Tried from Cask at Old Shambles Tavern on 13 Oct 2025 at 23:00


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

Cask at Chapel Middlesbrough. Gluten Free. Amber colour, white foam head and aroma of peach, fruity. Taste is sweet, malty, peachy, raspberry, vanilla, biscuit hints, with some musky bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask on 01 Oct 2025 at 18:56