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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.
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.
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can at the Rook & Gaskill, York September 2023. Near black in colour, with a creamy, beige, head. Big coffee character upfront, followed by liquorice and then a long lasting chocolate sweetness, leading to a warming finish. Very good.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Oct 2023
at 13:59
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Halifax Beer Festival 2023. Clear copper-amber in appearance. Certainly a bitter with a few caramels in taste, and it's quite smooth too
Tried
on 29 Sep 2023
at 13:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at House of Hop, Darlington. Gluten Free. Black colour with reddish tinge, foamy tan head and aroma of malt, vanilla. Taste is malty, powdered chocolate, dried fruits, vanilla, coffee, roasted notes, with earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, roasty nutty malty bitter finish. Nicely drinkable
Tried
on 28 Sep 2023
at 18:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at House of Hop, Darlington. Gluten Free. Golden colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of citrusy hops. Taste is malt, caramel, biscuit, fruity, citrus, pine with hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, hoppy bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Sep 2023
at 18:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
440ml can from HOTM, York. Gluten Free. Hazy gold colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of malt, flowery, citrusy, and dusty hops. Taste is sweetish, malt, caramel, zesty, fruity, with floral citrus, pine and hoppy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying zesty bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Sep 2023
at 17:30
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Sep 2023
at 12:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
24/8/2023. Cask at the 31st East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival. Pours clear black with a small frothy off-white to beige head. Aroma of sweet chocolate, roasted malt, orange, toffee. Medium sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Very nice. Festival highlight.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2023
at 14:46
8/10
Very nice. Floral with a clean, bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Aug 2023
at 20:35
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask (handpump) @ BeerHeadZ Nottingham Station, 🇬🇧 Cabman's Shelter, 1a Queens Road, NG2 3AS Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.
[ As Brass Castle Fruit Lupe - Chinook and Grapefruit ].
ABV: 4.8%. Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, marmalade, butterscotch. Initial flavor is moderate sweet, finish flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, butterscotch, fruity hops, grapefruit. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20191008]
5-3-4-3-8
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2023
at 16:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Brass Castle Taphouse, Malton. Gluten Free. Orangey gold colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of floral citrus, grain, hops. Taste is malt, grain, fruity, citric, wih floral hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, clean dry citric bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Aug 2023
at 20:25