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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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - cloudy golden orange. Snow white head. Nose - dried apricot and biscuits. Taste - brown bread, marmalade and dried apricots again. Palate - tangy in texture. Close to medium bodied. Dry, tangy finish. Overall - good, though too many fruit beers coming at me currently.
Tried from Can on 14 May 2021 at 18:25

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - golden and cloudy. Decent white head. Nose - tangy orange with light breadiness. Taste - orange, peach and brown bread. Palate - light bodied, dry, balanced bitterness on the finish. Overall - good beer and heading towards the Table Beer style.
Tried from Can on 14 May 2021 at 18:01

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Pint on cask at the Doncaster brewery. Medium creamy beige head. Clear black pour. A bit sweet. Some chocolate. Very good.
Tried from Cask at Doncaster Brewery Tap on 11 May 2021 at 17:45

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at ORB Darlington. Gluten Free. Golden colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of pale malt, hoppy. Taste is malt, caramel, some biscuit, with fruity, citrus, pine, and hop resiny bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 05 May 2021 at 21:04

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can ordered from Vittles & Company, Hull. Aroma is nutty, roasty, woody. Murky opaque brown. Frothy off-white head forms a 5mm band around the rim. Sour. Vinous. Berries, with a sweet molasses edge. Underlying nutty woody chocolate smoothness. The sweetness gradually takes on more prominence. Medium bodied. Medium-thick bodied. Oily. Flat-average carbonation. Long astringent finish. Really enjoyed this. Smooth sweet sourness... whatever that means. Smooth palate. Smooth.
Tried from Can on 02 May 2021 at 20:41

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
440ml can. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is banana foam sweets, biscuit and milk chocolate, touch of peanut butter. Taste has banana foam sweets and subtle peanut butter throughout with biscuit and some milk chocolate. Not getting much bacon at all.
Tried from Can on 23 Apr 2021 at 21:14

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
440ml can. Gluten Free. Golden colour, white foamy head leaving some lacing and aroma of fruity apricot. Taste is grains, pale malt, and apricot, yeast, fruity, with grassy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry yeasty & bitter finish. Quite OK
Tried from Can on 21 Apr 2021 at 21:46

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can at home. Pours deep brown, nose is roasted, caramel, meaty, peanut butter, taste is sweet, roasted, chewy, nutty.
Tried from Can on 18 Apr 2021 at 16:23

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
440ml can from Brass Castle. Gluten Free. Yellow gold colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of tropical fruity, citrus, spicy hop. Taste is malt caramel, some grain, with tangy fruity peach, citrus, pine and grassy hoppy bitterness. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Can on 16 Apr 2021 at 19:11

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sample thanks to Fergus: Poured a unclear golden with a frothy white head. Aroma is ripe juicy fruits, coconut, citrus. Taste is coconut, tropical, citrus, very flavorful for being light.
Tried on 11 Apr 2021 at 19:36