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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6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from the brewery online shop. Pours clear red with a thick off-white head. Aromas of grassy hops, red fruit. Taste is bitter, spicy, pineapple. Not really getting the seaweed. Dry finish.
Tried from Can on 09 Nov 2020 at 14:55

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can at ash's. Pours deep orangey, nose is pineapple, malty, toffee, taste is sweet, fruity, bitter, herbal.
Tried from Can on 09 Nov 2020 at 14:52

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from the Brass Castle online shop. A clear beer, fancy that! nice golden amber with a thin white head. Lots of pine and resin, some pineapple. Taste has a pithy citrus bitterness, more pine. Bitter finish. Good.
Tried from Can on 07 Nov 2020 at 19:22

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from the brewery online shop. Pours clear golden amber with a thin white head. Aromas of light grain, light citrus. Taste is light caramel, burnt orange. Sweet finish.
Tried from Can on 06 Nov 2020 at 16:45

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from the brewery online shop. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Blueberries on the nose for sure, some light resin and tropicalia. Taste is light sweet, blueberry and pineapple. It's OK.
Tried from Can on 04 Nov 2020 at 20:00

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can from the brewery online shop. Pours crystal clear golden amber with a thin white head. Aromas of grassy hops, lemon and light malt. Taste is light sweet, more lemon notes. Good body for the strength.
Tried from Can on 04 Nov 2020 at 16:03

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from the brewery online shop. Hazy copper pour with a thin white head. Not sure is the recipe has changed as earlier reviews mention it being a hazy yellow gold like you'd expect from a NEIPA. This is almost brown. Taste is fruity, brown malt, dried fruit. Not sure this is the right beer at all. Maybe mislabelled?
Tried from Can on 03 Nov 2020 at 18:34

5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Can from Beers of Europe. Pours clear golden orange with a thin white head. Aromas of buttery corn. Taste is similar. Didn't like this.
Tried from Can on 29 Oct 2020 at 20:41

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from Appellation Wines. Pours clear dark gold with a thin just-off-white head. Aromas of dark fruit and brown bread. Taste is caramel, red fruit and more bread. Slightly thin, and a little sweet.
Tried from Can on 28 Oct 2020 at 19:46

5.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Well I get thyme in the nose – but maybe that is just auto-suggestion ? Anyway, pours a murky dark reddish brown with a small cream head and good lacing. In the mouth hops and pepper are dsominant, along with hints of thyme and ginger. Alcoholic strength can be tasted too – and that is what features in the finish. Not unpleasant, but rather strange.
Tried from Cask on 19 Oct 2020 at 22:13