Speyside

Microbrewery in Forres, Moray, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Established in 2012

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2 Greshop Rd, Greshop Industrial Estate, Forres, IV36 2GU, Scotland
Description
Speyside Brewery is based in Moray Speyside, the heart of Scotland's malt whisky country. More than 50 distilleries are within a 30-mile radius of the brewery, using the same water for their iconic whiskies that we use to make our beer.

Founded by chemistry student Seb Jones in November 2012, the brewery produces a varied core range of beers - named after local
icons - as well as popular seasonal beers. We are proud to make them.

Brewery closed in 2020. Relaunched in Summer 2023 with a different beer lineup.

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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at 6 Degrees North. Pours deep amber, nose is cheesy toffee, taste is herbal, sweet, thin, peppery.
Tried from Cask on 08 Jun 2015 at 03:12

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Oddbins Beer Shop, Blackheath. Copper coloured pour with a white head. Mango, pineapple and pear aroma. Bittersweet fruit flavours. Not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2015 at 09:25

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at Nairn Beerfest. It pours clear bright red with a small white head. The nose is earth, bitter-sweet, beetroot, jam grass and love hearts candy. The taste is very earthy, some bitterness, beetroot, grass, hay and wheat with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Beetroot character is very obvious is this sucker. Good fun anyhow.
Tried from Cask on 09 Apr 2015 at 06:52

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Oddbins Aberdeen City. It pours clear brown with a small off-white head. The nose is bitter-sweet, biscuit, toffee, stewed orange, leather and light marmite. The taste is bitter-sweet, woody, leather, biscuit, toffee, light alcohol, resin and marmite with a dry finish. Medium body and average carbonation. Alright stuff, but if far from blows me away. ESB territory more than IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2015 at 06:33

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle 500ml. @ [ (pre-Christmas tasting ) by chriso - London ]. [ As Speyside Findhorn Killer IPA ].Clear medium yellow color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, moderate hoppy, grass, citrus. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, citrus, dusty grass, marmelade hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141207]
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2015 at 05:53

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask at the Guildford arms.. Dark black.. Thin tan head.. Soft chocolate roast.. Dark toffee malts nose .. Dark roast.. Dark fruits.. Light sweet chocolate.. Light herbal finish.. Little thin
Tried from Cask on 23 Jan 2015 at 09:33

6/10
Bottle in Columba house hotel. Pours clear amber, nose is sweet toffee, taste is crisp, dry, grassy, floral.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2015 at 10:58

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle in Columba house hotel. Pours clear amber, nose is sweet toffee, taste is crisp, dry, grassy, floral.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2015 at 04:58

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at chriso’s winter tasting 8/12/2014. Golden / light amber coloured pour with a small off white head. Aroma is nutty malt, some medicinal hop, some earthy grainstore notes. Flavour is composed of some resin hop, strawberry, Base malt, nutty malts. Palate is slightly sticky on the tongue, moderate carbonation. Lingering little note of toffee. Bitterness is subdued.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2014 at 08:35

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at chriso’s pre-Christmas tasting. Pours clear gold with a frothy white head. The nose has a bit of ripe orange, pale bread, honey. Medium sweet flavor with rindy citrus, leaves, a little wood, marmalade. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Somewhat sweet to finish with crackery malts, ripening citrus fruits, bread, rind, leaves. So so.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2014 at 06:14