Tollgate Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Calke,
Derbyshire,
England 🏴
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 2005
Contact
Unit 1 Southwood House Farm,, Staunton Lane, Calke, LE65 1RG, England
Description
The Tollgate Brewery story began in 2005 on the old Woodville site of Brunt, Bucknall & Co, known as the Wooden Box Brewery, the first brewery to be established in the Burton area in 1832. Woodville was formerly Wooden Box, named after the famous toll booth on the road between Ashby de la Zouch and Burton-upon-Trent. The area around the Woodville roundabout (the modern equivalent of the toll booth) is still known as ‘Tollgate’ from which our brewery takes its name.
In 2012 Tollgate Brewery relocated to the National Trust Calke Abbey Estate due to a strong desire from the team at Calke Abbey and the National Trust to bring brewing back to the Estate. In January 2016 a change of ownership brought together the current brewery team. Tollgate Brewery currently occupies one of the National Trust’s farm buildings built in the nineteenth century. We’re a 6-barrel brewery using traditional brewing techniques that would be recognisable to those early brewers in the 1800’s.
In 2012 Tollgate Brewery relocated to the National Trust Calke Abbey Estate due to a strong desire from the team at Calke Abbey and the National Trust to bring brewing back to the Estate. In January 2016 a change of ownership brought together the current brewery team. Tollgate Brewery currently occupies one of the National Trust’s farm buildings built in the nineteenth century. We’re a 6-barrel brewery using traditional brewing techniques that would be recognisable to those early brewers in the 1800’s.
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Tiny Tavern, Lincoln. Clear amber colour with an off white head. Malty and caramel light sweet. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2023
at 14:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
24/8/2023. Cask at the 44th Peterborough Beer Festival. Pours clear dark gold with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is malty, fruity, caramel, butter, husky, veggie and berry notes. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, average to soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2023
at 11:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Lych Gate, Wolverhampton. Pours a dark reddish brown with a medium sized foamy cream head and good lacing. There’s roast malts in the aroma along with spices and raisins. Malts again to the fore in the mouth together with dates, figs and overripe apples. More flavours emerge later – dark fruits and hints of chocolate and liquorice, leading to a fruity and spicy finish. This is a decent stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jul 2023
at 20:25
7/10
Bottled version, 4.3%. Thanks Simon! Grainy fruity beginning. Easy to drink, fruity with a very dry and grainy finish. Mild, grainy, dry and rough. Grain, nice bittered, fruity. Interesting, rich, sessionable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2023
at 20:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Queens Road Tap, Leicester. Chestnut brown, mostly clear with a full off-white/beige head. Malty aroma, light notes of caramel. Taste is more complex than the aroma suggests. Sweet and with deep toffee notes, some stone fruit. Some light sourness mid-sipwith vanilla notes. Finishing with a balanced character and some fig. £250m for the coronation, at least were getting a couple of decent beers out of it.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2023
at 17:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Creamy light brown head stayed on reddish brown body. Sweet malt, toffee & caramel aroma. Medium bodied, creamy with a foamy back. Toffee, caramel & sweet malt tastes with a tangy berry finish. Nice one.
Tried
on 01 May 2023
at 17:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask, third pint. @CAMRA GBBF Winter Festival 2023, Burton-On-Trent (UK). 17/02/2023 [#5.882 Global - #656 England - #1 Tollgate Brewery (My English brewery #218)] Pours light yellow with a small head. Aroma: barley malts, soft lemongrass and dough. Taste: lemony peel, yeast and smooth pale malts. Next one please!
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Mar 2023
at 11:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
1/3 pint, gravicask shared with Finn at GBBF Winter '23. Coal black body, bubbly beige head, fragile lacing. Roasted grainy malts on the nose, moments of dried fruits. Rounded malt-driven flavours with chocolate and prunes. Roasted bitter finish. Fine bodied. A nice one. (Burton upon Trent 16.02.2023).
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Mar 2023
at 06:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Keg draught at the Queens Road Tap, Leicester. Dark gold and clear with a rudimentary white head. Malty and a bit gluey with pine and grassy notes. Balanced taste with some hoppy bitterness in the long clean finish. Medium body with heavy as hell carbonation. Very enjoyable beer from Tollgate.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Mar 2023
at 18:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask @GBBF Winter Beer Festival CAMRA, Burton on Trent, 18/02/2023. Color amarillo espuma blanca, aromas y sabores cereal malta, herbal.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Feb 2023
at 20:45