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 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the Town Street Tap, Duffield. Dark brown, quite translucent, with a suggestion of off-white head. Aroma gives chocolate biscuit, some dark malt, a little nuanced bit of stone fruit. Tastes far more impressive, with an earthy bitter hop bearing down on the initial chocolate-laden sweetness. Flat, oily body. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Aug 2019
at 19:20
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Keg at the Tap at No 76, Ashby. Reddish amber, clear with a quickly dissipating off-white head. Light malty scent, I'm getting chestnut, toffee, resin, raisins. Taste is sweet and bready with a bittering hop balance closer to the long finish. More raisin and some caramel in the aftertaste. Thin to medium body, carbonation bordering on the heavy. Passable.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Aug 2019
at 16:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Simonite, Sheffield Medium creamy white head. Hazy amber pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2019
at 19:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Samonite. Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Another odd tasting beer from this brewery. Doesn't taste much like a stout but doesn't taste bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2019
at 19:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
50cl bottle from Samonite, Sheffield Medium creamy white head. Very hazy amber pour. Light bitterness. A bit odd this one but pleasant enough to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2019
at 18:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Beer 4,800 for rating 4,801. Cask at the Queens Head, Stourbridge. Pours gold with a medium head. Aroma is herbal and straw. Taste is limey with tropical fruit. Straw finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2019
at 06:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Queens Road Tap, Leicester. Dark brown and translucent. Subtle malty aroma with a nutty character. Very sweet taste, sticky pecan pie, some caramel, some Camp coffee. Touch of balancing hop in the finish, but overall this is a sweet beer. A simple, refreshing mild, not massive amounts of character but still very drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 May 2019
at 19:31
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As Tollgate Mary Wild ].Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, nutty, caramel, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, sweet malt, caramel, toasted, dark bread, nutty, light dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170809] 6-3-6-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Apr 2019
at 11:52
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Clear dark amber with tiny head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toasted and grass. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, dusty and a little bitter.
Tried
on 23 Mar 2019
at 17:45
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, Thanks! Pours golden with a small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, bread, little fruit. Flavor is sweet and light bitter, malt, grain, light bread, grass, little fruit, old hops. Medium body, avergae carbonation, sweet and light bitter finish. 230319
Tried
on 23 Mar 2019
at 17:34