About
Based on a busy working farm in the picturesque village of Bradfield in the Peak District, Bradfield Brewery have gone from milking 100 cows a day to brewing over 100,000 pints of beer a week! The brewery sprung to life with completion of its first Brew on 26th April 2005 and the brews have carried on flowing ever since.
Trivia: As the family had enjoyed 2 generations of farming at Watt House Farm and not wanting the cows to feel left out, some of the beers are named after breeds of cattle.
Trivia: As the family had enjoyed 2 generations of farming at Watt House Farm and not wanting the cows to feel left out, some of the beers are named after breeds of cattle.
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2026
at 18:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle picked up at the brewery by my mate Lucky Otter. Cheers Mark. Hazed ginger gold. Nicely soppy sticky semi leggy white froth. Nose has the rum barrel up front. Sticky citrus and ripe peach. Soft herbal note (presumably also off the barrel). Bit of alcohol. Sweet biscuit background. Taste is quite sweet to start with a ripe peachy stone fruit like estery bitterness. Sticky and rich on the palate. Semi sweetness remains with solid balance of bitterness. Good gear. Hard to believe this is the same producer of shite like Belgian Blue.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2026
at 18:41
5.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
Hand-pulled half-pint in the Station Hotel on 9th July 2026. Clear red body, pink head. Dry cherry's rather than sweet ones. OK, but not really my sort of thing.
Tried
from Cask
at
Station Hotel
on 09 Jul 2026
at 16:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Half pint on cask at the Bankers Draft.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light vanilla and chocolate.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light vanilla and chocolate.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Banker’s Draft
on 07 Jul 2026
at 16:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can. Mitchell’s Wines. Bradfield in a can. Who knew? Hazed pale gold. Very decent glossy topped white foam. Nose has clean grain. Some pithy lemon. Fresh cut grass. Taste is a little sweet but there’s dryness and bitterness too. Well easy drinking. Dry-ish light bitter finish. Solid gear. Bradfield continue to surprise.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jun 2026
at 17:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Lucky Otter. Cheers Mark. Clear pale amber. Slim just off white foam has a bubbly outer, and is nicely lacing. Nose has rich sweet malt. Sappy pine. Overripe orange. Proper old school IPA vibe here. Taste is pretty sweet and malty with a good pop of leaf mulch bitterness. Drinks good. Loads of flavour. Lingering bitterness to finish. Something is happening with Bradfield. They’ve put out buttery shite for years and then lately it’s all barrel aged this and that and old school IPAs. Fair play this is very decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2026
at 18:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
440ml can from Mitchell Wines Meadowhead - Clear yellow body with a firm white head. Clean malty flavours, slightly zesty orange tang, sweet and refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2026
at 19:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can from Mitchell Wines Meadowhead - Picture perfect black body with a lasting creamy top. Silky mouthfeel does most of the lifting, dry chocolate notes along with a tad of roasted malts, milky coffee sweetness with a short bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2026
at 13:30
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Ye Olde White Hart, Hull. Opaque not quite dark brown. Foamy off-white head. Aroma has light malts and berries. Flavourwise it has sour berries and a hint of malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-average carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Boring.
Tried
from Cask
at
Ye Olde White Harte
on 24 Apr 2026
at 05:44