Hambleton Brewery

Microbrewery in Melmerby, North Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 1991

Contact
Unit 2a Barker Business Park, Melmerby Green Lane, Melmerby, HG4 5NB, England
Description
Hambleton Brewery was born in 1991, when Nick Stafford decided to start a brewery at the bottom of his in-laws’ garden.in a converted outbuilding at the brewer's in-laws house in Holme-on-Swale. Success of the beers lead to a need to expand which resulted in a moved to a location at the opposite end of the village, The Brewery, Holme-on-Swale, in 1994. Brewing capacity was doubled in 2000. The brewery relocated to its current address in 2007.

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6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at Bondgate Tap, Darlington. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of citrus, hops. Taste is malty, grain, bready with citric hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried from Cask at Tap on Bondgate on 29 May 2026 at 16:32

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at Skosh, York. Pours clear amber with a beige head head. Taste is toasted malt, caramel, biscuit.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Apr 2026 at 17:01


7/10
Tried from Cask on 25 Aug 2025 at 18:47

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Beer number #8 tried at the Skipton Beer Festival 2025. Not chalked up as the session version but it is so. Golden, easy, hopped, traditional session stuff.
Tried from Cask on 23 May 2025 at 13:52

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Cask på Old Brewer Norrmalm.
Dominerad av Citra. Lite för besk och sträv för en cask Ale.
Tried from Cask on 05 Mar 2025 at 20:15

6/10
Tried on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:56

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from House of Trembling Madness, online. Pours a very dark brown, small beige head Aroma is semi-sweet, roasted malts, lots of chocolate. Simple but nice. Taste again has a roastiness with a lovely moreish chocolate malt, some coffee bitterness in the finish with an hoppy tang to it. Light to medium bodied matched by the right amount of carbonation zing. Its a very good porter, not overly complex but well brewed. Certainly no nightmare.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 02:23

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at Crafty Merlins, Darlington. Black brown colour, biege foam head and aroma of roast malt, chocolate, spice hint. Taste is malty, roasty, dark chocolate, coffee, with some notes of cinnamon spice, and earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry roasty bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 14 Dec 2024 at 16:56

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
How: Cask.
Where: The Bishops Arms Gustav Adolfs Torg. Malmö.
Appearance: Amber/brown colour with a white head.
Aroma: Fruit, yeast, malt, citrus.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Fruit, yeast, malt, citrus.
Tried from Cask at The Bishops Arms Gustav Adolfs Torg (Malmö) on 19 Aug 2024 at 08:57