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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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6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (backlog). Hazy amber colour, small bubbly white head. Aroma is fruit, nectar, mild diacetyl and some sweet malts to it. Flavour is bready malts, mild citrus, nectar, wood and some resiny notes. OK apart from the mild diacetyl notes in the aroma.
Tried from Cask on 06 Apr 2015 at 10:00

6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at the white lady. Pours dark brown, nose is roasted, light fruit, taste is chocolate, light roast.
Tried from Cask on 23 Feb 2015 at 01:53

7/10
Tried on 09 Jan 2015 at 21:31

6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from a shop in Upton on Severn. Colour iss dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma is smoke and chocolate. Flavour is roasted malt, smoke and toast.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2014 at 10:13

8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
New at Liquor Shed.

It pours a very dark brown with some reddish highlights, about a 1" head of off white foam. Pretty good with the lacing.

It smells roast, with some dark chocolate, a bit of a fruity note or 2, and a hint of anise.

The taste follows the nose except the fruitiness isn’t as noticeable.

Smooth mouth feel thanks to the medium body and lightish carbonation. Last minute thought, I get a very very light smoke taste but perhaps I am wrong about that.

Super smooth and yet very tasty. I am impressed.
Tried on 22 Oct 2014 at 17:21

9/10
Nice! Roasted malt near perfection, good level of bitterness, dark chocolate, and a hint of anise. Drinks very dry. 4.4
Tried on 22 Oct 2014 at 17:01

5.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottled 500ml. -from www.beershop.hr Clear amber coloured, small to medium sized off-white head, mild hoppy caramel nose. The taste is basicly the same, herbal hoppy and caramel with toasted malt. Light grainy notes in bitterish finish. Nothing special here.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Sep 2014 at 15:40

5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Nick Stafford’s Stallion. Thanks Ogi! Ah, love the white horse thing, those things are cool (and bring back memories of long read Arthur C. Clarke books). Poured a coppery body with a medium sized off white head. Caramelly aroma mixed with some herbal hoppy notes both aren’t that exciting and reminded me of Panadon - this cough syrup I had to take once or twice when I was a kid. And I never liked it. In any case, the taste goes on to be a mix of a mild, dry caramel background with a mild herbal-citric hop. Light chalky notes (noted before I spotted the horse, heh), clean, dry. Ok really, but as unexciting as they get, in my opinion at least.
Tried on 25 Sep 2014 at 06:04

5.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottle at the Great British Beer Weekend in Belgrade, courtesy of luttonm and MarkoiJelena, thank you gentlemen! Clear golden amber color. Aroma of caramel biscuit. Taste has light toffee, not much bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2014 at 01:14

7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Something in between a porter and a stout, this beer has an unstable head, very dark ruby red colour (near black) and strongly roasted aroma of coffee, bitter chocolate, toasted bread, peppery hops and plums; taste is smoothly malty, sourish touch, dryish, with strong coffee-like roasted bitterness and long peppery hop bitterness. Complex, with plenty of personality.
Tried on 24 Aug 2014 at 13:55