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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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Århus2008. 50 cL bottle. Pours clear yellow with a lacing white head. Light honey and mild spiced aroma. Flavour is mild floral and fruity with a light honey note. Flavour is mild herbal and sweet into the finish. Nice and easy, uncomplicated.
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2008 at 04:03

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask on Christian IV in Odense. Amber with a lasting white head. Light floral hops and toffee malt aroma. Medium dry malty flavour with toffee notes and a rather hop bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 28 May 2008 at 11:43

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
From cask at Charlies. Pours cloudy orange with a lacing off-white head. Light toasted to breadish dry malt aroma. Flavour follows this with a mild fruity note in addition. Light liqourice note into the finish. Finish holds a light bitterness yet still mixed with the same malt flavours. Very pleasent biter.
Tried from Cask on 28 May 2008 at 10:55

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask at Cockney Pub. Creamy lightbrown good fully lasting head. Dark brown coloiur. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. More hopps tahn roast/chocolate notes. Long nice finish. Creamy palate. Strange mix between EPA and porter.
Tried from Cask on 28 May 2008 at 01:46

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
500ml bottle from Knightly Spirits via mcbackus! Thanks Matt! Nose of caramel and chocolate with a light roasty note; clear rusty-brown with a medium beige head; flavor has osme light hop bitterness and roastiness, with light coffee and chocolate notes; body kind of watery.
Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2008 at 16:25

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. Very dark brown with a small off-white head. Fruity and malty aroma, with some molasses. Rich and fruity flavour, malty with a dry, roast finish.
Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2008 at 13:33

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Very dark brown beer with a small off-white head. Fruity malt aroma with a port note. Initially a thin fruity flavour, but it’s followed by rich chocolate and dried fruits.
Tried on 25 May 2008 at 13:20

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
From cask at Charlies. Pours dark brown with a deep redish glare and a lacing tan head. Aroma is roasted malt and with a mild note of liqourice. Flavour is very minor smoked at first with a solid roasted malt and mild liqourice note following. Light acidic touch in the finish followed by a dry roasted note.
Tried from Cask on 24 May 2008 at 11:00

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
From cask at Charlies, handwritten chalk board tap sign which said Hambleton Best Bitter, 3.6%. Pours cloudy orange with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is malt driven and light hoppy. Flavour holds a mild bitternes to a dry malt base. Ends slight breadish.
Tried from Cask on 24 May 2008 at 10:59

7.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A dark clear red-brown beer with a beutiful brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of roasted malt and chocolate as well as hints of spicy hops. The flavor is sweet and very malty with strong notes of chocolate as well as medium notes of coffee, leading to a dry roasted finish, which also has a hint of acidity from the roasted malt. The mouthfeel is very smooth. Nice.
Earlier Rating: 5/15/2003 Total Score: 3
A black beer with no head. The aroma is of fruit and brewmash. The flavor is slightly sour, slightly smoked, and pretty sweet. Not my style of porter.
Tried from Cask on 22 May 2008 at 14:10