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
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

(Bottle 50 cl) Slightly hazy amber with a tiny off-white head. Oily aroma of hops. Flavour full of caramel with some underlying sweetness, which quickly drowns in the overwhelming bitterness. 290905

Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2005 at 15:07


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Dr. Louise Esbjerg Wonderfull creamy head, fully lasting head. Nice golden colour. No aroma!!!!, very very bitter almost astringating. OK palate

Tried from Cask on 17 Sep 2005 at 01:57


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

An amber beer with a nice light brown head. The aroma is very yeasty and spicy - should almost think it was Belgian. The flavor is very sweet - almost like candy, but with a nice acidity to it - something like a grapefruit caramel - if that exist. It also has a toffeeness to it, the mouthfeel is smooth, but it dies quickly on the palate.

Tried from Can on 08 Aug 2005 at 18:26


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

An orange beer with a nice beige head. The aroma is spicy sweet with notes of oranges, peach, and yeast, as well as a spice I can’t put a name to. The flavor is smooth sweet with notes of oranges, yeast, peaches, nuts, as well as a hoppyness, that almost makes it spicy - I wonder if the Styrian Goldings is responible for this - I don’t know the variety that well. The end is nicely bitter - and bisquity.

Tried from Can on 12 Jul 2005 at 15:06


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle. Fruity aroma with a little goat to it. Very sweet flavour and aftertaste. Reminds me a bit of artificial sweetener.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2005 at 10:11


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Very dark color; nice head. Quite nice aroma, with roasted malts, chocolate, young beech wood. Malty taste, caramel, light liquorice, roasted malt. Ends with delicate chocolate and roasted malt, but not enough bitter. Really interesting.

Tried on 06 Apr 2005 at 04:29


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

A copper colored beer with a nice light brown head. The aroma is sweet yeasty with notes of citrus and caramel. The flavor is yeasty with notes of citrus, goldings hops, and toffee, leading to a dry quite bitter end.

Tried on 23 Mar 2005 at 16:34


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask Conditioned
Hazy golden color. Light malty aroma, fruity (pears and apples). Smooth, sweet, malty, lightly fruity; quite high bitterness. Really pleasant!

Tried from Cask on 14 Mar 2005 at 04:12


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

[Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen] A hazy orange beer with a small white head. The aroma is slightly flowery, while the flavor is sweet flowery with a nice hoppy end.

Tried from Cask on 12 Mar 2005 at 03:45


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask. Acidic, flowery aroma. Golden colour. Flowery flavour. Aromatic hoppiness.

Tried from Cask on 12 Feb 2005 at 18:30