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

Bottle from Crafty Crow, Nottingham. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, malt and hops. Sweet finish.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2017 at 15:37


3.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle from Crafty Crow, Nottingham. Clear yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and heavy grainy. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish. Watery. 260717

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2017 at 15:37


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

Cask @ Criterion, Leicester. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and moderate hoppy - fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 260717

Tried from Cask on 26 Jul 2017 at 10:48


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

Cask @ Criterion, Leicester. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, flowers, malt, hops and has a nice bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 26 Jul 2017 at 10:46



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

Cask at the King and Castle, Windsor. Poured a hazy amber with a frothy white head and some clingy lace with a few bubbles. The aroma is malt, light woody hop. The flavour is moderate to light bitter with a light cardboard malt, dry yeast, woody hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation. Too light and lacks defining flavours. Nice pump clip tho!

Tried from Cask on 20 Jun 2017 at 13:28


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Tried from Cask on 16 Jun 2017 at 16:48


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

Brown colour with lasting head. Aroma and flavour have some sweet and nutty malts. Great session bitter.

Tried on 13 May 2017 at 03:58


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at The Crosse Keys, Gracechurch St, London. As Nick Stafford’s Stallion Amber 4.2%. Pours amber brown with a lasting off white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, fruit, biscuit and hop, with light floral notes. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Medium body, smooth, very soft carbonation. Decent malty bitter.

Tried from Cask on 08 May 2017 at 11:46


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

Handpull cask at the Pilgrims Progress, Bedford. Amber, clear, with a smooth off-white head. Light malty aroma with even lighter citrus and a bit of grass. Bittersweet taste, very gentle and heading to a slightly more assertive bitter at the end of the sip. Long bitter finish with orange oil in the finish. Tasty but certainly at the plainer end of the spectrum.

Tried from Cask on 10 Apr 2017 at 09:06


Brewery Stats
Score 6.50
Beers65
Ticks328