Arkell's Brewery

Regional Brewery in Swindon, Wiltshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 11 Venues

Established in 1843

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Kingsdown Brewery, Hyde Road, Swindon, SN2 7RU, England
Description
Arkell’s Brewery was established in 1843 by John Arkell and 175 years later, is one of less than thirty family breweries remaining in the UK. As Swindon’s oldest business, Arkell’s has kept its founding values alive and continues to produce local beer for local customers. These values have been continued by the four family members in charge today; Chairman James Arkell, his cousin Nick Arkell, Head of Sales, and James’ sons George Arkell, and Alex Arkell are Managing Director and Head Brewer respectively.

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5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Gravicask, 4.2 % abv, at The 25th Tuckers Maltings Beer Festival. Deep amber coloured body. Filmy layer. Distant malt-fruity nose. Moderate taste profile of bread and leafy hops. Rounded bitter endnotes. Satisfying. (Newton Abbot 27.04.2017).
Tried from Cask on 09 May 2017 at 12:44

5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle, from an unrecorded sourced. Poured amber/brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, and light fruit. Medium sweetness and light bitterness. Light to medium body, watery texture, soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Mar 2017 at 04:41

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at the Felix Holt, Nuneaton. As Sir Noël. Dark golden to Amber colour with a foamy off white head. Aroma is grainy sweet malt. Taste is sweet.
Tried from Cask on 13 Dec 2016 at 00:00

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Tried on 10 Dec 2016 at 13:50

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Tried on 10 Dec 2016 at 13:11

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Tried on 04 Dec 2016 at 13:03

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at Swindon Beer festival, 28/10/2016. Deep brown with a slight, off-white, head. Sweet, slightly toasty malts, some leafy hops and a touch of berry fruits, before a moderately bitter finish. Fine.
Tried from Cask on 30 Oct 2016 at 09:57

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
500ml bottle into a UK pint sleeve at home on 29th Sep 2016. Light amber body, white head. Mild malty aroma and taste with some mixed fruity esters alongside in the nose. Flavour wise there is a caramel feel with a slight sweet fruitiness. Overall it is semi-sweet and both malty and fruity: decent.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2016 at 17:44

5.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
10th August 2016
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Almost clear gold beer, thin pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has modest carbonation. Light sweetish malts. Mild floralness. A little marmalade. Light finish. Hoperation? Is this a new word to describe the removal of hops from a beer that promised them? Bah!
Tried from Cask on 13 Sep 2016 at 03:34

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg on boat at Caversham, 9th September 16. Pours light bronze, aroma is cararmel, Malta, biscuit. Taste is Light caramel, malts, fairly tasty, not bad.
Tried on 10 Sep 2016 at 02:07