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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6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask pint in my local Wetherspoons on 5th Dec 2014. Poured a good, bright amber colour with a thin white head. Mixed fruit and malty taste, very little aroma: got sweeter in flavour as it warmed a little in the glass. Although it had almost no smell I still enjoyed it. Almost had another pint, but I managed to drag myself away and home before I started a session (it was lunchtime when I had it).
Tried from Cask on 05 Dec 2014 at 07:17

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2014. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy aroma with hints of caramel. Fruity malty caramel hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel hoppy finish.
Tried from Cask on 07 Oct 2014 at 00:38

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Draft at the Great British Beer Festival 2014, Day 1 - London. Pours gold-amber with a white cream head. Bland, some bready malts, some out of place diacetyl, citrus, grain. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Simple finish with mild caramel, dough, leaves. Meh.
Tried from Draft on 29 Sep 2014 at 15:39

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF ’14, day 1, 12/08/14. Lightly hazed amber with a moderate off white head. Nose is earthy hops, vanilla, caramel, light citric peel. Taste comprises earthy hops, candied fruits, more vanilla, straw. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.
Tried from Cask on 03 Sep 2014 at 12:42

4.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 2
12th August 2014
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Clear deep amber beer, small white head. Palate is light and dry. Light dry malts. Hops start floral - skunk then there is a surge of sourness and off flavours. Bleh!
Tried from Cask on 31 Aug 2014 at 08:22

5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask at GBBF
Clear yellow, no head or lacing. Aroma and flavors are fruity and mild malts
OK
Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2014 at 18:22

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Sampled @ GBBF. Clear yellow color,small white head. Smell and taste malts, a hint of fruit hops, average bitterness. Average body and carbonation. Ok beer.
Tried on 18 Aug 2014 at 10:57

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask - Lots of grain and slight earthy hops.  Clear gold with almost no head.  Earthy, woody hops with some grain and light bitterness.  Pretty mild and grainy.
Tried from Cask on 17 Aug 2014 at 05:14

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Cask @ GBBF 2014. Quite dark for a Golden Ale. The beer starts malty, fresh. Easy to drink with earthy hints. The malty body is very subtle so there is a nice taste of the hops. The mainpart is flowery earthy, easy to drink with only a moderate bitterness. On the tongue remains a smooth, fresh and nice earthy aroma with a low bitterness. Nice!
Tried from Cask on 14 Aug 2014 at 11:52

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask handpump at The Bell Inn, Purton, nr Cricklade, Wiltshire. Friday 4th July 2014 Pours mid gold hazy, touch of burton snatch on nose. It’s as I expected, served suprisingly quite cold, but not suffering for it. Fruity with a light bitterness throughout its tangy, fine. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3
Tried from Cask on 05 Jul 2014 at 02:36