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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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
An orange beer with a lazing thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of rose hips, while the flavor is sweet with primary notes of straw, but also lighter notes of hops, leading to a lightly bitter end. The body is a bit thin.
Tried on 23 Sep 2006 at 03:00

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at Kook’s Leaving Do at Chris_o’s. Deep copper colour, no head. Caramel aroma. Bit of toffee, very malty toffee. Some hop on the end. Goodish carbonation with prickly sensation on end. Goodish balance, but not sure about that toffee. Bit bready on the aroma.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2006 at 07:50

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Cask @ GBBF 2006. Dark amber colour with an off-white head. Fruity slightly floral aroma with some hints of apple. Fruity malty flavor with some hints of apple. Malty aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 11 Aug 2006 at 09:52

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 5
A hazy light to dark brown in color light brown head. Has a somewhat nutty but also dry. The taste was a dry metallic malty flavor.
Tried on 05 Aug 2006 at 14:16

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled. Copper color, no carbonation and an off-white head. Sweet caramel nose. Caramel, hops, malt and hints of fruits in the flavor. Medium body. Malty sweetness and nice hopping in the finish. A lovely beer. (060720)
Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2006 at 07:15

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle. Light brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is roasted caramel malt. Flavour is sweet roasted caramel.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Aug 2006 at 14:10

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at the Thames Head Inn, Kemble, Glos 24-06-06. A golden quite pale looking beer that is instantly refreshing and very quaffable, some hops present but just a simple beer done well that is just right on a perfect english summers day.
Tried from Cask on 26 Jun 2006 at 01:30

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask at Reading Beer Festival 27 Apr 06. Pale brown. Almost yellow. Fruity aroma. Some honey? Refreshing.
Tried from Cask on 29 May 2006 at 10:01

4.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
[Cask at GBBF 2005] A hazy brown beer with no head. The aroma is nutty with light notes of alcohol. The flavor is slightly sour with notes of metal and nuts, but the body is thin.
Tried from Cask on 18 Jan 2006 at 16:07

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask handpull at Wetherspoons, Folkestone. Dark copper colour with thin beige head. Earthy citric hop and muddy in mouth. Citric finish has nettle hop. Alright, no great shakes, earthy best bitter
Tried from Cask on 06 Nov 2005 at 04:11