Holdens Brewery

Microbrewery in Dudley, West Midlands, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 8 Venues

Established in 1915

Contact
George Street, Woodsetton, Dudley, DY1 4LW, England
Description
We are an Independent Family Brewer based in Dudley which has brewing on the same site since 1915.

The Brewery is still run by the fourth generation of The Holden Family and whilst they all enjoy a very much hands on approach to the business, they are still just as committed to their proud history and heritage and to the generations to come.

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Gravity cask at the Land Rover Beer Festival 2016. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a thin broken white head. The aroma is malt, light citrus, light metallic hop, light buttery yeast. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light, slightly watery, fresh metallic woody hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 02 Oct 2016 at 06:51

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
10th August 2016
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Clear gold beer, tidy bubbly white head. Palate is light, semi dry and has modest fine carbonation. Sweetish pale malts. Smooth floral mid into mild citric hop. Touches of floral orange and tangerine. Light semi dry finish. Not bad at all.
Tried from Cask on 02 Oct 2016 at 05:22

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle at 4.5%. Pours bright gold with a medium head. Aroma is flinty lemon. Taste is flinty and grainy to start with a strong flinty finish.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Sep 2016 at 15:21

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Keg at the Shrub, Oldswinford. Pours gold with a large head. Aroma is sweet with lemon. Taste is sweet to start with corn. Lemon touches. Eggy finish.
Tried on 01 Jul 2016 at 17:48

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at praf 2016. Pours clear amber, nose is malty toffee, rhubarb, taste is sweet, light fruit.
Tried from Cask on 21 Apr 2016 at 09:21

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask at the Paisley Beer Festival 2016. Pours clear golden with a thin, bubbly white head. Aromas of light malt, faint fruit. Taste is light sweet, faint bitter tingle at the end. OK.
Tried from Cask on 21 Apr 2016 at 09:20

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask pint at The Cock Hotel, Wellington Shropshire on 19th April 2016. Poured a very dark brown with a ruby hue when held up to the sun light. The head was a beige colour that left heavy lacing on my glass. Over roasted malts rule the nose and taste, light malts mind, not burnt or overpowering, some fruity hop content balanced out the malts and I found this a tasty and easy to drink ’Black Pale Ale’.
Tried from Cask on 21 Apr 2016 at 04:25

5/10
Tried on 16 Apr 2016 at 12:11

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask pint in The Cock Hotel, Wellington Shropshire on 11th March 2016. Golden body with a white crown on top. Decent blend with a little more malt in the nose and a light malty taste: the hops adding a slight fruity aroma and a mild bitterness in the finish.
Tried from Cask on 13 Mar 2016 at 19:24

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Holdens The Man With The Holden Gun ].Clear medium amber orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted - toasted, fruity malt, fruity, light to moderate hoppy, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average duration, fruity, toasted, light apple. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141011]
Tried from Cask on 28 Feb 2016 at 05:35