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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5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
17th June 2015: keg half-pint at The Codsall Railway pub. Poured into a tall BCL badged glass it looked your typical lager/pilsner: clean, clear and golden yellow with a white head that didn’t hang around long. Not a lot of aroma or taste, refreshing with the sort of hop/malt blend that equals each other out by cancelling the traits of each ingredient. It was OK, necked it as my train was coming: made me burp.
Tried from Can on 18 Jun 2015 at 06:38

6/10
Tried on 04 May 2015 at 12:18

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
25th April 2015: hand-pump poured half-pint at a beer festival in the Duke of York, Lichfield. Full on golden body with a decent lasting head. Hop lead in aroma and taste, malts to balance only. Decent.
Tried on 28 Apr 2015 at 02:21

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Gravity cask at the Walsall Camra, beer festival 2015. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a thin broken white head. The aroma is light citrus malt. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light floral hop bitter, light malty, light citrus with a long lasting bitter finish. Moderate to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 10 Apr 2015 at 17:26

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Gravity cask at the Walsall Camra, beer festival 2015. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a thin broken white head. The aroma is light malt, floral hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light floral hop, light citrus malt palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 10 Apr 2015 at 17:23

8/10
Tried on 17 Jan 2015 at 07:54

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Wellington; coca cola black pour with a bubbly tan head, coffee and malt aroma, taste has coffee, a hint of liquorice, chocolate, ok.
Tried from Cask on 30 Dec 2014 at 08:13

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Bull’s Head, Sedgely, 22/11/2014. Golden in colour, with a decent, white, head. Sweetish, honeyed strong bitter, with a touch of stone fruit and decent, bitter, finish. Good.
Tried from Cask on 15 Dec 2014 at 03:52

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ The Salopian, Shrewsbury. It actually does have a kind of golden glow. Smooth caramel flavours, a faint air of citrus, easily quaffable, not a bad drop.
Tried from Cask on 30 Oct 2014 at 02:16

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask stillage at the Birmingham CAMRA festival 2014. Poured a crystal clear light amber with a thin whispy white head. The aroma malt, light hop. The flavour is light bitter with a smooth, watery light hop bitter palate. A decent session ale but too light for me.
Tried from Cask on 29 Oct 2014 at 18:11