Welbeck Abbey Brewery

Microbrewery in Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2011

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Brewery Yard, Welbeck, S80 3LT, England
Description
Welbeck is one of the great traditional landed estates bordering Sherwood Forest. It is home to an artisan village, producing specialist foods and crafts in a beautiful rural setting.

General Manager and brewer, Claire Monk, established our microbrewery in 2011. It’s housed in a beautiful listed barn at the heart of this community, and has steadily grown in size to meet the demand for good local beer. We also have some fabulous neighbours in adjacent barns, including a coffee roaster, chocolatier and bakery. All our products can be found at the Welbeck Farm shop in the Welbeck Courtyard.

The two guiding principles which underpin our brewery are to produce the best quality beer in the market, and provide our customers with exemplary service every time. Our head brewer, James, brews 15,000 pints a week which we supply into pubs, restaurants and specialist bottle beer shops within a 35 mile radius.

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ University Arms, Sheffield [181013]
Caramel brown, clear, frothy off white head
Aroma of light caramel malts, touch of cereal, little on the nose
Taste of light soft caramel, light fruits, touch of cerak, easy going, soft light malts, not that malty overall though but ok
Palate - Light body, bit oily. Finish - soft bitter english hops, soft malts
Overall - Standard English bitter, now’t exciting, but nothing bad about it either
Tried from Cask on 24 Oct 2013 at 08:02

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Creamy White good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy nutty aroma. Light bitter flavor. Average light bitter finish. oily palate.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2013 at 13:17

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On the 3rd Oct 2013 my wife and I had 22 half-pints between us at the 35th Telford Beer Festival: this was one of those 22. Hand-pulled (on of 34 to choose from): pale golden body with a thin white head on our pour. The nose and taste were delicate and hoppy: herbal, floral and almost perfumed in nature. Nothing overpowering or strong to pontificate about, but a pleasant if unassuming brew.
Tried on 07 Oct 2013 at 03:41

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Wonderful clear red colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Fruity and malty aroma has notes of red and blue berries, plum. Taste is minimally sweet malty, fruity, hints of red and blue berries, cherries, dry, minimally grainy and chaly finish; light body.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2013 at 09:48

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Half-pint, gravity pour at the 1st Hodnet Sports and Social Club Beer Festival on 17 Aug 2013. Golden brew with a really poor head, a hint of a wisp is all I got. Mildly citrus in the nose and taste: not a lot going on, could have been any of 100 different golden citrus brews that are flooding the market currently. I’m sure it’s well made and uses the finest ingredients, but I’m fed up with this style of beer!
Tried on 23 Aug 2013 at 03:08

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Blue Boar in Thornton near Bradford. Golden with a slight haze and mild fruit character.
Tried from Cask on 16 Aug 2013 at 08:52

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2012, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted. nutty ppel, fruity, light to moderate hoppy, fruity, light earthy - nutty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120808]
Tried from Cask on 27 Jun 2013 at 09:45

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
500ml bottle

Pours dark brown, almost black with a bubbly white head. Aroma of roasted malts, some sweet cooca and syrup notes and hints of chocolate. Taste is smooth, sweet and chocolatey with hints of roastiness and syrup. Finish is a bit messy with hints of cocoa and roastiness. Unbalanced, not very good.
Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2013 at 07:13

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
50 cl bottle @ olio, BBE ??/2014
Aroma has berries, some roasted notes, lactic acid and cocoa. Flavour has woody notes, lactic acid, some nuts, cocoa and hints of semi‐dark chocolate. Some hops with gooseberry bush in the finish. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2013 at 07:09

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
50cl bottle, bb 01/14. Clear golden, thick white head. Citrusy nose, fliral and bisquity. Flavor has citrus, mild hops, bisquits, honey sweetness. Thin body. Very refreshing, ok golden ale.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2013 at 08:00