Lymestone Brewery

Microbrewery in Stone, Staffordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Borehole (Lymestone)

Established in 2008

Contact
Unit 5 Mount Industrial Estate, Mount Road, Stone, ST15 8LL, England
Description
The Lymestone Brewery is a family run micro-brewery based in Stone Staffordshire. It was founded in 2008 by Ian Bradford who is best known to everyone as Brad The Brewer and his amazing wife Viv who takes care of the business behind the scenes and keeps everything running like clockwork. It is located in the old Bents Brewery right at the heart of the market town.

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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours a clear golden colour with a small scummy near white head. Light caramel, some oranges and an earthy hop aroma. An initial astringent hop bitterness, some caramel sweetness and boiled vegetable flavours with more bitterness in the finish.

Tried on 29 Apr 2017 at 06:20


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled (backlog). More or less black colour with a small slightly off-white creamy head. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, some rye bread and mild liquorice as well as wooden ntoes. Flavour is liquorice, chocolate, roasted malts, some wood as well as mild floral notes.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2017 at 23:57


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask gravity at White Cliffs BF 2017. Clear gold colour no head. Cherry aroma. Morello cherry. More cherry in the mouth. A little bit of chalk maybe. Not much hop ok.

Tried from Cask on 04 Feb 2017 at 05:23


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Tried on 03 Feb 2017 at 15:10


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer Festival 2016. Extremely dark with a notable strength, although there’s a good, smoothish roasted malt aroma and taste to enjoy, but is a little on the overbearing side after a while.

Tried on 25 Jan 2017 at 09:24


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Tried on 20 Jan 2017 at 15:35


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask @ Montgomery’s Tower, Shrewsbury. Pours golden amber, small white head. Aroma is light fruity malts. Taste is light caramel malts, soft sweetness, some toffee. light spice. Decent.

Tried from Cask on 11 Dec 2016 at 13:56


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Birmingham Beer Festival 2016; dark brown pour with a thin tan head, aroma has dark fruits, taste has sweet chocolate, bitter coffee, some roast.

Tried from Cask on 27 Oct 2016 at 14:12


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Tried on 23 Oct 2016 at 11:24


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Three Judges. It pours clear darkest brown with a thick tan head. The aroma is toasted brown bread, coffee grounds, cacao nibs, malt loaf, wood and light charry/ashy note. The taste is dry, bitter, wood, varnish, leather, mild astringency, earthy, dirt, coffee grounds, burnt cake, charred wood and some dried fruits. Medium + body and soft carbonation. A bit chewy and earthy, but decent for style.

Tried from Cask on 16 Oct 2016 at 09:10