Ashover Brewery

Microbrewery in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2007

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Unit 1, Kershaw Building Business Park, Clay Cross, S45 9AG, England
Description
At Ashover Brewery we have been producing some of the finest ales with local Derbyshire produce since 2007.

Unlike most breweries we prefer to source our flavourings from local suppliers, home growers and farms as well as our own foraging efforts.

Ashover brewery was founded in 2007 by Roy Shorrock & Kim Beresford at the Old Poets Corner public house in Ashover Chesterfield Derbyshire to bring the local real ale enthusiast something exciting in their local pub. Very quickly after experimenting with flavours and brewing techniques the popularity of the beers grew and so did the range.

Ashover Brewery continued to grow and brew at the Old Poets Corner right up to 2015 when demand got so high that Kim & Roy had no choice than to expand in to an industrial unit in Clay Cross and run efforts at both sites for a short time.

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6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

5%. Delt med Rune. Svart. Lavt tett skum med litt farge. Lakrisaroma. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken lakris. Litt røyk. Lite annet.

Tried on 17 Oct 2019 at 13:28


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask at Alexandra, Derby There are malts in the nose of this one, plus a faint hint of coffee. Pours almost black with a small beige head. Good lacing too. On the mouth there is cherries, blackcurrants and liquorice, and a surprising fizzyness. Finish is dominated by coffee. Drinkable.

Tried from Cask on 30 Sep 2019 at 11:10


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask at Alexandra, Derby Pours a classic yellow with a small white head. Citrus in the nose, which breaks down in the mouth to lemon, grapefruit and pineapple with malty biscuits underlying this. Finish is hoppy, peppery and lemony. Pleasant enough but undistinguished.

Tried from Cask on 17 Sep 2019 at 21:33


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at Alexandra, Derby Nose is nutty and malty – walnuts maybe. Pours a rich reddish brown with a small white head. The nuttiness continues in the mouth where it is joined by fruity notes, strawberries and maple syrup. There are hops in there as well, but they don’t dominate. Finish has a malty sharpness, alongside raspberries. Quite nice overall.

Tried from Cask on 02 Sep 2019 at 21:22


6

Tried on 24 Aug 2019 at 11:57


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at The Little Angel, Whitby. Pours clear pale yellow gold with a thin white head. Lots of citra on the nose, lime and grapefruit. Taste is pithy bitter, more lime zest. Bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 15 Jul 2019 at 06:17


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at fynefest 2019... Dark amber... Thin white lacing.. Dry herbal toffee.. Light dry woody toffee malts

Tried from Cask on 23 Jun 2019 at 17:20


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

A fairly basic stout in as much as it doesn't do anything you don't expect bar one thing, but just a really good example of a dry, bitter chocolate and coffee stout. The one thing is the addition of the fuggles mentioned in the description and the little hoppy kick at the end is a pleasant twist.

Tried on 21 Jun 2019 at 13:50


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

Sample at the Dronfield Camra beer festival. Thin beige head. Clear black pour. Clear liquorice aftertaste. Well balanced.

Tried on 01 Jun 2019 at 13:35


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at the Fuggle & Nugget, Burton. Light gold, clear, no head. Hay and light notes of lemon balm on the nose. Taste is quite sweet with a scratchy hop bitterness in the long finish. This is a hard beer to like. I normaly like Ashover but this beer doesn't excite me.

Tried from Cask on 24 May 2019 at 16:42