Wild Card Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Walthamstow,
Greater London,
England 🏴
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2012
Closed in 2024
Contact
Description
Wild Card Brewery was founded in 2012 at the Ravenswood Industrial Estate Walthamstow.
We brewed Mon-Fri and come the weekend, we would open the brewery doors and serve up our beers. With support from the local community our shed became one of Walthamstow's best loved bars, hosting beer festivals, tap takeovers and live music.
Meanwhile, in the brewery, Jaega was working away, tweaking old recipes and coming up with new ones. By 2017 she had 2 award winning beers under her belt and was struggling to make enough beer to keep up with demand - we were going to need a bigger brewery. So in 2017, we started a crowdfunding campaign to help us move the brewery to a bigger site.
In 2018 the brewery moved over to Lockwood Way, where we have doubled capacity - which means lots of Wild Card beer for all.
Wild Card Brewery now has two tap rooms in Walthamstow, and our beer is available in pubs, bars, restaurants and supermarkets across the UK.
We brewed Mon-Fri and come the weekend, we would open the brewery doors and serve up our beers. With support from the local community our shed became one of Walthamstow's best loved bars, hosting beer festivals, tap takeovers and live music.
Meanwhile, in the brewery, Jaega was working away, tweaking old recipes and coming up with new ones. By 2017 she had 2 award winning beers under her belt and was struggling to make enough beer to keep up with demand - we were going to need a bigger brewery. So in 2017, we started a crowdfunding campaign to help us move the brewery to a bigger site.
In 2018 the brewery moved over to Lockwood Way, where we have doubled capacity - which means lots of Wild Card beer for all.
Wild Card Brewery now has two tap rooms in Walthamstow, and our beer is available in pubs, bars, restaurants and supermarkets across the UK.
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, 4.5%. Dark amber/brown with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, little metallic and a little toffee. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, dusty, little nut, little earthy, little metallic, bread and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2014
at 11:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle @ Johns, Pours amber with a offwhite head. Aroma of malt, wood, nuts, little caramel. Flavor is malt, wood, caramel. Medium body, soft carbonation. 170214
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2014
at 11:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A deep red beer with a lazing yellowish head. The aroma has notes of spices, fruits, malt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and over ripe fruits, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2013
at 12:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden amber with a small tan head. Aroma is soapy and light spiced. Toasted malty, toffee, light herbal. Vague soapy and caramelish dry roasted malt. Mild bitter and medium dry malty finish. Toffee and light breadish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2013
at 12:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gravity dispense at Pigs Ear ’13, 03/12/13. Lightly hazed chestnut brown with a tan covering. Nose is caramel malt, biscuit brown sugar, light tropical fruit overlay. Taste comprises toffee fudge, sweet, tropical fruit underpin with a hint of grapefruit and bitter orange on display, caramel malt. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, a little watery, sweet finale. Ok stuff. Wouldn’t have had this as a bitter though - amber or brown perhaps - one of those difficult to categorise but too sweet and tropical for a bitter.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2013
at 22:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from Sourced Market St Pancras and drunk at home. Clear ruby colour with a lasting beige head. It?s a malty dry malty flavoured beer. Little bit of paper in there too. Hops aren?t huge but are there. It?s an ok malty beer, with some good mouthfeel. 3/5. Cask gravity at Firkin Ale House Folkestone. Maltier fuller better on cask. 3.1
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2013
at 05:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Clear dark copper colour with small to average, creamy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, off-white to beige head. Malty aroma with a nuttily touch, cautious fruity hints of red berries. Taste is moderately dry malty, moderately bitter hoppy, fruity notes of red currant and other red berries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2013
at 13:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured a hazy dark amber with a thin off white head. The aroma is acid citrus. The flavour is weak sour very weak bitter with a watery raspberry palate. A nice beer that deserves a better rating IMO. Quite refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2013
at 13:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
33cl bottle courtesy of and shared JMGreenUK. thin white head. Clear amber pour. A bit watery. No bitterness. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2013
at 13:41
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
16th June 2013
Light haze on this red - amber beer, small off white head. Palate is dry and crispy. Minerals. Light dry creamy malt with a trace of nuts. Light dried fruits with a tangy orange streak. Not bad.
Light haze on this red - amber beer, small off white head. Palate is dry and crispy. Minerals. Light dry creamy malt with a trace of nuts. Light dried fruits with a tangy orange streak. Not bad.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2013
at 10:57