Woods Brewery

Microbrewery in Craven Arms, Shropshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Plough Inn - Out of business

Established in 1980

Closed in 2022

Contact
Wistanstow, Craven Arms, SY7 8DG, England
Description
Brewing ceased in April 2022. A Shropshire brewery has shut due to "unfavourable trading conditions".

The Wood Brewery was founded by Edward Wood, his brother and his father in the outbuildings of the Plough Inn in Wistanstow, Shropshire in 1980. Wood’s was one of the founding members of the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) and a firm supporter of CAMRA. At a time when there was a surge of keg beer companies flooding the market and threatening the existence of traditional English ale, Wood’s championed the traditionally brewed product and ensured it remained a firm favourite in the county.

Wood’s has been at the forefront of Shropshire brewing since then and continues to be after it was taken over by new owners in 2018. The new owners have worked with the existing team to make a range of impactful and progressive changes to the brewing process and quality control, to ensure that Wood’s beer is of the highest possible quality. By continuing to make consistent and innovative products, the brewery can remain successful in an increasingly crowded market place.

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5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask at Københavnske øldage 07. golden colour with no head. Aroma is malt, caramel, hop. Flavour is caramel, hop, malt . ordinary beer.
Tried from Cask on 24 Jun 2007 at 05:10

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Cask at Københavnske Øldage. Clear, golden pour, not leaving a head at all. Malty, caramelly nose, quite boring actually. The same goes for the flavor. Thinbodied, sessionable beer, but I would like something less boring. (070511)
Tried from Cask on 22 Jun 2007 at 15:04

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Thin white coarse-laced head. Red slightly hazy body. Harmonic wooden tobacco plum aroma with notes of caramel and hops. Taste is roasty caramel and watery chocolate with a dry, hoppy background. Dry, caramelly aftertaste. Quite nice. (0.5l bottle.)
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2007 at 12:22

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask. Pours an amber color with no head. Fruity malty aroma with some weak hints of hops. Fruity malty flavor with some hoppy hints. Long malty finish with a bitter aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 04 Jun 2007 at 16:57

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Cask at KØ07. Copper colour, small head. A quite flavourful bitter with a good rough sourness.
Tried from Cask on 02 Jun 2007 at 12:51

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at KØ07. Green apple aroma. Dark copper colour, almost no head. OK flavour of malt and green apple, but a bit boring.
Tried from Cask on 02 Jun 2007 at 12:49

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at Cockney Pub. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Moderate malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Nice but a little soapy. Heavy bitter fantastic flavor. Quite woody!. Long bitter finsh. Creamy and dry palate. Wonderfull ESB.
Tried from Cask on 31 May 2007 at 14:39

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask. Pours a dark orange color with a small white head. Sweet malty fruity aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweet fruity and slightly floral flavor with some hoppy hints. Sweet malty finish with a fruity aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 24 May 2007 at 13:08

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask. A dark amber beer with no head. The aroma is sweet malty with primary notes of caramel and nuts, but also some citric hops. The flavor is sweet malty with a light touch of metal as well as nuts, leading to an OK bitter end.
Tried from Cask on 22 May 2007 at 16:25

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at Cockney pub. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. yelloworange colour. Light malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Fruity and pine notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Average finiah. Oily palate. nice stuff.
Tried from Cask on 22 May 2007 at 10:15