About
WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS
We started trial brewing on a home brew kit back in early 2009 when the country was in the depths of the recession, which is partly how the name Brightside arose. That and the fact that we also like The Killers!
These days we’re an established name in Manchester, with a reputation for quality consistency and service. Our beers can be found in many of the free of tie pubs and bars in the city, out towards Crewe and Chester in the South, through the Wirral, and up to Preston in the North (in fact, across much of the UK by way of swapped casks with partner breweries and wholesalers).
We started trial brewing on a home brew kit back in early 2009 when the country was in the depths of the recession, which is partly how the name Brightside arose. That and the fact that we also like The Killers!
These days we’re an established name in Manchester, with a reputation for quality consistency and service. Our beers can be found in many of the free of tie pubs and bars in the city, out towards Crewe and Chester in the South, through the Wirral, and up to Preston in the North (in fact, across much of the UK by way of swapped casks with partner breweries and wholesalers).
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Guildford Arms. Pours clear pale gold with a thick white head. Aromas of light citrus, light biscuit. Taste is light bitter, pithy, good balancing malt backbone. Light bitter finish. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jan 2017
at 02:50
6/10
Tried
on 08 Jan 2017
at 16:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ EBF21 2015, 21th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE. [ As Brightside Admiral ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, marzipan malt, light to moderate hoppy, herbs, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, pale malt, herbal, citrus, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150809] 6-3-7-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2017
at 10:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned on gravity at Just Ales, Wells 3/12/2016. Dark brown, with a small, beige, head. Some toastiness, brown sugar and red berries before a gentle finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2017
at 09:26
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ Sir John Borlase Warren, 1 Ilkeston Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG7 3GD. [ As Brightside Odin ].Clear medium yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, citrus, pale malt, earthy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151006] 6-3-6-3-11
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Dec 2016
at 09:49
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ Sir John Borlase Warren, 1 Ilkeston Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG7 3GD. [ As Brightside Indian Summer ].Clear medium orange color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, apple, tart notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, apple, pale malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151006] 5-3-6-3-11
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Dec 2016
at 07:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Guildford arms. Pours black, nose is roasted, toffee, chocolate, taste is sweet, chewy toffee, bitter chocolate. --- Beer merged from original tick of Darkside on 08 Oct 2016 at 15:27 - Score: 7. Original review text: Cask at the Guildford arms. Pours black, nose is roasted, toffee, chocolate, taste is sweet, chewy toffee, bitter chocolate.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Oct 2016
at 08:10
6/10
Tried
on 17 Sep 2016
at 14:24
6/10
Tried
on 16 Sep 2016
at 15:20
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried at the Three Horseshoes, Waddington. Golden colour with a medium white head. Aroma is light fruity, taste dry, with a medium body.
Tried
on 08 Sep 2016
at 14:09