Grafton Fine Ales

Microbrewery in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2007

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Unit 3 & 4 Walters Yard, Dukeries Way, Claylands Industrial Estate, Worksop, S81 7DW, England
Description
Grafton Brewing Company is named after the Grafton Hotel on Gateford Road in Worksop. The Grafton was built in 1865 by a gentleman called Joseph Gardside. Joseph Garside was one of the founders of Worksop and Retford Brewery.

The multi award winning micro brewery, Grafton Fine Ales was founded, formerley known as Grafton Brewing Company in 2007. The first brewing premises were behind the Packet Inn on Bescoby Street in Retford, Nottinghamshire. We acquired our brand new premises in May 2014 back in Worksop after we outgrow our previous premises. Which also saw us increase our plant size from a 5 barrel plant to a 15 barrel plant for us to keep up with demand.

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7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Tried at the Ritz JDW Lincoln. Not sure if this has changed over the years. But not so much a porter as a winter ale. Deep amber colour with pale tan head. Aroma malty and dried fruit. Taste light bitter. Medium body.
Tried on 21 Dec 2018 at 19:44

6.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
24/10/2018. Cask at the Murderers Arms, Norwich. Pours golden with minimal head. Aroma of raspberry, vanilla, flowers, bitter citrus, malt and woodchip. Medium sweetness and bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft to flat carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 24 Oct 2018 at 16:04

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6

Cask (gravity) @ #RHBCF2018 🧙‍🍻🇬🇧 [ The 11th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival (The 43th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival) ], The Motorpoint Arena, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.

[ As Grafton Framboise ].
ABV: 4.0%. Clear medium yellow colour with a average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, raspberry notes. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, raspberry, artificial, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20181020]
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Tried from Cask on 23 Oct 2018 at 08:41

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ Nottingham Beer Festival. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are raspberries, fruits, hops, malt and has a sweet fruity finish.
Tried from Cask on 20 Oct 2018 at 11:17

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask @ Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and raspberries. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish. 201018
Tried from Cask on 20 Oct 2018 at 11:12

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Dark brown to black colored, medium tan creamy head, decent lasting and nice lacing. Aroma is mostly caramel and toffee, could be bit artificial, chocolate, some dark fruity notes, light coffee. Taste is medium+ sweet malt and caramel, toffee, plenty of caramel notes, chocolate and bit of coffee and roasted malt, medium roasty bitterness, some estery notes, bitter dry aftertaste. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, creamy. Very good, I'd say Sticky Toffee Pudding done the right way :D. I bet that if it had a hype brewery behind it and wasn't sold in JDW, the rates would be soaring. (cask)
Tried from Cask on 18 Sep 2018 at 19:34

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Pint at the Gatehouse JDW, Doncaster. Medium creamy beige head. Clear deep amber pour. Caramel aftertaste. Rather good.
Tried on 03 Sep 2018 at 18:06

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the counting house. Pours black, nose is caramel, vanilla, roasted, taste is sweet, creamy, earthy, caramel.
Tried from Cask on 01 Sep 2018 at 07:46

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ Upper George Hotel, Halifax. Clear brown with a creamy head. It has a grainy-malty aroma and taste with roasted malts developing further in its aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jul 2018 at 19:53

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Pendle Beer Festival 2018. Blonde coloured ale. It's mainly hoppy with its raspberry flavour light.
Tried on 14 Feb 2018 at 15:00