About
We produce a range of cask and bottle conditioned “real ales” from ingredients sourced as locally as possible. All of our recipes use whole leaf English hops mainly from Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The fermentation yeast is “wet” reducing the amount of waste yeast from each brew and allowing the strain to develop its own distinctive characteristics. Our spent grains, the remains of the malted barley after mashing, are collected by a local farmer and fed to his cattle. Our beers can be found in pubs, shops and restaurants in Plymouth, West Devon, the South Hams, Torbay and Cornwall who are passionate about local produce. The brewery was founded in 1983 by Adam Summerskill and has been here in Plymstock since 1985.
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Clear amber with tiny white head. Sweet malty aroma with caramel notes. Sweet fruity flavor with toasted malt. Ends sweet.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2008
at 17:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask conditioned gravity, White Cliffs BF 08. Ruby colour with a little head. Syrupy malty beer with decent hop. But the fruity syrupy malt dominates. I do like the peppery hop on the finish though.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2008
at 11:58
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF 2007. An amber beer with no head. The aroma is sweet with primary notes of butterscotch. The flavor is sweet malty again with primary notes of butterscotch, leading to a dry bitter and nutty finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2008
at 18:47
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at three judges Glasgow ... deep red brown ... frutiy toffee nose ... sweet with caramel and a little apple tartness.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Dec 2007
at 08:14
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Copper beer with no head. Applepeel and caramel aroma. Dry with some apple flavoutr too.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2007
at 15:40
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ GBBF 2007, London. Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, virtually none, head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, roasted, fruit. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Sep 2007
at 04:33
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask@GBBF2007. Dark amber colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is caramel, wood, some alcohol and a bit of spices. Really much whisky cask too. Flavour is whiskyish wood along with spices and bitter fruits.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Sep 2007
at 23:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at Market Porter, Borough. Hazy copper with thin white head. Tastes like a bland bitter. Some citric hop. Bit of honey or ginger maybe? Odd beer. Drinkable, but no strong aroma. Good citric hop finish. I asked for a half and got a pint, which I was happy to sup away at as I ordered my other beers. Fine, but nothing of any great note.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2006
at 07:42
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask handpull at Market Porter, Borough. Chestnut colour with lasting beige head. Smooth caramel in mouth, caramel/hop aroma. Sweetish earthy caramel finish. Some dry earthy hop. Bit like a Camerons beer. Not my style, but the hops are good.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2006
at 07:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Merton Beer Festival, Oxfordshire, July 7th and 8th 2006. Poured light golden colour not too much of a head, some hoppiness on the nose and taste wise pretty much just as I imagined it would be, fresh, little bit tangy, some fruitiness mostly citrusy and good underlying bitterness with dryish finish. I agree with Glenn the name is quite silly, this is a shame really as this wasn’t a bad beer at all.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jul 2006
at 04:09