Fernandes Brewery

Brewpub in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Ossett Brewery
Associated Venue: Fernandes Brewery Tap & Bier Keller

Established in 1996

Contact
The Old Malt House, 5 Avison Yard, Wakefield, WF1 1UA, England
Description
Ossett Brewery purchased the Fernandes Brewery and Pub in 2007. Proud of its heritage and under the watchful eye of head brewer Paul Spencer, Ossett Brewery has continued to brew many of the original beers, whilst also devising many new brews which have become firm favourites. Brewer, Steve Hutchinson, now brews around 90 different beers a year from the pale ‘Straw-Weight’ at 2.8% to impenetrable black, full bodied stouts, such as ‘Voodoo’ at 5.0%.

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5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at the GBBF 2018 07/08/2018. Day 1. A clear yelow straw coloured pour with no head. Aroma is sweet vanilla custard, grassy hop,. Flavour is composed of grassy hop, tannin, harsh bitter, rhubarb. Palate is semi sweet, harsh, lowish carbonation. Little harsh.

Tried from Cask on 27 Aug 2018 at 18:30


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tried at the cardinals hat. Off black colour with a pale tan head. Sweet cherry aroma. Taste light cherry sweet building sweetness and a hint of roasted bitter. Full body.

Tried on 27 Aug 2018 at 14:22


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at GBBF '18, day 4, 10/08/18. Light golden blonde with a decent off white head. Nose is custard cream biscuits, earthy fruit, straw, airy malts. Taste comprises bittersweet fruit, rhubarb, custard, straw. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Ok for the style and does what it says on the tin.

Tried from Cask on 13 Aug 2018 at 08:15


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6


Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2018 - Day 1 🇬🇧 [ Great British Beer Festival 2018 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

[ As Fernandes Rhubarb & Custard ].
ABV: 4.0%. Clear light to medium yellow colour with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, custard, rhubarb, cream - vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, custard, cream - vanilla, light rhubarb. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180807]
7-3-6-3-12

Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2018 at 13:10


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask at GBBF. It pours clear blonde with a small white head. The aroma is sweet, oily, rhubarb & custard boiled sweets, custard cream and icing sugar. The taste is sweet, sticky, oily, green veg, custard cream, rawness, spice and earth with a drying finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Fair and a bit messy.

Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2018 at 12:03


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

7th August 2018
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Almost clear gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Obvious vanilla,. sweetish. Floral fruits and bitterish citric peel. Smooth finish. Mildly amusing.

Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2018 at 11:58


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Half pint at the brewpub. Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Lovely bitterness..

Tried on 06 Aug 2018 at 18:58


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Half pint on tap at the brewpub. Medium creamy beige head. Clear black pour. Light chocolate and orange

Tried from Draft at Fernandes Brewery Tap & Bier Keller on 05 Aug 2018 at 17:17



6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Half pint on ta at WIllys. Medium creamy white head. VEry hazy golden pour. Light citrus bitterness.

Tried on 19 Jul 2018 at 14:59