About
Five Towns Brewery was established in September 2008. Since that date we have strived to produce quality cask conditioned beers.
The brewery is based in a converted garage in Outwood, a district to the north of Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
The brewery is based in a converted garage in Outwood, a district to the north of Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
9/10
Big DIPA time. Superb!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2020
at 20:31
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Beer Central, Sheffield. Mostly clear, deep chestnut brown. Dense and leggy, sticky tan foam. Looks boss. Nose has chocolate fudge. Touch of liquorice. Tar. Caramel. Chocolate syrup. Plenty of leafy hop. It’s like an amped up CDA. With added chocolate. Taste reflects all that, with beautifully balanced, smooth and creamy malt and punchy, hop bitterness. Silky mouthfeel. Soft carbonation. Holy balls, this is good. Lingering black berry fruit bitterness to finish. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2020
at 22:30
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Calderdale Beer Festival 2019, Halifax. Black, with its strength obvious, it has a dank floralness to what can be classed as roasted malts.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jul 2020
at 05:46
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Calderdale Beer Festival 2019, Halifax. Hazy amber with its wood cask influence subduing the rhubarb and its associated sweetness in this one. It has a full bodied strength but is easy enough in the palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 May 2020
at 14:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Beer Central, Sheffield. Blurb calls this a stout, and is now 7.5%, so obviously a re-brew. Pours a clear, chestnut brown. Fine light tan head is lasting and semi lacing. Nose has peanut brittle. Earthy malt. Salted caramel truffle. Definitely does what it says on the bottle. Taste is super sweet, with an earthy, cocoa powder bitterness. Smooth on the palate, with fine carbonation. Lingering cocoa bitterness to finish. Nice beer,despite the earthy notes being a little prominent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2020
at 22:02
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask (gravity) @ #MBCF20, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2020 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, M2 3GX Manchester, Great Manchester, England.
[ As Five Towns Oh You Pretty Things ].
ABV: 6.1%. Hazy - murky medium to light red colour with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dough, earthy, flowers, hibiscus, sweet fruit - sweet peach. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, earthy, hibiscus, flowers, dough. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20200124]
5-2-5-3-10
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Mar 2020
at 13:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask (gravity) @ #MBCF20, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2020 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, M2 3GX Manchester, Great Manchester, England.
[ As Five Towns Peanut Butter Conspiracy ].
ABV: 7.5%. Clear medium black brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted - dark malt, chocolate, peanut - peanut butter. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, chocolate, peanut, peanut butter, malt bitter, light caramel - salted caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20200124]
7-3-7-3-15
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Mar 2020
at 13:26
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From wooden cask (gravity) @ #MBCF20, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2020 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, M2 3GX Manchester, Great Manchester, England.
[ As Five Towns / North Riding Mad Monk ].
ABV: 8.0%. Clear dark black brown colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark malt, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, roasted, chocolate, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20200123]
6-3-6-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Mar 2020
at 09:35
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From wooden cask (gravity) @ #MBCF20, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2020 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, M2 3GX Manchester, Great Manchester, England.
[ As Five Towns Lost Hope ].
ABV: 4.4%. Clear medium yellow colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity malt, sweet malt, wood, floral - fruity. Flavor is light moderate sweet with a average duration, pale malt, fruity malt, wood, sweet malt, floral - fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20200123]
5-2-5-3-11
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Mar 2020
at 09:17
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
From wooden cask (gravity) @ #MBCF20, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2020 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, M2 3GX Manchester, Great Manchester, England.
[ As Five Towns Baby Blue ].
ABV: 4.5%. Clear medium yellow colour with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, wood, oak. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, oak, wood, fruity malt, earthy, bread, pale malt. IMO: not much is going on here .. so why put a weak aroma and flavor less blond ale on a wooden cask ! Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20200123]
5-3-5-3-10
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Mar 2020
at 15:57