Box Social Brewing

Microbrewery in Newburn, Tyne & Wear, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Box Social - Out of business

Established in 2015

Closed in 2020

Contact
Unit 18 Riverdale Court, Newburn, NE15 8SG, England
Description
Box Social Brewing was established in 2015 by father and son duo Steve and Ross Holland. The brewery's aim is to create new and exciting beers to get people talking to each other and question their perception of beer.

After a long time working out of Steve's garage, brewing beer really just for ourselves, we decided to take the plunge and set up shop in a small industrial estate in Newburn on a 6 Barrel kit. We built a small tasting room on site so people could come and taste the freshest beer possible and began working on our beer range. Four years later, we were selling out of beer faster than we could make it and decided we had to take the next step.

We moved into our new 15 Barrel brewery in February 2019. This has allowed us to create not only better beer, but more of it!

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7/10
On tap at the mail box Lincoln. Hazy pale orange colour with a white head. Aroma pineapple and orange. Taste light bittersweet to light sweet. Full body.
Tried from Draft on 21 Dec 2018 at 19:23

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
330ml can @ Station. Pours murky golden yellow, aroma is a little mucky, some citrus fruit. Taste presents a smooth, oaty, fruity citra character. A little tangy & sharp, some papaya / lychee juice. Generally decent.
Tried from Can on 25 Nov 2018 at 17:31

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
330ml can. Really hazy golden, almost opaque, with a frothy white head. Aroma of soft sweet citrus fruits, orange, mango, passionfruit. Taste is light sweet, soft citrus and tropical fruits, mango, papaya, passionfruit, orange peel, bitter grapefruit, quite well balanced. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. Nice one. Not marketed as a NEIPA but it looks and tastes like one.
Tried from Can on 22 Nov 2018 at 23:19

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Pours very hazy golden with a frothy white head, looks like a NEIPA. Aroma of unripe tropical fruits, mango, peach, papaya. Taste follows suit, unripe tropical fruits, mango, papaya, citrus peel, wouldn't go so far as to say it's "bone dry" as the brewer does but it is certainly dry. Medium body and carbonation. Good one.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2018 at 21:32

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
14th November 2018
Can. Hazy yellowish gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth, fairly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Thin malts, smooth but light and dry, mildly sweet. Smooth pine. Mild tangy orange and a sprinkle of hop spice. Plenty of hop here but overall it feels curiously recessed. Didn't really gel with this at all.
Tried from Can on 14 Nov 2018 at 23:25

5.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from Cocktails, Littleborough. Cloudy amber-yellow with a small head. Oat heavy ale, plenty of citrus, hides its strength well but is dense tasting and fuller-bodied. Has a dryness to it but remains juicy enough.
Tried from Can on 08 Nov 2018 at 19:51

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
2nd November's 2018
Hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Hazy yellow gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, mild dryness, mercifully not super dry, as promised, Light yellow grapefruit and a little passion fruit with a nice light grapey champagne vibe. Light finish. Super duper! What a treat! Definite brut vibe but with a light hop backbone. Brut IPA is a substyle that is giving me a lot of pleasure. On a less positive note - anyone who says this is a new style can fuck right off. Get a fucken grip! Cheers!
Tried from Can on 02 Nov 2018 at 19:35

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from Eltham Wines, Eltham. Hazy yellow pour with a white head. Nose of sweet citrus, corn, kiwi fruit. Flavours of baked apple, lots of citrus, dessert pear. Nice.
Tried from Can on 24 Oct 2018 at 14:08

6.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5

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 Box Social MXPA ].
ABV: 4.5%. Hazy - murky matt medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, fruity hops, light zesty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average duration, fruity malt, pale malt, thin, watery, light zesty. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20181020]
7-2-6-3-13
Tried from Cask on 23 Oct 2018 at 08:56

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7

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 Box Social Hybrid Theory ].
ABV: 3.5%. Murky matt medium yellow colour with a average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, wheat, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, lemon, zesty, minerals. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, citrus, zesty, pale malt, minerals, fruity hops, fruity malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20181018]
7-3-7-3-14
Tried from Cask on 22 Oct 2018 at 16:55