Box Social Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Newburn,
Tyne & Wear,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Box Social
- Out of business
Established in 2015
Closed in 2020
Contact
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!
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!
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2015 [ The 40th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 8th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Box Social India Brown Ale ].Clear medium red brown color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, dark malt, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151007] 6-3-7-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2017
at 13:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2015 [ The 40th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 8th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Box Social Gentleman’s Nectar Pale Ale ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, citrus, fruity, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, citrus, pale malt, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151007] 6-3-7-3-14
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2017
at 11:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
4.3 keg at bow bar... As kaffir lime leaf ... Light hazy... Big white head.. Soft zezty fruits nose.. Tatt fruit... Wierd lime finish odd zest fruit
Tried
on 31 Dec 2016
at 07:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy dark blond colour with thin lacy head. Aroma and flavour have light tropical fruit. Moderately bitter finish.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2016
at 18:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at the bow bar. Pours golden amber, nose is lime, love heart sweeties, toffee, taste is floral, dry, soapy, chalk.
Tried
on 10 Nov 2016
at 11:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On keg at the Bow Bar. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - custard and canned mandarins. Just a light citrus tang. Taste - lemon curd and marmalade. Palate - light to medium bodied with a tangy texture and a long dry tangy finish. Very carbonated. Overall - carbonation a bit too much. But decent.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Nov 2016
at 07:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
4.2 keg at bow bar.... Hazy Amber... Small white head... Soft sweet floral fruit nose... Over fizzy.. Dry zezty lemon.. Soft lemon fruit
Tried
on 16 Sep 2016
at 02:16
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On cask at the Bow Bar. Appearance - pale golden with a decent head. Nose - fresh lemon and a hint if light malt. Taste - tonnesof citrus. Light straw at the back. Palate - light bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - a good example of the style. Good ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2016
at 16:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
1st December 2015
Pigs Ear Day 1. Cask. Hazy deep amber beer, small pale tan head. Palate is light, fairly dry and has modest fine carbonation. Lots of tang in this one, especially the tangy dark fruits, prunes notable. Light semi dry finish. Tangy fruits linger on. One of the better milds here today.
Pigs Ear Day 1. Cask. Hazy deep amber beer, small pale tan head. Palate is light, fairly dry and has modest fine carbonation. Lots of tang in this one, especially the tangy dark fruits, prunes notable. Light semi dry finish. Tangy fruits linger on. One of the better milds here today.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jan 2016
at 08:51