Pictish Brewing

Microbrewery in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2000

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Unit 9, Canalside Industrial Estate, Woodbine Street East, Rochdale, OL16 5LB, England
Description
Pictish Brewing Company is a small independent brewery established in April 2000 by Richard Sutton. Early in 2013 Richard decided to opt for an easier life and skive off leaving things in the hands of his old friend Paul Wesley. We brew a wide variety of high quality cask conditioned ales and deliver direct to the licensed trade in the Lancashire, Manchester and West Yorkshire areas.

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Waggon and Horses, Halesowen. Pours near pitch black with a small head. Aroma is black treacle, tar and bitter coffee. Taste has dry roast to start with a bittersweet finish and more roast and a little treacle.

Tried from Cask on 16 Sep 2012 at 02:55


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On tap @ Thomson’s Bar. Pours golden, slightly hazy with a decent head. The nose has hay and some meadow flowers. The taste has more of the floral thing but with a lemon zing on the end. The palate is medium bodied with a light to medium texture and a nice refreshing finish. Overall, very drinkabale indeed.

Tried from Draft on 23 Aug 2012 at 12:07


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask@GBBF2012. Yellow colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, caramelly and mildly nectary notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, nectary and sweet malts. Also some mild wheat and grainy notes.

Tried from Cask on 19 Aug 2012 at 08:20


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Great British Beer Festival 2012, Olympia, London. A golden coloured pour with a medium white fluffy head on top. Sweet, fruity, malty aroma. Tastes malty, bitter, hoppy, slight sweetness, citrus fruit. Very nice indeed.

Tried from Cask on 15 Aug 2012 at 04:24


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

11th September 2009
Cask at Chapel Beer Festival. Clear amber beer. Good frothy biscuit coloured head. Slight sour note. A little sulphur on the nose. Semi soft and semi dry palate. Caramel biscuit malt. Bittering but fruity hops. Orange, lemon and grapefruit. A pleasantly fruity beer but a tad dry.

Tried from Cask on 27 May 2012 at 09:15


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Nicely hopped with a great nose, but also very tasty too. Definitely worth a try.

Tried on 20 May 2012 at 10:54


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Cloisters, Edinburgh 300412
Golden amber, clear, thin white head, good lacing
Aroma - sweet golden malts, light floral hops, light soft apricot
Taste - sweet golden malts, soft sweet fruits, light apricot, mellow fruits, touch of bitter hops in background
Palate -soft carb, medium body, quite oily, bit sticky. Finish - sweet fruit malts, rapid finish, hint of bitterness in the tail.
Overall - I quite liked this one

Tried from Cask on 03 May 2012 at 06:42


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

9th July 2009
Draft. Slightly hazy pale gold beer. Dry crisp palate. Tangy sweet orange and lemon citrus. Crisp dry finish. Light touch of elderflower. Light and fruity.

Tried from Draft on 29 Apr 2012 at 08:10


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Market Porter, Boro Mkt, London. A golden coloured pour with a thin white head on top. Hoppy, citrus fruit aroma. Tastes hoppy, dry, bitter and some citrus fruit. A decent ale from Pictish.

Tried from Cask on 13 Apr 2012 at 05:29


7.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival, 17th & 18th February 2012 Another one of those Pictish beers that Mes would describe settle with a trademark Pictich snowstorm, before then becoming wonderfully clear. Colour is straw as the description suggests and taste is decent but not as good as some Pictish and not as good as some on offer. However it was this beer that sold out first and I suppose for your more casual real ale drinker the softer tones of this beer, light hoppiness and relatively easy going bitterness were much more in favour, v.good but not great. A7 A5 T6 P4 Ov13 3.5

Tried from Cask on 28 Feb 2012 at 13:46