Moles Brewery
Microbrewery
in Melksham,
Wiltshire,
England 🏴
Owned by
Wickwar Wessex (prev Wickwar Wessex Brewing)
Established in 1982
Closed in 2017
oh6gdx (50921) reviewed Gold from Moles Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask@HBF2017. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, some earthy, grassy and mild herbal notes. Flavour is grassy, mild herbs, rarth and some floral notes. Earthy aftertaste.
minutemat (16133) reviewed Black Rat Cider (4.7%) from Moles Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Sample, thanks to Grumbo! Pours gold with floating fine sediment in suspension. Gently sweet apple nose. Taste is lightly tangy with a metallic sugary sweetness. A little fizzy with an artificial fruit feel. Ok.
Rasmus40 (36891) reviewed Black Rat Cider (4.7%) from Moles Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Sample courtesy of Grumbo. Thanks. Clear golden without head. Aroma is sweet apples and apple juice. Flavor is medium sweet and light acidic. Sweet and light acidic finish. 060320
danlo (12875) reviewed Black Rat Cider (4.7%) from Moles Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Golden colour, foamy white head that quickly dissipates away and aroma of baked apple, caramel, citric. Taste is sweet, tangy, apple flavour, with some tartness, and sugary with sulphur hints. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tart finish. OK
Grumbo (24130) reviewed Black Rat Cider (4.7%) from Moles Brewery 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
1/3/2020. Can from Cotswold Vintners, Chipping Sodbury. Pours clear golden with a fizzy short lasting white head. Aroma of caramel, metallic apple, citrus acidity. Moderate sweetness and slight tartness. Moderate body, fizzy carbonation. Better than expected but then expectations weren’t high.
Anders37 (30391) reviewed Rucking Mole from Moles Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2017. Pours a pale amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel hoppy finish.
Grumbo (24130) reviewed Black Rat Premium Cider (5.5%) from Moles Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
12/7/2019. Bottle from Cotswold Vintners, Chipping Sodbury. Pours clear, very pale, very little colour. Aroma of semi-sweet apples and light woody notes.Medium plus sweetness with light tartness. Moderate body, oily texture, average/lively carbonation.
danlo (12875) reviewed Black Rat Perry from Moles Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
BIAB at Doncaster Beer & Cider Festival 2019. Pale yellow colour, no head and sulphury cardboardy pear aroma. Taste is sweet, syrupy pear, with sulphury hints. Syrupy mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet pear finish. OK
fonefan (84235) reviewed Rucking Mole from Moles Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As Moles Rucking Mole ].Clear medium amber colour with a small to average, frothy, good to fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, caramel, nutty notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170809] 5-3-6-3-12
danlo (12875) reviewed Black Rat Cider from Moles Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
BIAB at Stockton Ale & Arty Fest 2019. 6.0%. Orangey gold colour, no head and fruity funky apple aroma. Taste is tangy apple, fruity and funky, with citrusy and soft tannic notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable
