Thwaites Brewery

Regional Brewery in Mellor Brook, Lancashire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 25 Venues

Established in 1807

Contact
Myerscough Road, Mellor Brook, BB2 7LB, England
Description
The oldest surviving brewery in Lancashire founded by Daniel Thwaites started brewing in 1807 based on Syke Street, Blackburn. A new modern brewery was built in 1966. In 2014, they entered into an agreement with Marstons that resulted in much of the beer being brewed by Marstons in Wolverhampton. In 2015, Wainright and Lancaster Bomber were sold to Marston. In 2015 we made the decision to reinvigorate our brewery, we wanted to return to our old ways and take pride in every beer we have our name on. This led to our new craft brewery being built at the foot of the Ribble Valley. Opened in 2018, our small team of brewers created our delicious beers by hand using the latest equipment, a step away from automation and mass production.

Today, Thwaites still produces beer but it in much smaller quantities as it only sells to its own estate of pubs, inns and hotels, which it brews from its Ribble Valley brewery.

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7/10
Pretty decent IPA. Nice hoppiness
Tried from Can on 25 Nov 2019 at 17:48

7/10
Citrus take on an IPA. Nice
Tried on 25 Nov 2019 at 17:47

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Black Bull Inn, Coniston. Cask. Sugary aroma. Sweet and sugary flavor. Some coffee and red fruit. Light bodied. Pleasant mild ale with a hopbitter aftertaste. Well balanced.
Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:08

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask, Sportsmann Inn Ambleside. Amber color, slight malty aroma. Light hopbitterness in the flavor, licorice, brambles and some creaminess. Hoppy aftertaste with bramble. Medium bodied with a hint of malty sweetness.
Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:08

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Creamy off white head stayed on a dark golden still body. Fruity aroma. Medium bodied, smooth & cloying on the back. Very fruity, sweet citrus, berries & some spice with a tangy finish. Quaffer!
Tried on 15 Aug 2019 at 19:25

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Mild smell of hops, some citrus. Dark amber colour, high beige head. Aroma of spruce, orange peel, some earth in finish. Also hints of malts. Medium bitter, half flat carbon. Medium dry palate. Decently balanced.
Tried on 09 Aug 2019 at 19:49

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask at the Old Queens Head, Sheffield. Amber, clear with a slight white head. Woody and slightly astringent aroma with a hint of red berry. Tastes sweetish at first with lingering bitterinf hops in the finish. A capable bitter.
Tried from Cask on 25 Jul 2019 at 21:13

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Darts Farm, Topsham. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are bread, malt, caramel, little fruits, hops and has a light bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2019 at 09:43

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from a Carrefour in Metz - many thanks, Anke! Pours clear amber with a lasting, unstable, thin, foamy, tan head. Aroma of perfume, soap, red apple, pear, biscuit, grapefruit peel, paprika, fried onion. Taste is light fruity sweet, ripe apple & pear on biscuity maltiness, revolving around a hoppy bitter core of grapefruit, orange peel, accentuated by spicy pepper & onion, leading to a dry, piney hoppy finish, lingering maltiness, grapefruit, bit of a soapy effect. Medium body, slick texture, fizzy carbonation. Good 'standard' IPA, balanced but also torn between two worlds.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2019 at 12:18

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask at the Station Bar & Grill, Clitheroe. Pours clear pale golden with a thin white head. Light hoppy aroma, light creamy maltiness. Taste is more of the same. Smattering being a small amount of something. In this case, a practically indiscernible amount. Nothing wrong with it though.
Tried from Cask on 29 Jun 2019 at 07:38