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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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Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Lancashire Brown Ale / Co-op Strong (Brown) Ale from Thwaites Brewery
20 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
500ml bottle from Co-op, Folkestone. Just bizarre that this little store keeps giving me scoops. This has a pleasant deep ruby colour with a thin lasting beige head. For once the pasteurisation of this beer, doesn’t completely kill it. The boiled sweet nature of such beers actually lends itself to this brown ale. Sweetish malt aroma with dry roasted malts. Nice juicy dark fruits in the mouth, but just a bit empty in the mouthfeel. Finish has more red/dark fruits and a bit of a zing. As a brown ale, it’s pretty good on the fruity flavour. Given the choice from this supermarket, I would pick the Freeminer Gold Miner
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jun 2006 at 15:49
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Thoroughbred Gold (Cask) from Thwaites Brewery
20 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask handpull at Folkestone Wetherspoon’s. Copper colour, lasting cream head. Some butter/hop aroma, yeasty. Nothing much in mouth with dusty finish. Distinctly average in my opinion and on this pint.
Tried from Cask on 20 May 2006 at 07:44
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Lancaster Bomber (Cask) from Thwaites Brewery
20 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask gravity at The George, Bethersden. Chestnut colour with bubbly off white head. Malty aroma with touch of tangy hop. Good malt flavours in mouth that slide into red berry and citrus. Not sure what I expected from this, but the hop really is quite spicey. Bit of tea on the aroma. Surprisingly tasty.
Tried from Cask on 23 Apr 2006 at 01:32
Ungstrup (52439) reviewed
Craftsman from Thwaites Brewery
20 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
[Cask at GBBF 2005] A hazy orange beer with a creamy off-white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of honey, while the flavor is sweet malty and with a dry hoppy end.
Tried from Cask on 07 Feb 2006 at 13:48
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Original (Cask) from Thwaites Brewery
20 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at Head of Steam, Liverpool. Copper colour, thin bubly beige head. This has a faint almond/marzipan flavour with yeast aroma. Fine in mouth. Finish has more marzipan/nut/yeast flavours. Odd but drinkable
Tried from Cask on 29 Jan 2006 at 10:59
jhaase (15105) reviewed
Liberation Ale (Bottle) from Thwaites Brewery
20 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
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Hint of roast and hops in aroma. Hazy chestnut amber, tanned stable creamy head. Citric hops, light roast - bitter dry finish.
Tried from Draft on 18 Dec 2005 at 09:41
MiP (20513) reviewed
Liberation Ale (Bottle) from Thwaites Brewery
20 years ago
4.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle. Malty and/or oxidized aroma. Flavour is thin and boring.............
Tried from Bottle on 14 Dec 2005 at 04:51
Ungstrup (52439) reviewed
Liberation Ale (Bottle) from Thwaites Brewery
20 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
An amber beer with a nice beige head. The aroma is sweet with primary notes of caramel, and so is the flavor, but here it leads to a fine bitter end.
Tried on 09 Dec 2005 at 16:23
Ungstrup (52439) reviewed
Lancashire Brown Ale / Co-op Strong (Brown) Ale from Thwaites Brewery
20 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
A red beer with a thick lazing brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of berries, while the flavor besides being sweet and notes of berries, also has notes of nuts and malt, leading to a dry end. An OK Brown Ale.
Tried on 20 Nov 2005 at 16:54
Ungstrup (52439) reviewed
Lancaster Bomber (Bottle) from Thwaites Brewery
21 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
An amber beer with a white head. The aroma is sweet malty and slightly spicy and caramelic, while the flavor is sweet malty with primary notes of caramel on a thin body.
Tried on 19 Sep 2005 at 17:12