Thwaites Brewery

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

Established in 1807

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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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6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On cask at the Ship Inn, Caton as Caton Cask. Appearance - amber with a nice lacy head. Nose - toffee and sweet malt. A suggestion of citrus. Taste - sticky toffee, light nuts. Dry biscuit. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - a decent bitter.
Tried from Cask on 31 Dec 2016 at 08:06

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sep. ’16. A 0.33 l bottle from Mali Ducan, Split. It poured a bit hazy golden body with smaller head. Weaker malty and citrus aroma with a touch of some fruits from its malts. Flavor was bitter, with herbal and pine bitterness dominating over light honey and bready malts. Medium to full bodied with moderately long, lightly bittersweet finish. Okay, but just that - pretty simple and not thrilling, even lightly unbalanced, inclining a lot to a golden ale. Unconventional IPA, expected more of it.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2016 at 07:53

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2015, National Winter Ales Festival (2015), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Thwaites Symphonic ].Clear dark black brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, light beige to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, blackberries. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, black berries, artificial, chocolate, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150213] 6-3-7-3-14
Tried from Cask on 04 Dec 2016 at 11:27

5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
0.33 l bottle from Pivoteka. Retro tasting session by Hrabren’s Choice. Shared with Višnja. Clead golden, small off-white head. Herbal aromas, malts underneath, quite clear, light to medium hopped, light mint. Sweet malty, perfumed. Soft carbonation, light to medium body, abrupt finish. Compromises, trying to make something acceptable.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Dec 2016 at 08:11

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap @ El Cervcero. Ambar, nebulosa, espuma blanca. Aroma no muy marcado, ligeramente malteado. En boca tiene caracter malteado y ceral también con notas de té y madera y amargor moderado creciente, tirando a herbal.
Tried from Draft on 12 Nov 2016 at 13:23

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at Craft Beer Rising 2014 - London. Pours clear amber-brown with a creamy, off-white head. Quite basic overall. Some sugary brown bread character, light ripe fruits, subtle earthy hops. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Decent balance in the finish, with lightly toasted and spicy pine, more sweet bready malts. OK stuff on the whole.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2016 at 01:31

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
330ml bottle: just out of date. Poured into a Duvel glass at home on 28th Oct 2016. Lovely clear deep golden body, full white head. Pleasant aroma, almost white wine like, less citrus smells looking at the hop varieties used. The same in the flavour, wine like (semi-sweet) not as citrusy as I expected (pleased about that actually). Overall a nice blend: nothing strong or provocative, just an easy going fairly sweet beer with enough flavour to keep your taste buds guessing.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2016 at 12:08

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle: Deep golden with a reddish sheen,stable creamy off-white head; moderate fruity and pale-malty nose with distinctive piney-hoppy aromas and a tinge of soy-sauce; moderate dryish bitter-sweet flavour, medium bodied and pretty soft; lingering malty and solid bitter-hoppy finish with hops sticking to the palate without being agressive. A very reasonable and well balanced english IPA...
Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2016 at 06:09

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
L’intensità olfattiva è elevata e la persistenza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello è di schiuma compatta, cremosa, aderente e si conclude con un pizzo sul vetro. La grandezza delle bollicine è finissima. La consistenza del liquido è limpida. La carbonazione è praticamente piatta. Il colore è ambrato carico. Il corpo è medio. Il dolce è medio ad equilibrare l’amaro medio. L’intensità gustativa è normale e la persistenza gustativa è sufficiente. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali sono di facile beva. Il finale è pulito e semplice. Il retrogusto è sfuggente. L’aroma in bocca riporta sentori di caramello, pane, erbe e cereali.
Tried from Draft on 07 Oct 2016 at 12:18

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Clear caramel amber colour, white head. Hoppy aroma, citrus, floral notes, lemon peel. Bitter flavour, light sweet, bitter lemon peel. Bitter finish, lemon peel, grapefruit, malts.
(from 33cL bottle @ home)
Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2016 at 15:23