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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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle, 500 ml at the Windmill, Stansted. Pours amber with small short lasting off-white head. Caramel malts, some fruit and spices, hint of hops. Light to medium bodied. Bit bland. Not sure if something went wrong, but looking at the hops selection one would expect much better.
Tried from Bottle at Windmill (JDW) on 15 Mar 2016 at 15:42

6/10
Nice IPA.
Tried on 05 Mar 2016 at 22:08

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Bottle, gift from Mum & Dad- cheers! Brown with a thin beige head. Rather too fizzy. Chocolate and lemon at first, then praline and berries follow. A hint of alcohol and metal. Definite blackcurrant and a little wood in the finish. Lightly dry and a little sticky with just a smidgen of bitterness. Quite liked this.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2016 at 16:51

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
A dark reddish copper ale with a thick frothy light mocha head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, light sulfur notes, light and pleasant. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with resinous catty floral hops, grapefruit pulp, light sulfur, rather pleasant. Can at Crown Rivers, LHR.
Tried from Can on 20 Feb 2016 at 09:07

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
330ml can. Clear golden amber colour with a fine white head which vanishes immediately. Intensely hoppy aroma which is quite citric, fruity, and with malty undertones. Same thing can be said about the flavour in which more citrusy bitterness comes through, with hints of pale, caramel malt. Quite a nice IPA.
Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2016 at 15:51

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
On tap at Hedlam Hall Hotel. Amber colour, creamy white foam head and malty aroma. Tangy malty flavour with some grassy metallic bitterness. Medium bodied, soft to medium carbonation, tangy bitter finish. OK.
Tried from Draft on 06 Feb 2016 at 17:14

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Deep amber to copper, moderate off-white head leaving a film on beer. Nose of honey, resiny hops, minimal mango-like tropical fruit, nectar. Light to medium body. Oily texture. The flavour trends to balance. Busquit & nectar malts & herbal hops. Some citric notes. Medium bitterness. A good one without real hooks whenever you need them.
Tried on 31 Jan 2016 at 06:34

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at Coach and Horses, Ickenham. An amber coloured pour with a thin white head on top. Fruity, malty, caramel aroma. Tastes similar, fruity, malty, caramel, thin and slightly bitter.
Tried from Cask on 08 Jan 2016 at 03:20

6/10
Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2015 at 18:45

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle. Copper colour, average white head. Caramel and biscuit aroma. Taste is caramel, buscuits and fruit
Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2015 at 16:46