Thwaites Brewery

Regional Brewery in Mellor Brook, Lancashire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 24 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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Historic check-in

Tried on 08 Feb 2023 at 09:12


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Highlands Hotel, Bispham. Golden with a small head. It’s a hop-malt balanced bitter.

Tried from Cask on 14 Jan 2023 at 05:58


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Gynn, Blackpool. Golden with a head. Has a good body, good water, and a tasty Styrian hop in this one.

Tried from Cask on 03 Jan 2023 at 21:44


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

House Bitter Creamy off white head on a clear copper coloured body Malt & bitter aroma. Soft & creamy with a cloying back Sweet malt, caramel & toffee tastes with a bitter finish.

Tried on 28 Dec 2022 at 18:04


6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Missed rating from 27.9.2015. Bitter yeasty aroma. Head stayed quite well. Almost transparent golden colour. Light refreshing floral tastes of hops, quite sweet on the tongue then nice bitter aftertaste. Brewed by the only brewery in my town - it's actually decent, light session beer.

Tried on 14 Dec 2022 at 19:33


26/07/2018 and many other historic check-ins

Tried on 06 Nov 2022 at 17:01


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Crown Inn, Pooley Bridge. Clear dark orange sporting a decent white head. Aroma of citrus fruits, malts and toffee. Taste follows aroma plus some biscuits. Low bitterness. Low carbonation. Nice.

Tried from Cask on 29 Sep 2022 at 14:25


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Creamy off white head on an amber coloured body. Light malt aroma. Medium bodied, smooth & cloying. Malt, brown sugar & caramel tastes with a lightly hopped finish. Easy going.

Tried on 30 Jun 2022 at 17:53


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Creamy tan head on a reddish brown still body. Malt & berry aroma. Medium bodied, smooth, soft & clean. Malt, brown sugar, berries & caramel tastes with tangy finish. Excellent Cask.

Tried from Cask on 29 May 2022 at 14:04


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Nose is pronounced treacle, between sugar, malt. Taste is treacle, lots of licorice, dark malts, light toffee. Very nice

Tried from Can on 10 Mar 2022 at 20:22