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In 2001 helped by his family, John Mills established the Tower Brewery, continuing in the long tradition of brewing in Burton on Trent.

IMG_0063-300x293Over a period of nine months and with a lot of hard work, John and his father Geoffrey converted the handsome water tower, in which the brewery is now based.

Steeped in brewing history and known as Walsitch Maltings, the tower was built in the 1870s by Thomas Salt & Co Ltd., and later in 1927 owned by Burton brewers Bass & Co.

With the conversion finished and the building returned to its former heritage, production began on 10th April 2001.
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dragnet101 (5183) reviewed
Burton Strong Ale from Tower Brewery
6 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at 6%. Pours amber with small head and a fading retention. Bready caramel malts with a mild hoppy spice aroma. Taste is like a chewy toffee malt bomb, quite sweet. Finish carries that sweetness to partly offset a decent bitterness and a very mild hoppy spice note at the end. Its decent stuff and a nice change from some of the hoppy session IPAs and NEIPAs recently consumed. It does lack something to elevate it to another level, maybe a dark fruity note or an increase in the level of that spiciness.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2020 at 01:12
RichTheVillan (12412) reviewed
Burton Strong Ale from Tower Brewery
6 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Morrisons; clear burnished amber pour with a thin beige head, aroma has sweet toffee and dark fruits, taste is quite bitter with mellow toffee, big malts and some autumnal fruits.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2020 at 12:23
c0axial (8153) ticked
Imperial from Tower Brewery
6 years ago
7/10
Tried from Cask on 29 Feb 2020 at 16:33
Mr_Pink_152 (18280) reviewed
Burton Strong Ale from Tower Brewery
7 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Morrison’s Lincoln. Deep amber colour with an off white head. Aroma malty and hints of caramel. Taste light sweet. Smooth body.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Sep 2019 at 17:10
saxo (30104) reviewed
Imperial IPA from Tower Brewery
9 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are yeast, banana, fruits, flowers and malt. Sweet finish.
Tried from Cask on 28 Jul 2017 at 08:31
Rasmus40 (37592) reviewed
Imperial IPA from Tower Brewery
9 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and yeasty. Flavor is quite sweet. Sweet finish. Feels more like a mediocre German Hefeweizen than an Imperial IPA. 280717
Tried from Cask on 28 Jul 2017 at 08:30
Deanso (16228) reviewed
Salt's Burton Ale from Tower Brewery
9 years ago
5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
50cl bottle from Home Bargains. Medium white head. Clear amber pour. Not much to it Very malty with a light bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2017 at 10:35
Olut (22669) reviewed
Elizabeth IPA from Tower Brewery
9 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle from Home Bargains, Manchester. Clear golden with an extremely light carbonation and a thin head. Hoppy with lots of sugars determining its character.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2017 at 15:42
danlo (13924) reviewed
Elizabeth IPA from Tower Brewery
9 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle. Golden colour with a white foam head and citric aroma. Taste is malty, some biscuit, with citrus hop, sulphur notes and earthy bitter. Light bodied, soft carbonation, dry & tangy finish. OK.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2016 at 16:26
BlackHaddock (18155) reviewed
Elizabeth IPA from Tower Brewery
10 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
500ml bottle into a UK pint sleeve at home on 4th Sep 2016. Light golden body, clear but not bright: white foaming head. Fruity and floral nose, fruity hop flavour, some sweetness in the taste also: bitter finish. Unlike the first three raters I quite enjoyed my bottle.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2016 at 09:52