Tower Brewery
Microbrewery
in Burton upon Trent,
Staffordshire,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Tower Restaurant & Brewery
Established in 2001
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.
Deanso (15577) reviewed Salt's Burton Ale from Tower Brewery 8 years ago
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.
Olut (21691) reviewed Elizabeth IPA from Tower Brewery 8 years ago
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.
danlo (12875) reviewed Elizabeth IPA from Tower Brewery 9 years ago
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.
BlackHaddock (17179) reviewed Elizabeth IPA from Tower Brewery 9 years ago
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.
Olut (21691) reviewed Salt's Burton Ale from Tower Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle from B&M, Rochdale. Deeper amber coloured with next to no head. Fairly ordinary but palatable with its lowish strength, and has a malty-sweet character.
berkshirejohn (10200) reviewed Salt's Burton Ale from Tower Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
50cl bottle from B&M, Reading. A bright golden amber pour with a ring of white head and lively carbonation; aroma of stewed malts; sweet carmael malt taste; and nothing in the way of any finish. Nothing to recommend about this.
SimonF (3268) reviewed Salt's Burton Ale from Tower Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
(Bottle) Clear amber brown with little head. Light malt with seaweed vege notes. Light body with medium carbonation. Good malt with some nice subtle vege and flinty slightly smokey notes. Good beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
allmyvinyl (20966) reviewed Imperial IPA from Tower Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
500ml bottle from the bargain bin of Beers of Europe. Pours clear gold, no head. Malty, burnt toffee aromas, herbal hops. Taste is sweet, more burnt toffee. Thin texture, astringent finish. Quite similar to Marstons stuff.
Hanoi (1973) reviewed Salt's Burton Ale from Tower Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
Bottle from Aldi as part of budget month. Nose is heavy on the butterscotch, very reminiscent of Worther’s Originals, slight metallic note which grows as it breaths. Taste is primarily of carbonated water, nondescript herbal hops, slight malt, metallic note, slight mineral quality. Edit: Having read others reviews below the comment describing it as Alca Seltzer is spot on. This is a hard beer to describes, it tastes of almost nothing but the metallic carbonation. It’s not horribly unpleasant, it just has almost no flavour. Very odd indeed. I should note however that it has a beautiful, traditional label.
TedE (2763) reviewed Salt's Burton Ale from Tower Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
500ml bottle into glass. Sweet malt nose. Lightly carbonated. Dark golden beer with small head. Zingy on the tongue, watery body. Short lightly hoppy finish. Nothing special.
Brewery Stats
| Score | 6.50 |
| Beers | 56 |
| Ticks | 122 |
Top Reviewers (Not including batches)
|
jjsint | 26 |
|
Harrisoni | 9 |
|
|
berkshirejohn | 5 |
|
Fin | 5 |
|
fonefan | 4 |
|
Downender | 4 |
|
Theydon_Bois | 4 |
|
WingmanWillis | 4 |
|
|
Olut | 4 |
|
eurosoba | 3 |