RedWillow Brewery

Microbrewery in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2010

Contact
The Lodge, Sutton Garrison, Byrons Lane, Macclesfield, SK11 7JW, England
Description
After a great reception from his hobby as an enthusiastic amateur brewer, Toby Mackenzie and his wife Caroline decided to expand and go full time establishing the award winning Red Willow brewery in 2010. Their aim was to make the types of beer that they like - full of flavour yet easy to drink. Red Willow now offer a range of beers that can be found in many local pubs and shops in cask

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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at Birmingham Beer Fest 2012; light brown colour, soapy head, sweet malt aroma, taste bready with juicy hop bitterness and a slight taste of almond nuts.
Tried from Cask on 27 Oct 2012 at 11:11

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Cask at the Rose Villa Tavern, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham. Clear brown pour with a bubbly white frothy head. A classic English bitter with a nice malty aroma and lots of chewy malt and bitter in the flavour with a liqourice aftertaste that sets this beer apart from the crowd.
Tried from Cask on 22 Oct 2012 at 16:08

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From tap at Bishops Arms Helsingborg. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and rapefruity. Dense hoppy and bitter. Dry herbal and crisp bitter. Smooth fruity and bitter into the finish.
Tried from Draft on 17 Oct 2012 at 19:06

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Cask at Old Fountain Old Street. light to mid brown clear thin beige head. Its a brown bitter that isnt very bitter. Some caramel in there. Its a brown beer. Fine.
Tried from Cask on 13 Oct 2012 at 04:53

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
(Draught at MacKinlay’s Inn, Stockholm) Dark reddish brown colour with brief, beige head. Roasted, malty nose with notes of pine needles, black-currant and dark chocolate. Roasted, malty taste with black coffee, dark chocolate, pine needles and grapefruit in a finish with a generous, roasty bitterness. More than medium body, with balanced sweetness. Excellent take on the style. Very nice beer.
Tried on 12 Oct 2012 at 13:44

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Bottle at home, 11th October 2012. This is a fantastic pale ale, pours nicely, small head, aroma is lovey and fruity hops, peach and citrus. Taste is beautifully balanced, peach and some citrus, some sourness, which leads into the malts, low carbonation, which suis me fine for this style, great flavour for the low ABV, could session this easily
Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2012 at 12:32

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Draught @ Bishops Arms Vasagatan. Pours hazy pale golden with a small frothy offwhite head that leaves a small trace on the glass while quickly dissipating. Smell is tiny sweet, hoppy, herbal and slightly fruity with bread, gooseberries, lemon balm, grapefruit juice, freshly cut grass, dill, moist wood, unripe currants and hints of caramel and alcohol. Taste is slightly sweet, fruity and herbal with gooseberries, freshly cut grass, lemon balm, grapefruit juice, moist wood and hints of pine, dill and wet leaves. Mouthfeel is crisp, slightly watery, tiny round and light bodied. Finish is tiny sweet and bitter with freshly cut grass, gooseberries, lemon balm, juicy tangerines and orange zest.
Tried on 09 Oct 2012 at 14:23

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Cloudy reddish-brown pour with a beige head. Blackberry, chocolate and raisin aroma. Raisin and dark fruit flavour. Long malty finish.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2012 at 14:12

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Amber pour with a white head. Citrus and pineapple aroma. Quite a sweet, fruity nose. Pear and citrus flavour. Crisp fruit angle. Fruity finish. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2012 at 13:03

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draft @ Bishops Arms Gustav, Malmö. Pours a very dark amber black color with a small off-white head. Has a slightly roasted malty hoppy aroma. Fruity malty licorice hoppy weak piney flavor. Has a weak roasted malty hoppy piney licorice finish.
Tried from Draft on 06 Oct 2012 at 10:05