Beers are a beautiful thing and we’re very proud of ours here at Empire Brewing. An established micro-brewery situated amongst the rolling Yorkshire hills of Slaithwaite, we’ve been producing fine artisan ales for over a decade.
From a humble garage-based micro-brewery to the slick operation you see today at our boiler house by the canal, our beers – and the way we do things – have come a long way. But our values remain exactly the same: to produce creative and dynamic artisan brewing you’ll love.
Cask at the Bow Bar. Pours opaque dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of chocolate, vanilla, citrus. Taste is light bitter, chocolate. Sweet finish.
Cask @ Dirty Dicks, Halifax. Deep, dark, ruby-brown with a creamy-smooth head. Has a slightly washy roasted malt aroma and taste, which is a tad gritty in the palate.
Cask @ Station Hotel, Oakengates. Pours clear gold, frothy white head. Pale malt aroma. Taste is malt-lead with floral touches and light citrus. Off-putting finish. Fairly bland EPA.
Backlog. From cask at Kings Head, Huddersfield, on The Transpennine Real Ale Trail with KL and LH 09.05.15. Dark nutty brown. Dense and persistent beige head. Aroma of brittle, dark syrup, medium dark malt and dark chocolate.Similar, but more prominent taste, also with dried fruits, plums and nuts.
Hand-pulled half-pint on 8th Oct 2015 in The Station, Oakengates Shropshire. Clear light amber bodied beer, the head a thin white covering which hung around. Tropical fruit aroma with a leaning towards citrusy notes, the taste similar with a mild malty undertone, liked it.
Huddersfield Oktoberfest 2015. Pale yellow. Possibly a Hoegaarden imitation given it tastes extremely similar wiith very stated fruits and lemon citrus.
On cask at Uxbridge Arms, Chasetown - A nice looking golden yellow body, thick lacing white head. Good nose of citrus and a sweet kick of caramel. Taste is well balanced bitter-sweet with a freshness that went down really well.