Westgate Brewery (prev Clarks Brewery)

Client Brewer in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Henry Boons (Clark’s) - Out of business

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136 Westgate, Wakefield, WF2 9SW, England
Description
This brewery started brewing in 1905 taking its name from the manager Henry Boon Clark. They ceased brewing in 1960. However brewing restarted in July 1982 in a purpose built brew house within the original brewery. Brewing ceased in 2017, with production being transferred to Castle Eden using the Westgate Brewery name.

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

From cask. Pours cloudy orange to yellow with a small white head. Aroma is slight herbal. Toasted malty and grassy. Mild herbal, bitter, toasted and dry hoppy finish.

Tried from Cask on 30 Dec 2014 at 01:01


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

Cask-conditioned at the Brewhouse, Sheffield, 3/12/2014. Amber, with an, off-white, head. Plenty of noble hop character, sweetish malts and a lingering, bitter, finish. Ok.

Tried from Cask on 15 Dec 2014 at 02:23


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Cask pint, hand-pulled on 23rd Oct 2014 in a random pub just off the A1 up in Northumberland. A light gold coloured beer, on top a thin, weak, white head. Sweet apricot aroma and taste, might have been off but that is what I got.

Tried from Cask on 29 Oct 2014 at 10:27


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ GBBF 2014. Pours a golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruit malty hoppy caramel finish.

Tried from Cask on 06 Oct 2014 at 14:05


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Leggers Beer Festival, Dewsbury Golden, no head. Small sweetness in nose, a generally sweet ale with some fruitiness evident.

Tried from Cask on 28 Aug 2014 at 13:25


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask at GBBF
Clear dark golden with a small white head, light lacing. Aroma is citrus. Taste is citrus, buttery and bitters
Not to good

Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2014 at 17:08


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Sampled @ GBBF. Hazy yellow to light orange color, small off-white head. Smell and taste malts, bitter, slightly hops, a bit buttery. Average body and carbonation. Hmm don’t really like it.

Tried on 18 Aug 2014 at 10:25


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask - Sweet caramel and light nuts. Clear gold with no head. Light caramel and twiggy bitterness in the finish. Pretty balanced and decent.

Tried from Cask on 17 Aug 2014 at 04:47


4.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Cask at the 2014 GBBF. Pale amber, aroma is nutty and earthy with some stale malts. Flavour is nutty, diacetyl, berry and butter. Palate is flabby. Meh. Not very good.

Tried from Cask on 13 Aug 2014 at 14:20


4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3

Cask @ Henry Boons, Wakefield. Golden with a thin head. Has an unpleasant sour hop aroma and taste. Very soapy.

Tried from Cask on 19 Jun 2014 at 13:47


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