Nottingham Brewery in England - Reviews, Beers, Location & Contact

Nottingham Brewery

Brewpub in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Plough Inn - Out of business

Established in 2001

Contact

Plough Inn, 17 St Peters Street, Radford, Nottingham, NG7 3EN, England

+44 (0)115 942 2649

office@nottinghambrewery.co.uk

Description

Started in September 2001 by Philip Darby and Niven Balfour. The Nottingham Brewery is situated at the rear of the Plough Inn, Radford, Nottingham. It is a ten barrel plant that was formerly installed in a Firkin pub in Romford.

The Nottingham Brewery can be traced back to 1847, when James Long was listed as an ‘East India and Pale Ale Brewer’ on the site. James Long sold the business in 1875 and after passing through several ownerships it was purchased in 1879 by Edward Wheeler Field. Nottingham Brewery soon established itself as the city’s main brewery, serving fine ales to local citizens from its expanding estate of public houses, including The Plough Inn in Radford. After its closure by then owners Whitbread after the second world war, the name remained dormant. In 2001 it was resurrected by Philip Darby and Niven Balfour.

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Tommann (7745) reviewed

Bullion from Nottingham Brewery

3 weeks ago

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5

Cask at the Abraham Darby, Brierley Hill. Pours lemon gold with a small head. Aroma is sweet with straw and tropical fruit. Taste has straw and a little tropical fruit. Light bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 08 Jun 2026 at 17:52

Martinsh (3745) reviewed

Rock Session Pale from Nottingham Brewery

1 month ago

5.9/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6

Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours a pale straw with a small frothy almost white head. Not much of an aroma – just traces of floral hops and mango. In the mouth it is sweet with a little underlying bitterness. Flavour starts off with floral hops, grains and malts with tropical fruit becoming evident later on. The hops last into the fruity finish. This is reasonable – but somewhat anonymous.

Tried from Cask at The Picture House (JDW) on 18 May 2026 at 14:45

WingmanWillis (39245) ticked

Rock Mild from Nottingham Brewery

1 month ago

6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

Tried from Cask on 16 May 2026 at 13:23

eurosoba (19381) ticked

Bullion from Nottingham Brewery

2 months ago

Tried from Cask at Royal Hop Pole on 23 Apr 2026 at 23:00

Martinsh (3745) reviewed

Citra from Nottingham Brewery

7 months ago

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours pale straw with a small almost white head and good lacing. There’s floral hops in the aroma alongside biscuits and lemongrass. In the mouth it starts off basically sweet but quickly some sharpness becomes evident too. Flavour is mainly citrus incorporating lemon, grapefruit and floral hops. Hints of corn and mango come later too leading to a rather dry and sticky finish. This is reasonable.

Tried from Cask at The Picture House (JDW) on 20 Nov 2025 at 15:50

Harrisoni (26464) reviewed

Citra from Nottingham Brewery

7 months ago

6.6/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 5.5

Cask handpull at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Pale gold colour lasting white head. Citrus flavours. A little earthy flavour. Citrus finish. Moderate bitterness on the finish. Decent temperature and condition. Its fine. Sank down easily enough.

Tried from Cask at County Hotel on 15 Nov 2025 at 13:29