Nottingham Brewery

Brewpub in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2001

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Plough Inn, 17 St Peters Street, Radford, Nottingham, NG7 3EN, England
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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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

26/7/2024. Cask at The Redoubt Beer Festival 2024, Harwich. Pours clear pale gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is musty citrus, jaffa orange, slightly spiced. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness, light tartness. Moderate body, watery, soft carbonation. Very dry finish. Okay.

Tried from Cask on 05 Aug 2024 at 22:05


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

26/7/2024. Cask at The Redoubt Beer Festival 2024, Harwich. Pours very dark brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is light roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla, fruit cake, dark fruits, ashy edge. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness and body. Slightly oily, soft carbonation. Quite nicely done.

Tried from Cask on 05 Aug 2024 at 22:04


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

Pours an almost clear golden colour with a small, mostly lasting, foamy white head, some good lacing. Aroma is sweet citrus, oranges. A moderately sweet taste, sweet pale malts and citrus fruit flavours, mandarin, soft sweet malts, with a drying light bitterness.

Tried on 26 Jul 2024 at 16:21


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours very dark reddish-brown with a small tan head and good lacing. The aroma is mainly roasted malts, with a slight sweetness and hints of cocoa. In the mouth roasted malts are to the fore again, along with ash, red wine gums and traces of cola. Later on some berry fruits come through and the finish is unexpectedly bitter. This is rather nice – a top notch porter.

Tried from Cask on 06 Mar 2024 at 21:24


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pours a dark brown colour with a small beige head. Aroma is malty, light chocolate and roasted notes. A moderately sweet taste, sweet roasted malts, chocolate and sweet berry flavours with a light drying bittersweet finish.

Tried on 11 Feb 2024 at 16:24


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

First beer on a Wednesday afternoon pub crawl around Shrewsbury with myself, 7th February 2024. Hand-pulled half-pint in Montgomery's Towers (Spoons). Brown bodied with a dark red hue, on top a beige foam covering. Bit hoppy for a Mild in my opinion, some roasted malt action but it's hoppy! Wednesday is £1:99 a guest ale pint day in Montgomery's Tower, so my half cost 1 Pound, sadly they had no other beers of interest for me.

Tried on 07 Feb 2024 at 12:55


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

29/9/2023. Cask at The Arbor House, Ipswich. Pours clear pale golden with a small frothy white head. Aroma of straw, malt, citrus, cereal, grains, floral notes. Medium sweetness and light to moderate bitterness. Moderate body, soft carbonation. So so.

Tried from Cask on 29 Sep 2023 at 12:11


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Tried on 29 Sep 2023 at 12:07


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at Moon Under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours a hazy golden yellow with minimal foamy white head and good lacing. As for aroma, first sniff gives malts, the second gives hops and the third gives tropical fruits – take your pick ! In the mouth it is dry and hoppy. Conventional bitterness is understated at first, but grows gradually to dominate. Flavour has melon and orange peel with a hint of spice. Dryness returns at the finish. This is decent – nice and refreshing.

Tried from Cask on 13 Jun 2023 at 22:04


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned, at the Robert Fitzharding (JDW), Bedminster ,1 June 2023. Pale gold colour with a slight, white, head. A little sweetish stone fruit character, sharp lemon citrus, light malts, leading to a dryish finish. Fine.

Tried from Cask on 01 Jun 2023 at 18:15