About
Bear Claw is a small brewery in Berwick-upon-Tweed that focuses on fermentation in oak.

All our beers are fermented in ex-wine barrels.

We barrel-age some of our beers, but our main vibe is the use of oak barrels as a standard fermentation vessel. All of our pale ales, IPAs, stouts, saisons etc are served mild after around 4-6 weeks conditioning.

We rarely bottle or can our beers, mostly they're served draught in the brewery on our open days.
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Stuu (35163) reviewed
Pooka from Bear Claw
9 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours deep ruby brown, nose is nose is roasted, coffee, liquorice, taste is sweet toffee, liquorice, light chocolate.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Apr 2017 at 06:27
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Olicana Pale from Bear Claw
9 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours golden orange, nose is toffee, light orange, yeasty, taste is juicy orange, grapefruit, dry, little herbal.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2017 at 06:22
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Spiralling Mind from Bear Claw
9 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours golden orange, nose is piney, grapefruit, taste is juicy mango, citrus, sweet.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2017 at 11:30
Stuu (35163) reviewed
The Fool from Bear Claw
9 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours pale orange, nose is bready, yeasty, citrus, taste is sweet, zesty fruit, bread.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2017 at 09:25
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Endeavour from Bear Claw
9 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at appellation. Pours golden orange, nose is floral, grainy, taste is fizzy, biscuity, light fruit
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2017 at 08:55
McCash (16382) reviewed
Tripel from Bear Claw
9 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - hazy golden with a thin but nice lacy head. Nose - sultanas with other dried fruits, maybe lemon or orange. Bread. Taste - bread and butter pudding, tangy dried lemon finish. Palate - rich and medium bodied with a fairly dry tangy middle section and finish. Overall - good, but could be tangier and drier on the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2017 at 08:08
allmyvinyl (21581) reviewed
Tripel from Bear Claw
9 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from Cornelius. Shared with Ashton McCobb and Stuu666. Pours hazy gold with a thin white head. Aromas of bread, yeast, golden currants, coriander. Taste is light sweet, bready, faint spice, tangy. A little sticky on the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2017 at 08:05
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Tripel from Bear Claw
9 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at appellation. Pours hazy golden, nose is caramel, orange, figs, bready, taste is sweet, sugary, caramel, dry, fruity.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2017 at 08:05
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Black Mage from Bear Claw
9 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at appellation. Pours black, nose is chocolate, caramel, sugary, taste is sweet, chocolate, little sour, roasted.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2017 at 07:56
McCash (16382) reviewed
Black Mage from Bear Claw
9 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - opaque black with a decent fawn head. Nose - charred wood and a hint of liquorice. Taste - dark chocolate, more woodsmoke, liquorice, burnt raisins going into dry rich fruitcake. Palate - medium to full bodied with a creamy rich middle section and a lovely long, dry malt finish. Overall - lovely use of a complex malt bill.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2017 at 07:54