Red Fox Brewery

Microbrewery in Coggeshall, Essex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Wharf Brewery

Established in 2008

Closed in 2023

Contact
The Chicken Sheds, Upp Hall Farm, Salmons Lane, Coggeshall, CO6 1RY, England
Description
First brewed in August 2008. A 5BBL plant was used. The brewery closed in Spring 2023, with the site being sold to the owners of Harwich Town Brewing Company and Witham Brewery who set up Wharf Brewery.

Some Red Fox beers are now made by Wharf. These should be rated under Wharf.

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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
cask ... yellow amber .... bubbly white head ... light brigth lemon ... sweet lemon hop ... little resins ... quite bitter.
Tried from Cask on 26 Jan 2010 at 23:56

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
cask ... amber ... creamy white head ... orange peel hop nose ... soft lemon fruits ... juicy and peppery bitter linger ... little sopay pine in the linger.
Tried from Cask on 26 Jan 2010 at 23:44

4.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Cask gravity at Pig’s Ear BF 09. Black with ruby edges, no head. Decent dark beer, some diacetyl. Not one of the better milds.
Tried from Cask on 28 Dec 2009 at 06:07

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
Cask handpull at The New Wheatsheaf, Borough on Kook crawl. Gold colour, bit of haze, no real head, farty yeast and some citrus fruit. Not very good or interesting.
Tried from Cask on 29 Nov 2009 at 02:33

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ 3 Judges. Amber colour, off-white head. Aroma of caramel malts and some fruits. Flavour of biscuit malts, fairly bitter. Medium bodied. Finish is fairly dry and bitter.
Tried from Cask on 25 Oct 2009 at 06:41

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask (handpump) @ Hillsborough Hotel. Very dark borwn. Roasted malt some caramel, a very unpleasant sourness ruins it for me.
Tried from Cask on 18 Aug 2009 at 09:11

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Cask (handpump) @ Hillsborough Hotel... deep brown / black ... ric h toffee nose ... roast malt ... little sourness ... which ruins it.
Tried from Cask on 26 Jul 2009 at 10:27

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
RBESG Sheffield, day 2, Hillsborough Hotel. Cask. Dark reddish brown colour, no head. Aroma of sour roasted malts. Flavour is grassy, vegetable, bit of alcohol, raisins, though not sweet. Bit of sour roastedness in the finish. Not in very good condition I guess...
Tried from Cask on 22 Jul 2009 at 05:37

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ Hillsborough Hotel, 54-58 Langsett Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S6 2UB.Clear dark red brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, light to moderate burnt. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090417]
Tried from Cask on 12 Jun 2009 at 02:50

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask handpull at Market Porter. Quite a dry porter, some fruit. Some green apple, hazy. Will be great tomorrow.
Tried from Cask on 01 Nov 2008 at 06:00