Whitewater Brewery

Microbrewery in Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland

Established in 1996

Contact
Lakeside Brae, Clarkhill Road, Castlewellan, BT31 9RH, Northern Ireland
Description
Established 1996 on the third generation family farm amidst the spectacular Mourne Mountain range in the north of Ireland, Whitewater Brewery still retains the passion and desire to brew beers with fantastic flavours.

We started with an 800 Litre brew size and currently we’re handcrafting 6500 Litre brews and bottling our 10 different beers on site. On 4th February 2016 we obtained Planning Permission to build a new brewery and after 20 years the next chapter begins. Our new brewery has the capacity to produce around 40,000 litres a month and has scope for further expansion.

We source spring water from the Mourne Mountains which is blended with American, Australian and New Zealand hops to create best-selling beers.

The company produces bottle-conditioned beers and ales and also supplies products in kegs to customers throughout Ireland. We’re expecting wild times ahead along with great beers….pick up a Whitewater and enjoy the journey.

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6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Keg at Grannie Annies, Ballymena, 10/07/17. Clear golden amber with a decenter off white head. Nose is caramel, bitter orange, toasted bread, light grapefruit esters. Taste comprises caramel malts, biscuit, straw, bitter orange, toasted grains. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with grassy hop bitterness. Old skool feel ... average for style but better than most other keg offerings in this part of the world !
Tried on 11 Jul 2017 at 04:33

5.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 4.5
Draught at SquareBall. Cloudy orange with a medium head. Aroma of biscuit orange. Flavour is watery orange juice, light spiced bitter IPA.
Tried on 02 Jul 2017 at 15:50

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask at GRAF 2017... Copper thin white lacing.. Soft woody toffee malts nose.. Soft sweet toffee fruit.. Soft malts
Tried from Cask on 25 Jun 2017 at 11:27

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at graf 2017. Pours amber, nose is floral, orange, toffee, taste is similar, sweet.
Tried from Cask on 24 Jun 2017 at 02:38

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at graf 2017. Pours clear orange amber, nose is floral, citrus, taste is sweet, light fruit.
Tried from Cask on 24 Jun 2017 at 02:28

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 10 Texture 8 Overall 8
A real stone fruit flavour to this beer that to me should be classified as a DIPA. A nice dark colour, a good head and a really chunky mouth feel. I keep coming back to that stone fruit flavour which I thought was fantastic and set it apart from herd of IPAs that are in the market. Vive la difference!
Tried on 12 Jun 2017 at 02:42

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 0.5l. Almost clear, amber colored. AROMA- honey, caramel. FLAVOR- neutral, lightly bitter, caramel, bread crusts, biscuits. Light to medium bodied.
Very well drinkable, good.
Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2017 at 00:10

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap at McHughes in Belfast. Creamy tan black nitro pour. Chocolate aroma. Med + body. Flavor is smooth burnt malt and chocolate. Quite nice.
Tried from Draft on 05 May 2017 at 12:53

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle 0.5l.Dark red to brown colored. AROMA- roasted malts, touch of coffee and caramel. FLAVOR- slightly sour, slightly bitter, lactic tones, roasted malts, touch of caramel. Light to medium bodied.
Somewhat empty, not so good.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2017 at 04:54

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at praf 2017. Pours clear amber, nose is grassy, varnish, light fruit, taste is sweet, juicy fruit.
Tried from Cask on 20 Apr 2017 at 08:00