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Hilden Brewing Company was established by Ann and Seamus Scullion in 1981 in the courtyard of Hilden House the former home of the Barbour linen barons. Here the Scullions reintroduced into Ireland the tradition of a local brewery making beers of distinctive character and taste. Hilden is now the oldest independent brewery on the island of Ireland. The brewery is now managed by Seamus and Ann’s son Owen who is a qualified and full time brewer.

Our craft beer takes a little bit longer to brew than others. Selecting the finest ingredients and handcrafting the traditional process demands patience. But 35 years? That’s how long we’ve been making our full flavoured beers, improving and perfecting them year after year. It makes us the oldest independent brewery in Ireland and those who drink our beer agree it’s been time well spent.
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6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to McNeillR. Appearance - amber with a decent head. Nose - strawberry and light biscuit. Taste - jammy dodgers. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall -
Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2016 at 14:08

5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Rake, Borough SE1. Pours a slightly hazy amber red color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy caramel aroma. fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with weak hoppy hints.
Tried from Cask on 18 Apr 2016 at 07:49

5.5/10
(#340)(#1 NIR)(#1 Antrim)
Bought it at Londonderry's supermarket, Londonderry, NIR
Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2016 at 16:03

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol March 2016. Golden in colour, with a slight, white, head. Aroma of sweetish malts and a touch of citrus fruit, with a whiff of grassy hop. Flavour had sweetish, biscuity, malts, some more citrus fruit and a dryish finish. Good.
Tried from Cask on 28 Mar 2016 at 14:14

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ The Lister Arms, Ilkley. Golden with a creamy-frothy head. Has a good tropical fruitiness in both aroma and taste, with a dryness in the latter respect. Its strength is noticeable, but not overly apparent.
Tried from Cask on 21 Mar 2016 at 17:46

5.4/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Közepes, nagyon tartós hab, fekete szín. Nem túl intenzív illat, leginkább a pörkölt malátát érezni. Domináns pörkölt malátás íz, icipici savanyúval. Tipikus stout, lehetne picit intenzívebb. Utóíze a korty folytatása, egy hangyányit vizes. Nem túl testes.
Tried on 19 Mar 2016 at 14:10

Dead flat. Priming sugar. Lemon juice. Soft malts. Not fermented out enough.
Tried at The Rake on 19 Mar 2016 at 09:58

6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask handpull at Crosse Keys Gracechurch Street. Clear gold amber lasting white head. sweetish strong golden beer. Wouldn’t call it an ipa. Not much of an apa either. Some hop on the finish. Like biting a sour peach no off flavours but not great. Some pink grapefruit. OK.
Tried from Cask on 19 Mar 2016 at 05:13

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Slightly hazy golden-amber with a thin white head. Decent tropical fruit whiff. Flavour not quite as strong as the smell, but still tasty. Bit of lemon in there too, some caramel and a little tickle of spice. More sweetness thsn bitterness which I personally like in a beer, providing it’s not overdone (and it’s just about right here). Conditioning not quite there on this one (unusually for this Spoons) but good enough to tell it’s a decent beer. I like it and would like to try the original stronger version. Please.
Tried from Cask on 17 Mar 2016 at 18:12

4.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Cask @ Montgomery’s Tower, Shrewsbury. Pours clear gold, white head. Light caramel aroma. Taste is fluffy, malty EPA with hints of caramel. Not amazing.
Tried from Cask on 17 Mar 2016 at 16:15