Pitfield's Brewery

Microbrewery in Moreton, Essex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Dominion Brewery

Established in 1981

Closed in 2018

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Unit Z, New House Farm, Little Laver Rd, Moreton, CM5 0JE, England
Description
Set up in 1981 as Pitfield Brewery operating from 8 Pitfield Street, N1 before moving to 4 Hoxton Square, N1 in 1986. Briefly relocated to Stourbridge following a merger with Premier Midland Ales, becoming Pitfield's Premier Brewing Co in 1990 but in 1991 the company went into liquidation.

Revived in 1996 as Pitfield's Brewery at 14 Pitfield Street, N1 before relocating outside of London to Great Horkesley, Essex in 2006 and then to Moreton, Ongar in 2007.

Martin, Pitfield's brewer/owner retired in 2012 to run a pub in Newmarket. Andy Skene bought the business and continued to brew Pitfield's beers alongside his own Dominion beers. This ceased in 2018.

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6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask, 4.2%. Hazy pale yellow colour. Very small white head. Citric flavour, a little lemon bitterness.
Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2008 at 16:40

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Cask at GBBF 08 ... or at least i think it was this one ... Deep brown ... roast wood and some malt in nose ... rich smooth malts with ligth roast.
Tried from Cask on 17 Aug 2008 at 07:35

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask@GBBF2008. Pale golden colour, small white head. Aroma is vegetable and has some bitter fruits and wood in it. Flavour is hops, wood and some grass along with yeast.
Tried from Cask on 11 Aug 2008 at 15:19

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask@GBBF2008. Deep ambery brown colour, small brown head. Aroma is wood and some roasted notes. Flavour is roasted malts, wood and quite nice bitterness with some smoked wood and ashes in the aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 11 Aug 2008 at 15:17

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Black with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and coffee notes. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, hops and coffee notes. Finishes dry and mild bitter.
Tried on 06 Aug 2008 at 18:04

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
Hazy golden with medium off white head. Sweet fruity aroma with floral notes. Sweet flavor with fruit and floral hops. Ends mild bitter.
Tried on 06 Aug 2008 at 18:04

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Cask handpull at The Wenlock. I had 2 halves of this just to make sure. Slightly hazy gold, thin white head. Like a golden bitter with subtle tasty hops on finish. Very drinkable, very nice hops and something that draws me to it. No great complexity, but good drinkability.
Tried from Cask on 05 Aug 2008 at 02:41

4.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Cloudy golden with tiny white short lasting head. Sweet fruity aroma with mild hoppy notes. Sweet fruity flavor with discrete hops and a mild bitter end.
Tried on 03 Aug 2008 at 11:11

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask-conditioned at The Wenlock, London, 1/8/08. Slightly cloudy gold in colour with a moderate off-white head. Aroma of hay with a hint of spice. Flavour started with a touch of summer fruit, before some floral hops and a short dry finish. Ok.
Tried from Cask on 02 Aug 2008 at 06:40

4.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Medium offwhite head. Hazy opaque (probably my fault) amber body. Fruity medicinal malty aroma with caramelly alcoholic wild berry notes. Sweetish alcoholic fruity bananaish taste. Thin-bodied with a strange palate. Some acidity. (Hmmmm.) Dryish strawberry alcohol aftertaste. Yuck! This was awful. Is it meant to be this way, or is it infected? (0.5l bottle, City Beverage Co, London. Should rerate.)
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2008 at 03:42