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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5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

bottle at home ... Golden orange colour... Grapefruit hop nose ... light fruity ... orangy hop ... hoppy bitter linger.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jun 2007 at 02:06


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

10% is a stock ale well blow me down with a grasshopper ... light ruby colour ... rich sweetness with sour raisins and a unusual hint of fermented cheese in the aroma ... sweet ... malty ... again sour raisins showing through in flavour .. long fruity linger.

Tried on 04 Jun 2007 at 06:26


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Deep brown colour ... smokey complex roast malt aroma... smooth ... smokey ... chocolatey ... with a little bitter in linger.

Tried on 04 Jun 2007 at 06:20


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

From 33 cL bottle (labelled as Pitfields organic christmas ale 2005). Pours hazy orange, no head. Aroma of ginger and cinnamon, very dominating spices. Flavour too is very spicy, has a good bitterness. Too spicy overall. Finish is dry and spicy.

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2007 at 15:24


4.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Golden colour with beige head. Aroma is sweat feets, hop, sour, yeast. Flavour is sour, butterscotch, hop, Bitter and sour finish. Could be infected. I would like to try this one later .

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2007 at 03:30


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle: Hazy, chestnut coloured, smaller fluffy off-white head, slowly diminishing; dryish fruity and toasted-malty nose, soft MF, quite light-bodied, mainly moderate bitter flavour with a light sweetness; dryish bitter finish with notes of cacao or coffeee. A light, likeable Porter, pleasant.......

Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2007 at 00:38


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(bottle) Cloudy, murky brown colour with a short, off-white foamy layer. Moderately sweet and light acidic-fruity aroma of roasted malt, caramel and liquorice with woody hops in the background. Bitter flavour with a light liquorice sweetness, a bit slim bodied mouthfeel with a soft carbonation. Dry-ish, slightly toasted and bitter finish with a subtle coffee-ish and woody hoppy touch. A bit slim but nevertheless pretty likeable brew. More like an English Ale than a Porter.

Tried from Bottle on 07 May 2007 at 17:30


3.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5

Bottle. It pours a clear, golden with a beige head and that’s the good part. It had an intense smell of baking yeast, and it dominated the flavor as well. Where the aroma also had horse-blanket and barnyard, the flavor at least had hops and malt, but finished with a heavy yeastiness and sourness. Medium mouthfeel. The bottle was not past BB-date, but it was horribly yeasty, so I am convinced something was wrong here, and judging from the other ratings, I would like to sample a good bottle sometime. (070427)

Tried from Bottle on 06 May 2007 at 06:12


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

(Cask at Wenlock Arms, London 27 Apr 2007) Black colour with foamy brown head. Roasted nose with notes of freshly ground black coffee. Roasted taste with chocolate, black coffee and notes of citrussy hops in the finish. Very tasty, leaning in the porter direction.

Tried from Cask on 05 May 2007 at 13:48


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours a reddish/brown color with a small off-white head. Malty hoppy aroma with some hints of caramel. Dry malty bitter a´nd slightly yeasty flavor with some hints of caramel and hops. Has a long dry bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2007 at 07:12