Hawkshead Brewery
Microbrewery
in Staveley,
Cumbria,
England 🏴
Owned by
Halewood Artisanal Spirits
Associated Venue: Beer Hall (Hawkshead)
- Out of business
Established in 2002
At Hawkshead Brewery we make the sort of beer we like to drink - distinctive, full of flavour, handmade, and perfectly crafted. We are small enough to know most of our customers, not to care about the mass market, be able to brew lots of different beers, experiment and innovate. We are big enough to employ a team of five brewers, make around 140 barrels (23,000 litres) of beer a week, deliver direct throughout The North, and our Tap at our Staveley site is open every day.
In about 2017, a controlling interest in the company was taken by Liverpool-based Halewood Wines & Spirits, and this may result in further expansion.
danlo (13133) reviewed Brodie's Prime Export from Hawkshead Brewery 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Pours black in colour with a bubbly beige foam head and aroma of dark malt, chocolate, woody oak. Taste is sweetish, roasted malty, brown sugar, dark fruity, chocolate & coffee, with wood barrel, oaky, and spicy earthy bitterness. Oily mouthfeel, medium to full bodied, soft carbonation, dry roasted bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Deanso (15673) reviewed Session Hazy from Hawkshead Brewery 3 years ago
Olut (21769) reviewed Helles Lager from Hawkshead Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can from Home Bargains, Salford. Golden-yellow with a small head. Easy enough lager with a hint of fruitiness in its nose, but quite a bland malt-hop taste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
No sure if it's an alias of the Lighter Times. 33cl bottle from Home Bargains. Slightly hazy golden pour. Light malty bitterness. ok for an alcohol free beer
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Helles Lager from Hawkshead Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
[33cl can from Home Bargains, Bracknell.] A hazy straw coloured pour with a wussy looking white head; sweet grainy aroma; rather watery with a sharp grainy taste; and a dry finish with some heather honey. Not a great Helles.
jamestulloch (9642) reviewed Session IPA from Hawkshead Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can. Hazy golden body with a thick white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of peach and rust. Flavour of earth and peach with a bitter finish. Medium body with a smooth mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Soft and earthy. Decent.
LordAlwold1970 (9754) reviewed Mill Yard Mild from Hawkshead Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at The Piccadilly Tap, Manchester. Dark brown pour with a beige head. Aromas of coffee, dark chocolate, nuts,light smoke. Flavours of coffee, liquorice, raisin, dark chocolate, burnt toast, dark berries. Malty sweet mouthfeel. Light hoppy notes. Very good.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Mill Yard Mild from Hawkshead Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at the Hackney Tap - Hackney Central. Pours deep brown with a creamy, light khaki head. Lightly sweet with notes of burnt toast, earth, toasted leaves, slight cocoa, light burnt rubber. Light bodied with soft carbonation and velvety texture. Bittersweet finish, more earth and slight cocoa. So so overall.