Hawkshead Brewery

Microbrewery in Staveley, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Halewood Artisanal Spirits
Associated Venue: Beer Hall (Hawkshead) - Out of business

Established in 2002

Contact
14 Back Ln, Staveley, LA8 9LR, England
Description
Based in the heart of the English Lake District, brewers of bold, innovative beers since 2002, our beer range is eclectic and includes thirst quenching session beers, big hopped pale ales, deep dark stouts and sours. With a range of core beers, available in Cask, Keg, Bottle and Can.

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.

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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask at Market Porter, 4th April 2012. Nice roasty aroma, good looking beer, nice balanced flavour. Good Stout
Tried from Cask on 04 Apr 2012 at 08:38

3.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Künstlicher Vanillebeginn, dazu säuerlich, geschmacklich laff. Zum Ende bitter. Schlecht. 8/5/4/6//4
Tried on 01 Apr 2012 at 05:56

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask @ JDW Inverness
Straw colour, clear, thin white head, quite good lacing. Aroma of sweet light citrus fruits, light grapefruit, sweet pale malt. Taste of bitter citrus grapefruit, light palate sweet malts, most of the flavour in the finish. Palate - soft carb, light body, bit mouth puckering, some sour citrus, texture slightly viscous. Finish as main flavour but much more citrus bitterness, very slight biscuit. linger a bit then clears.
Ovreall - A really good beer for 3.5% with a lot of flavour at that abv.
Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2012 at 18:27

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
cask at cloisters ...deep red brown ... thin bubbly light tan head ... soft mellow ... light chocolate malt ... soft roast nose ...dry malts ... big roast ... dark chocolate ... mellow and a touch fruity ... nice ... 4.0 cask at the beer hall ... deep black ... thin tan head ... soft coffee and chocolate roast malt nose ... dry malts ... soft chocolate roast ... big sweet chocolate ... very nice .. 4.2 cask at caley .... deep black ... thin tan head ... soft dry chocolate malt ... hints of coffee nose ... quite a riich nose ... soft chocolate ... light dry chocolate malt ... ellow roast ... light puff candi but only just ... light bitter linger
Tried from Cask on 23 Mar 2012 at 05:20

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Willow Walk (JDW), Victoria. Pale amber with a loose white head; fresh lemon aroma; crisp grapefruit flavour with a little sweetness, and a medium weight grainy body; the finish is lively with lemony citrus and a prolonged ending. Rather good.
Tried from Cask on 20 Mar 2012 at 12:39

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask. Light amber color, small white head. Aroma of grass, flowers, canteloupe. Taste is grapes, berries, grass. Decent.
Tried from Cask on 17 Mar 2012 at 15:10

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Clear black colour, no head. Aroma of plum, vanilla, malts, medlar and candy. Nice and interesting. Flavour light malty, light sweet, caramel, light dark fruits. Rather thin. Finish vanilla and ripened fruits (reminding of overripe plums and medlars). Interesting, but a bit thin bodied.
(From cask @ ACBF. Thanks for sharing, tderoeck)
Tried from Can on 13 Mar 2012 at 03:58

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Orange golden colour, little white head. Aroma with pronounced NZ hops, fruity Sauvignon blanc wine, grapefruit, lychee, floral hop tones. Light sweet malty flavour, fruity bitter hops. Very pronounced hops. Light to medium body. Long hoppy finish, quite floral. Nice!
(From cask @ ACBF 2012)
Tried from Cask on 13 Mar 2012 at 03:16

9.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 10 Texture 10 Overall 9
Cask @ ACBF 2012: very dark brown / black with a mocha head, smell is intensely sweet, lots of sweet plums, milk chocolate & vanilla, sweet dark malts, taste is candy, pudding sweet, caramel, lots of sweet plums, molasses, milk chocolate, plenty of vanilla, very sweet dark fruits, body is touch creamy, plumy, dear loard what a wondrous sweet concoction, the English Creme Brulee?
Tried from Cask on 10 Mar 2012 at 05:41

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask @ ACBF 2012: clear, slightly dark orange with a white head, smell reminds me a bit of nelson sauvignon, herbal & floral hops as well, taste is bitter, herbal, floral hops but also some white grapes & melon, slight white berries, slightly fizzy, touch watery cask thingy but quite nice anyway, pint-able
Tried from Cask on 10 Mar 2012 at 05:02