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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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell EC1. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus aroma. Fruity malty hoppy citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 02 Mar 2012 at 23:29

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell EC1. Pours a dark amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy caramel aroma. Fruity malty hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 02 Mar 2012 at 23:27

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I liked the appearance of Red but for the strength of it it didn’t seem to do a lot. I’d have it again to see if it was just where I’d had it rather than the beer itself as there was nothing unpleasant about it. It just didn’t seem very notable.
Tried on 03 Feb 2012 at 05:47

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500mL bottle, pours a dark brown with a reddish tinge and a one-inch beige head. Aroma of dark roasted malts, dark fruits (plums, cherries), and caramel. Flavour of dark roasted malts upfront, with some burnt wood, less of the dark fruits and less sweetness than on the nose. Medium-bodied and quite easy to drink. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2012 at 22:20

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Cask, Dispensary, Liverpool. Clear amber looks with a nice creamy lingering white head. Great juicy fruit n’ hop in the nose and flavour. Maybe some notes of kiwi, or did i imagine that ? Great condition, sparkling stuff. Big lingering hop bitter finish. Hugely drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 24 Jan 2012 at 05:40

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ 3 Judges. Clear golden colour, white head. Nose is light malted, hoppy and fruity. Flavour is hoppy, fairly bitter, grapefruit, followed by dry biscuit. Fairly bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 08 Dec 2011 at 05:09

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Cask at Watford beer festival 2011, Herts. A golden/amber coloured pour with a small white head on top. Fruity, hoppy aroma. Tastes hoppy, fruity, bitter. It’s OK.
Tried from Cask on 19 Nov 2011 at 06:30

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask handpull at Tap East. Clear gold thick lasting near white head. Hugely big tasty nettle really leafy big hop. Tasty as hell. You do have to take a deep breath after each gulp as it is so big on the leafy hop. Good stuff though
Tried from Cask on 05 Nov 2011 at 05:15

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Cask Very good dirty-yellow head over metallic golden beer. Ureum-rich hops, citric, dry hopbales, smelling very American. Taste is more British; short sweetish flavour, followed by ultra dry UK & USA hops. Ends on straw and grain; flavour of lemonsweets. Very light-British MF, long dry-bitterish aftertaste, then suddenly utterly gone. Quite nice, if in my opinion pretty un-British blonde. The lemonsweets aroma is a tad unsettling, if not disturbing.
Tried from Cask on 22 Oct 2011 at 12:15

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
cask at hawkshead brewery tap ... amber ... creamy white head ... soft light floral hop ... bitter floral hop front ... light sweet malts ... soft toffee ... not really my thing but decent session
Tried from Cask on 20 Oct 2011 at 04:50