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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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6

Cask (handpump) @ Port Street Beer House, 39-41 Port Street, M1 2EQ Manchester, Greater Manchester, England.

[ As Hawkshead Winter Red ].
ABV: 4.5%. Clear medium to dark red amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, spicy, cinnamon - cloves - nutmeg. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, caramel, sweet malt, spicy, cinnamon - cloves - nutmeg. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20200121]
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Tried from Cask on 16 Mar 2020 at 15:40

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Thin spotty head left a cover on a near black still body. Coal, burnt & roasted aroma. Medium bodied, smooth on the palate with a clean back. Malt, smoke, tobacco, roasted, nutty & berry tastes. Nice one.
Tried on 12 Mar 2020 at 22:03

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Keg at the Beavertown Extravaganza, day two, 09/09/2017. a jet black coloured pour with a fine tan whisp. Aroma is woody roast, cherry, some brown sugars. Flavour isc omposed of mellow sweet, roast, chcoolate, bourbon warmth, spicy wood in the finish. Lot of stuff going on. Palate is medium bodied, woody tannin, frothy carbonation.
Tried on 09 Mar 2020 at 22:38

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Third by cask, on the second day of GBBF Winter 2020, Sonnet Bar. Shared with Finn. Off-white head, near-black in the glass, spotty lacing. Roasted aromas, mid-sweet, moderate. Mid-sweet liquorice flavours. Roasted malty finish. Fair enough. (Birmingham 05.02.2020).
Tried from Cask on 09 Mar 2020 at 16:44

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Stout with a thin head, a bit of hop in the smell. More bitter hop than I'd expect from an oatmeal stout but there's still a smoothness there along with coffee and dark chocolate and a lasting toasty finish.
Tried on 07 Mar 2020 at 21:52

6/10
Det är bra att Ordenssällskapet är bredvid Bishops, inte lika tungt att gå ärenden där då ;)
Tried from Draft on 05 Mar 2020 at 17:24

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Cask @ Crown & Kettle, Manchester. Deep golden with a creamy head. A hoppy brown ale, but its brown malts are still evident and possess a mild sweetness.
Tried from Cask on 04 Mar 2020 at 00:32

5.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg @ Alexandra Beer House, Halifax. Red with a small glow and a small head. It's a lightly soured red berry flavoured ale. It's easy enough but quite sweet for a sour style!
Tried on 03 Mar 2020 at 19:26

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Third, cask ale at Head of Steam. Shared with Finn. Patchy white head, cloudy golden body, dotted spots on the glass. Dough fruity aromas. Hop fruity flavours, moments of peaches and lemon. A piney note to the ending. Fair enough. (Birmingham 03.02.2020).
Tried from Cask on 03 Mar 2020 at 18:30

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask at CBC, Covent Garden on 29th February 2020. Orangey reddish brown with loose off-white foam and full lacing. Biscuit and caramel malt aroma. Malty and bitter simultaneously in-mouth and a finish of smooth maltiness and intense grassy bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel and medium body.
Tried from Cask on 01 Mar 2020 at 00:07