Coniston Brewing Co.

Brewpub in Coniston, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Black Bull Inn (Coniston Brewery)

Established in 1995

Contact
Coppermines Road, Coniston, LA21 8HL, England
Description
Hidden away behind the Black Bull in Coniston is the
Coniston Brewing Company.

This outstanding brewery, run by Ian Bradley, is where Bluebird Bitter is made. This 3.6% session beer won Supreme Champion Beer of Britain 1998 at the Great British Beer Festival Olympia London and has continued to be awarded accolades of recent years.

To the pure waters of the Coniston hills - add the finest Challenger hops and wonderfully roasted pale and crystal malts.
Allow the Coniston Brewing Company to use all their skill and instinctive know-how to create what must be described as the finest fully matured cask conditioned Ales.

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6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Copper colour with a white head. Fruity and mild caramel nose. Mild fruity and hoppy flavour with a fine malt background.
[Bottle from Systembolaget in Strömstad, Sweden]
Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2012 at 03:39

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ Bishops Arms Savoy, Malmö. Pours a clear dark amber reddish color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty weak caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with hoppy hints.
Tried from Cask on 01 Feb 2012 at 05:06

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottle from an Xmas present from my team. What maeib said. In fact I can add very little. It’s inoffensive, not an old ale and has some ok malt. It’s some water with some malt and alcohol. that’s about the size of it.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jan 2012 at 12:45

3.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 2
500 mL bottle from Beer Run. Pours a murky amber with a thin fizzy tan head that fades quickly. Not much for looks. Aroma of tart malts, cherries, caramel, tea, funk. The taste is caramel, toffee, tart malts and a leafy hop finish. Medium bodied. Some pretty serious infection notes. Very disappointing, especially since I loved the regular version so much.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2011 at 19:57

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottled at chriso’s. Clear bronze colour, no head. Vinous mature caramel aroma. Sweet wit hfull body and well rounded mouthfeel. Caramlly malt and white wine. Warming finish with low bitterness. Nice!
Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2011 at 05:39

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, citrus, orange - citrus. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration, orange, mandarin, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111211]
Tried from Bottle on 19 Dec 2011 at 04:38

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottled. Golden colour, small head. Aroma is fruits, alcohol, sweet malts, mild grains as well as some slight wooden notes. Flavour is fruits, alcohol, mild gluelike sweetness as well as some floral and sweet malty notes as well.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2011 at 02:01

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 2 Overall 5
Tinny malt and honey aroma with an overriding smell of new plastic, like the blow back you get from blowing up a beach ball or air mattress. Crystal clear golden, thin lacing head. Surprisingly dry with an equally surprising grassy hop presence. Some vague floral notes and a malty finish. Awfully watery, and weak overall.
Tried on 19 Oct 2011 at 16:17

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, malt, nuts and hops.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2011 at 03:42

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ Bishops Arms Gustav, Malmö. Pours a clear pale amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy caramel aroma. Fruity malty weak hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with hoppy hints in the aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 21 Sep 2011 at 15:31