Cheshire Brewhouse

Microbrewery in Congleton, Cheshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2012

Closed in 2021

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Unit 12 & 13 Daneside Business Park, Riverdance Road, Congleton, CW12 1UN, England
Description
Shane Swindells began Cheshire Brewhouse in 2012, but has been passionate about beer and the joyful sociability of pubs from an early age — ‘beer was special, it was the stitches that held the fabric of society together’. Home is the historic town of Congleton, where it is based on a small industrial estate in the Dane Valley, close to the greenness of Congleton Park. Using bespoke-made brewing kit that makes 2880 pints per brew, Swindells produces an award-winning and vegan-friendly range of beers that can be enjoyed in cask, keg, bottle and can. As well as its historic recipes, Cheshire Brewhouse produces a superb range of modern craft beers that resonate with the bright colours and tropical fruit aromas of American hops such as Citra and Amarillo as well as English varieties such as East Kent Goldings.

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Medium head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are fruits, hops, flowers, caramel and malt. Nice bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 16 Feb 2017 at 07:52


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Medium head with good duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are caramel, chocolate, fruits and hops. Nice smooth dry bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 16 Feb 2017 at 07:49


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer festival. Pours amber with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, flowers, grass. Flavor is light sweet, malt, little caramel, grass, flowers. Thin to medium body, soft carbonation. 160217

Tried from Cask on 16 Feb 2017 at 07:46


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer festival. Pours very dark brown with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, wood, light peat, slight hint of smoke. Flavor is fairly sweet, malty, caramel, wood, light peat, dried fruit, light alcohol. Medium body, soft carbonation, light sweet finish with warming alcohol. 160217

Tried from Cask on 16 Feb 2017 at 07:43


5

Rummy...

Tried on 18 Jan 2017 at 21:06


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask pint in The Crown Inn, Oakengates Shropshire. Golden pour, full white head. Floral nose, semi-sweet grainy taste with a mild citrus leaning mid-sip. Not a lot going on to be honest.

Tried from Cask on 12 Jan 2017 at 16:47


6.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Drink? Hebden Bridge. Black-brown with a mildly gritty roasted malt taste, although understated in its nose in this respect. There’s a mild sweetness to be found here.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2016 at 16:24


7

Tried on 09 Nov 2016 at 18:51


Tried at The Ale House on 30 Oct 2016 at 00:16


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle conditioned: BBD 31st Mar 2017. Poured carefully into an ’Old Speckled Hen’ badged vase shaped pint glass at home on 28th Oct 2016 during a ratebeer ’Virtual Bar’ session. Looks lovely, clear copper bodied, white head on top. Malts initially rule the roost, slowly however the hops rear their heads and the beer becomes more hop centric and bitter. Fruity notes in the flavour help to transfer the taste from semi-sweet caramel maltiness to grassy hop bitterness, clever stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2016 at 10:53