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

Cask at the Ship & Mitre - Liverpool. Pours clear, rich brown with a tight, creamy beige head. Nice roasted malt nose with accents of coffee and milk chocolate. Light sweet flavor with ashy roast, charred meat, mild earthy bitterness, cocoa, dark read. Light bodied with fine, caressing carbonation. Pretty well balanced to finish with more ash, burnt toast, baking cocoa, dried blackberry. Nice little stout.

Tried from Cask on 22 Mar 2014 at 04:52


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

Bottle courtesy of dad (cheers dad), consumed at home Thursday 20th March 2014 Hazy amber beer with slim off-white head. Hoppy nose with a little cheese but that could be from my hand following me helping Loz with her cheeseboard at tha Horse & Groom, Caulcott. Hoppy in mouth but plenty of malt to smooth the way, quite bitter, Citrus zest, skin and pith, some cooked bitter morrocan lemons. Its very nice. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.5

Tried from Bottle on 20 Mar 2014 at 14:14


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Brewery tap chester... Golden amber... Small white head... Soft sweet toffee fruits... Soft floral fruit

Tried from Draft on 11 Mar 2014 at 14:08


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

Cask (handpump) @ NWAF 2013, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Clear medium orange amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, sharp bitter, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130124]

Tried from Cask on 26 Feb 2014 at 09:13


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5

Flaske 0,5l. Medbragt av Rune og delt under avskjedsrating i Holmboeveien 9 - 3 Des 13. Gyldenbrun. Høyt kritthvitt luftig skum som varer lenge. Markert aroma. Dessverre ikke god: Fjøs. Smaken er mere fjøs. På grensen til utedo. Blir ekstremt tørr & bitter etter hvert. Den er ikke moreish - men en blir faktisk tørst av å drikke den!

Tried on 18 Feb 2014 at 12:31


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle: Nose is fruity, with lots of cherry, red currents and some citrus. Taste follows with lots of fruits, strawberry, red current, leading to a malty backbone with a nice leading bitterness and dry finish. A really nice bitter, which is a very rare thing in the bottle these days.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2014 at 13:17


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (handpump) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England M4 5JZ.Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, grass, cat piss. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, citrus, cat piss, dusty - dusty hops, grass. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130126]

Tried from Cask on 28 Jan 2014 at 09:05


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

500ml bottle bought at The Ship in a Bottle, Liverpool. Shared with Finn. Hugh, off-white head to a hazy, orange coloured body. Smooth smell of fruity hops. Bittersweet taste of resin-like fruits joined by malty sweetness. Bone dry ending of citrus shells, long-lived. Medium minus bodied. Okay, a bit too dry perhaps (Mass online tasting at Finn’s place, Tromsø 03.12.2013).

Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2013 at 12:01


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

Cask at the Le Gothique’s Halloween Beer Festival 2013. Poured a hazy dark brown with a thin beige head. Slightly smoky aroma with hints of caramel and molasses. Light roasty flavours, with orange peal and brown sugar. Finish is ash, coffee and maple syrup.

Tried from Cask on 27 Nov 2013 at 11:19


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Golden with a smooth head. A slightly dry hopped ale with fruit from the tropics evident.

Tried on 13 Sep 2013 at 09:00