Peakstones Rock

Microbrewery in Alton, Staffordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2005

Contact
Peakstones Farm, Cheadle Road, Alton, ST10 4DH, England
Description
Conceived during a Sunday afternoon pint, David Edwards brewed his first batch of Nemesis in May 2005. The brewery now produces 9 different real ales regularly in our 4.5 barrel plant based in the Staffordshire Moorlands. The beers take their names from the surrounding area as the brewery looks out across Dimmingsdale Wood, home of the Chained Oak towards the village of Alton.

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7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Hand pulled half pint at the Crown Inn, Oakengates; 13th March 2026. Black bodied, beige crust on top. Hoppy with burnt malts trying to take away the piney bitterness, interesting!

Tried from Cask at Crown Inn on 13 Mar 2026 at 17:00


6.5

Malty sweet to slight bitter. Medium body.

Tried from Cask at Joiners Arms, Lincoln on 03 Jan 2026 at 13:44


6

Fairly thin. Citrus with a light body.

Tried from Cask at Joiners Arms, Lincoln on 03 Jan 2026 at 13:41


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Clear and golden with a frothy white head and a cereal malt and mellow fruit aroma. Light bodied, light cereal malt with some sweet fruity notes, mild citrus bitterness and a dry finish.

Tried from Cask at Prince of Wales on 03 Dec 2025 at 17:10


7

Tried from Cask at Joiners Arms, Lincoln on 19 Jul 2025 at 20:33


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Chestnut brown with a frothy / creamy off-white head and fuit malt and hops on the nose. There's a relatively big slug of alcohol up front, floral hops offer decent bitterness with sweet fruit malt lurking underneath, finishes dry and slightly bitter

Tried from Cask at Prince of Wales on 13 Jun 2025 at 16:15


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

Hand-pulled pint at the Crown Inn, Oakengates on 19th October 2023. Clean amber body, off-white crown, pump-clip said single hopped with Columbus hops (not Centennial) and it did have an earthy, resinous and slightly peppery feel to it. Anyway it was a very pleasant bitter all round, don't come across many new ones (too me) these days.

Tried on 20 Oct 2023 at 06:28


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Trad brown bitter that looks the part - amber brown with a frothy / creamy white head - but is a tad disappointing, quite thin, some malt and some fruit and some floral bitterness

Tried from Cask at Armoury on 30 Mar 2023 at 19:30


30/04/2009. READING BEER FESTIVAL, King's Meadow, READING, Berkshire, England. Sold as just Peakstones Rock Mild

Tried on 17 Jan 2023 at 12:33


18/03/2011. BRISTOL BEER FESTIVAL, Brunel Passenger Shed, Temple Meads Station, BRISTOL, Bristol, England

Tried on 17 Jan 2023 at 12:32