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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6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Great British Winter Beer Festival 2018, Norwich. Pours bright copper colour with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of caramel, hop, malt, fruit and treacle. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body. Sweetish, caramel finish.
Tried from Cask on 22 Feb 2018 at 22:46

5.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Handpull cask at the Salmon, Leicester. Golden yellow, clear with an impressive white head. Light citrus and hay aroma, buoyed up by leafy hop. Buttery stale taste with some hop astringency in the finish. Soft carbonation. In perfect condition but... not a great beer.
Tried from Cask on 21 Dec 2017 at 10:22

6/10
Tried on 26 Aug 2017 at 11:47

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste malt, grass, straw, fruits and hops.
Tried from Cask on 28 Jul 2017 at 06:58

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, green apples, fruity and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 280717
Tried from Cask on 28 Jul 2017 at 06:57

6/10
Tried on 13 Nov 2016 at 06:49

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask half-pint, hand-pulled in The Haygate, Wellington Shropshire on 16th Sep 2016. Clear, light golden pour with a thin white head. Decent enough blend with the hops just about ruling the nose and taste, piney and semi-bitter. Liked the fact it had no citrus flavours.
Tried from Cask on 18 Sep 2016 at 10:04

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled, cask pint in The White Lion, Wellington Shropshire on 26th July 2016. Light blonde body, clear and clean, white head. Fruity with a citric leaning in both the nose and taste: one of many golden citrus flavoured beers on the UK and world market at present. No better and certainly no worse than what can be found in any British ’real ale’ Pub currently.
Tried from Cask on 26 Jul 2016 at 17:55

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Two hand-pulled pints on 11th June 2016 in The White Lion, Wellington Shropshire. Golden amber body, clear and clean: on top a white crown. Leaning towards maltiness, this easy drinking blend has a light malty front with a mild hop bitterness. OK, but lacks a bit of depth: even at 3.8%ABV.
Tried on 13 Jun 2016 at 16:06

7/10
Tried on 27 Feb 2016 at 13:23