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We are a small family run micro-brewery with a 6 barrel plant in Darwen.

Barry Tyson built a Brewery in his garage in 2004, when workload got too much his daughter Natalie took over in 2008 and she now runs the business with her husband Tom. In 2010 the main brewing started at the new 10 Barrel plant.
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cagarvie (40318) reviewed
Smokey Joe's Black Ale from Hopstar Brewery
10 years ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask at the bow bar.. Dark black.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft chocolate roast... Dark roast malts.. Soft chocolate... Thin malts.. Soft chocolate... Light smoke
Tried from Cask on 05 Feb 2016 at 06:42
allmyvinyl (21581) reviewed
Smokey Joe's Black Ale from Hopstar Brewery
10 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Bow bar, winter beer festival 2016. Pours dark brown with a thin beige head, nice lacing. Aromas of meaty smoke, faint charcoal, light stone fruit. Taste is more of the same, ashy finish.
Tried from Cask on 04 Feb 2016 at 11:02
RuneBlix (27009) reviewed
Tower Tipple from Hopstar Brewery
10 years ago
5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Half pint, cask, served in a mug at Wm Hawkes. A lasting white head leaving dotted spots on the glass. Dark golden body, next to clear. Mild smell of dried fruits. Fresh and dried fruity taste followed by a rounded mid-sweet fruity ending. Rather thin bodied. Average stuff (shared with Finn, Hull 26.11.2015).
Tried from Cask on 08 Dec 2015 at 01:10
Finn (18625) reviewed
Tower Tipple from Hopstar Brewery
10 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Fra cask på WM Hawkes Hull 26 Nov 15. Delt med Rune. Aprikosfarget. Svakt uklar. Lavt tett skum. Tynn lacing. Syrlig fruktaroma. Smaken fersken. Litt søt. Så vidt litt bitterhet i ettersmaken.
Tried from Cask on 05 Dec 2015 at 04:53
Olut (22669) reviewed
Lancashire Gold from Hopstar Brewery
11 years ago
5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Burnley Beer Festival 2015. Clear copper coloured. Has a sessionable grainy-malty character.
Tried on 13 Sep 2015 at 11:14
Olut (22669) reviewed
Smokey Joe's Black Ale from Hopstar Brewery
11 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Burnley Beer Festival 2015. Black with an off-white head. Lightly smoked, with its roasted malts more dominating in both aroma and taste, and fairly stated in the latter respect.
Tried on 13 Sep 2015 at 10:24
WingmanWillis (39655) ticked
Smokey Joe's Black Ale from Hopstar Brewery
11 years ago
8/10
Tried on 08 Sep 2015 at 15:36
mike_77 (15876) reviewed
Wheat Beer from Hopstar Brewery
12 years ago
4.8/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Pale yellow colour. Typical wheat beer. Slightly sharp and citrusy, wheaty taste. Lacks depth of flavour.
Tried on 07 Sep 2014 at 07:24
mike_77 (15876) reviewed
Dizzy Dannyale from Hopstar Brewery
12 years ago
5.1/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Hazy blond colour. Elements of apple cores and wood. Plentiful in pale malts but lacking somewhat in hop bitterness.
Tried on 07 Sep 2014 at 02:28
Olut (22669) reviewed
Dark Knight from Hopstar Brewery
12 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Baum, Rochdale. Extremely dark red, but not black with a creamy head. Has some light roasted malts in its aroma and taste with an infusion of nut in the latter aspect. Slightly dry tasting and medium bodied.
Tried from Cask on 09 May 2014 at 05:22