Bullhouse Brew Co.

Microbrewery in Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland
Associated Venue: Bullhouse East

Established in 2016

Contact
23 Balmoral Road, Belfast, BT23 5AG, Northern Ireland
Description
Bullhouse was initially founded back in 2016 to bring to market styles of beer not commonly available in Northern Ireland. To that end, the first beers we brewed were an Imperial Stout and a Comber Potato Saison.

We work to the following four values which determine the beers we brew, our responsibility to our local community and to the local environment.
- Transparency
- Curiosity
- Community
- Creativity

With environmental sustainability at our core, we pride ourselves on using local suppliers where possible for our raw materials. All our base malts are grown on the island of Ireland. Unfortunately we don't have the climate to grow hops in Belfast, but we contract the freshest hops from around the world to ensure our hoppy beers are as flavourful as possible.

We naturally carbonate our beers using the CO2 produced during fermentation and have eliminated tank to tank transfers, further reducing our environmental impact.

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Can from KWM. Appearance - absolutely custard egg yellow. Pure white head. Nose - funky and eggy with an undercurrent of some fizzy sweet that could very well be rhubarb. Taste - not so eggy this time, thank goodness. Creamy lemon and rhubarb fizz. Palate - light to medium bodied, tangy texture. More funky than sour. Overall - interesting beer, even if the nose is a bit eggy/sulphury.
Tried from Can on 02 Feb 2021 at 22:19

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Can from KWM. Appearance - deep brown to black with just an edge of a red chink at the bottom of the glass. Thin tan head. Nose - peanut but a little dry, more reminiscent of grain bag. Creamy chocolate and light booze. Taste - more generous on the peanut front this time. Then chocolate and rum and raisin too. Palate - creamy in texture, medium bodied and boozy. Overall - quite nice.
Tried from Can on 21 Jan 2021 at 22:54

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Keg at the Great British Beer Festival 2019 - London. Pours unclear gold with a fluffy, white head. Good citrus fruit character, moderate pithy dryness, nice balance, modest rindy bitterness. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Balanced finish. Sound.
Tried on 27 Dec 2020 at 21:00

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440ml can at home. Pours an opaque light purple/hint of orange with a thin off white head. Nose is fruity, more grape and red berry than darker fruit as the label would suggest. Flavour is mostly plum and black grape, not getting the sour cherry bite at all, some slight bit of fruity hops. Soft carbonation, nice thirst quencher.
Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2020 at 11:58

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Creamy lightbrown excellent fully lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Some chocolate and licorice. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate. Nice.
Tried on 08 Nov 2020 at 15:10

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Can from the Vineyard, Belfast. Appearance - unexpectedly lively on opening. Don't think it was shook up. Cloudy yellow, with an edge of orange. Huge white head. Nose - orange and melon. Light sherbet edge to it. Taste - orange, melon, underlying dirty yeast thing. Palate - light bodied creamy texture. Dry, but slightly sherbet yeasty thing going on, which I'm not sure was intended by the brewer. Overall - not sure this would encourage to stay at home for a second one.
Tried from Can on 30 Sep 2020 at 16:35

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On tap at the tap house notts. Hazy golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste have sweet tropical fruit. Smooth body.
Tried from Draft on 29 Aug 2020 at 07:05

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440 ml can at home. Pours a darker amber than most NEIPAs, this is copper colored. Nose is more West Coast IPA than NEIPA, notes of citrus, solid malt backbone. Flavour is also more of a West Coast IPA, citrus hops, some resin, sweet and bready malt.
Tried from Can on 28 Aug 2020 at 17:21

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440ml can as part of a delivery from KWM Wines, drunk at home. Light gold, hazy with a sizeable white head. Modest aroma of lime with light and spicy vegetal notes. Some bttersweet taste with a chalky sourness near the finish. More lime, gooseberry and some boiled sweet in the aftertaste. Just okay and not all that memorable.
Tried from Can on 27 Aug 2020 at 23:16

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from the Vineyard, Belfast. Appearance - pale yellow, light haze. Fluffy white head. Nose - unexpected stewed rhubarb and quince. Taste - red apple and apple jelly. Bitter resin and pith at the end. Palate - jammy sweetness then bitterness. Medium bodied. Overall - interesting but a weird sweetness at the start of the palate.
Tried from Can on 03 Aug 2020 at 22:38