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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7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours black with a thin beige head. Aromas of coffee, red fruit, light chocolate and toffee. Dates. Taste is light syrup, toffee, light chocolate again. Thin finish.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2017 at 07:59


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

Bottle from the Vineyard, Belfast. Appearance - jet black, tar like. Brown head. Nose - really dark chocolate, light smoke and coffee. Taste - tar, smoke and tonnes of chocolate to sweeten it up. The smoke returns on the finish. Palate - rich and viscous in body and texture. Dry but still rich finish. Overall - the sweetness of the dark chocolate, has engulfed the smoke and coffee and it works really well. Layers and layers of flavour.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2017 at 07:44


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

Bottle thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of smoke and syrup, candy, coffee. Taste is dark chocolate, light smoke and tar. Rich and thick. Lovely.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2017 at 07:44


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can from the Vineyard, Belfast. Appearance - hazy golden with a decent head. Nose - lime, resin and pine. Taste - more of the same. Lime and resin on the end. Palate - light bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - decent. Good balance.

Tried from Can on 18 Aug 2017 at 17:50


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared at Chris & Ruth’s pre GBBF Shindig 07/08/2016. Many thanks to Steve I’ve known. A dark brown / black coloured pour with a dark tan head. Aroma is earthy, coffee, little veg pepper, toasted coconut, creamy roast. Flavour is composed of decent earthy coffee, veg pepper, smooth chocolate malts. Palate is full bodied, creamy, moderate carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2017 at 15:34


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

From wooden cask at Woodfest 2007 Castleford - Hazy yellow body, thin white head. Nice fruity nose, lots of stone fruit and tropical fruits. Wood interfered with the taste on this one, a bit musty, but the tropical punch still kicked a wee bit.

Tried from Cask on 13 Jul 2017 at 14:32


3.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2

Bottle at MC Zurich. Pours black with a medium beige foam. Aroma is damp cellar, old wine plug, oxidized. Body is medium, damp, sweet, a little sour, lively carbonation. Yuk.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2017 at 16:04


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

Bottle shared by Beersiveknown @ tasting at his place. Huge thanks Steve! Opaque dark brown to black color, small light brown colored head that diminishes quickly. Smell and taste malts, lightly liquorice, milk chocolate, a bit sweet and perhaps a hint of vanilla. Decent body and carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2017 at 04:20


8

Tried on 21 Sep 2016 at 17:55


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

Pre-gbbf-shinding. Trübes dunkel orange braunes Bier mit geringen beigen Schaumkrone. Geruch süß malzig, schokoladig, Kaffee, leicht holzig. Geschmack süß Röstmalzig, schokoladig, Lactose, Kaffee.

Tried on 13 Aug 2016 at 08:51