Glasshouse Beer Co
Microbrewery
in
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Glasshouse Brewery Tap
Established in 2018
Contact
Unit 6B Waterside Business Park, 1649-1652 Pershore Road, Birmingham, B30 3DR, England
Description
Created in Birmingham in 2016 by cousins Josh and Calum, GlassHouse Beer Co. has grown in leaps and bounds on the back of its innovative vegan beers.
Graduating from Josh’s mum’s greenhouse in 2018 (where the brewery gets its name), GlassHouse had a rocky period over the pandemic but managed to push through by producing a great range of cans.
GlassHouse beer isn’t fined or filtered, and while it has been known to produce a milk stout or two, its beers are typically vegan. While they’re available nationally, the team’s glare is firmly fixed on improving and supporting the Birmingham beer scene.
Graduating from Josh’s mum’s greenhouse in 2018 (where the brewery gets its name), GlassHouse had a rocky period over the pandemic but managed to push through by producing a great range of cans.
GlassHouse beer isn’t fined or filtered, and while it has been known to produce a milk stout or two, its beers are typically vegan. While they’re available nationally, the team’s glare is firmly fixed on improving and supporting the Birmingham beer scene.
8/10
Really delicious. Super hoppy and thick.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2021
at 17:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Pours slightly hazy with a medium head. Aroma is pineapple, papaya and mango. Taste has bitter orange jellyto start with a tinned pineapple finish.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Feb 2021
at 19:48
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Pours hazy reddy purple with a large head. Aroma is blueberry and raspberry yoghurt. Taste is tart to start with raspberry and blueberry yoghurt on the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Feb 2021
at 08:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught take out from the Rusty Bucket Pub, Eltham. Cloudy gold pour with a white head. Nose is peach, tropical fruit, butter, corn, grapefruit. Taste is lemon zest, peach, pink grapefruit, apricot. A veritable fruit punch in the finish.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2020
at 16:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml crowler direct from the brewery. Murky gold, small white head, some retention. Big dank and herb aroma with a softer fruity passionfruit and mango then coming in. It has a good full body which is a sticky on the palate with the tropical fruits coming through from the off, semi sweet with a moderate bitterness for an IPA. Lovely fresh hops here. My only criticism is the front and back of the taste is similar, it would be even better with a developing flavour or a bitterness that build up to add to the experience.
Tried
from Crowler
on 21 Dec 2020
at 23:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml crowler direct from the brewery. Deep red/purple, brief pink head. Aroma of cherries and almonds/marzipan. Taste is fresh tart cherries at the fore and a more fruity blackcurrant note in the background. Underlying this is a nice smooth body. Finish is a combination of the tart and fruitiness with a little bitter kick. Fresh, fruity and refreshing with just enough beer elements to make this a erm... beer. At this time of year there was a temptation to warm it up like a mulled wine. I resisted this experiment.
Tried
from Crowler
on 20 Dec 2020
at 23:42
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml crowler. Murky gold, small white head, nice retention. Aroma of peach and pine in the main, but also maybe melon and tangerine. Taste is malty, fruity and aromatic with peach and pine again to the fore, some grapefruit. Smooth texture with slight chewiness, soft carbonation. Some lovely fresh hops in this. Not a beer I could session as it is quite aromatic, but a bit like a good stout or porter I could savour this mid-evening after a long day. Lovely.
Tried
from Crowler
on 20 Dec 2020
at 00:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml crowler direct from brewery. Pours hazy yellow-gold, small white head. Mango, peach and pine, quite fresh. Its fruity with slight citrus tartness, fairly smooth and clean, nice bitter pine finish, carbonation a little high at first but settles. As with most single hop pales there are no real surprises here but this one is well made.
Tried
from Crowler
on 19 Dec 2020
at 00:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
440ml crowler direct from brewery. Hazy gold, small white head, some lacing. Aroma of malts, mango, grapes and pine. Taste follows same path and is juicy, smooth, semi-chewy body, soft carbonation. A punchy bitterness. Good stuff.
Tried
from Crowler
on 18 Dec 2020
at 01:18
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml crowler from brewery @ 3.2%. Hazy gold, small white head, decent retention. Aroma is fresh hops, with citrus, grapefruit, a hint of light resin. Taste starts just citrusy and grassy, but then gives way to lovely smooth malt and a fresh fruity orange note with a bitter resinous and slight spicy finish. Good body for a low ABV. This is up there with Kernel's table beer. Excellent.
Tried
from Crowler
on 18 Dec 2020
at 00:09