Barngates Brewery

Brewpub in Ambleside, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Drunken Duck Inn (Barngates Brewery)

Established in 1997

Contact
Drunken Duck, Barngates, Ambleside, LA22 0NG, England
Description
Commenced brewing 1997 at the Drunken Duck, which is the principal outlet but the beers are also supplied direct on a non-permanent basis to about 80 pubs in the region. The Kings Arms (Cartmel) and the Tower Bank Arms (Sawrey) are permanent outlets for Tag Lag. Three beers - Chesters Strong & Ugly, Tag Lag and Red Bull Terrier - are available in bottles. The remainder of the output is cask but the brewery is looking to expand the bottled range.

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5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Light amber color. Again fresh wort but with some apricot notes. Malty and boring. Blah. This is crappy shit again at the GBBF
Tried on 16 Aug 2013 at 07:45

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On cask @ Alexander’s in Kendall. Pours golden with a nice haze and a steady stream of bubbles which keep the head going to the end of the drink. The nose is citrus with some yoghurt from the yeast. The taste is a little bit more on the citrus pith side with the minerality coming through too. The palate is very good but in the end, slightly too sharp. Overall, a decent pale ale.
Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2013 at 06:03

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask at GBBF 2012, London. Pours perfectly clear gold with a fine, white foam head. Big biscuity aroma, some hay. Medium sweet flavor with tons of straw, biscuity pale malts, hay, white bread. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Nice, balanced finish, more biscuits, white bread. Super good beer. Very well rounded. (Score: 4.1)

Cask at Market Porter. Pours clear yellow with a foamy white head. Lots of doughy white bread, some light straw bitterness. Good balance. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Not bad. (Score: 3.6)
Tried from Cask on 10 Dec 2012 at 03:56

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
cask at watermill ... golden amber ... creamy white head ... soft toffee malt nose ... juicy malt front ... orange peach malts ... soft tofeee ... light fruit ok.
Tried from Cask on 21 May 2012 at 12:24

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2010. A brown beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of malt as well as hints of butter. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and chewy toffee, leading to a dry, bitter, and citrusy finish.
Tried from Cask on 17 Jul 2011 at 10:24

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
tap at the bow ... golden amber ... odd musty soft thin water hop ... light mellow fruity honey hop ... plesent enought
Tried from Draft on 26 Apr 2011 at 04:54

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, hops. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100804]
Tried from Cask on 06 Apr 2011 at 12:53

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask. A golden beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel, leading to a dry finish where the caramel note lingers.
Tried from Cask on 11 Feb 2011 at 14:08

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
@ Punch Bowl Inn, Crosthwaite. Golden coolour. Fresh, spicy, leafy hop aroma. Herbal and dry with lots of appetizing bitterness. Lightly earthy, toasty balancing malts.
Tried on 06 Oct 2010 at 12:11

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask @ Punch Bowl, Crosthwaite. Amber, lightly spicy, slightly toasty aroma. Toasty, quite bitter, with resiny hops and balancing toasty malts.
Tried from Cask on 06 Oct 2010 at 12:09