Leatherbritches Brewery

Microbrewery in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Victoria Inn

Established in 1993

Contact
Brewery Yard, Annwell Lane, Smisby, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, LE65 2TA, England
Description
Our Brewery was founded in 1993, the idea of Bill Allingham, the youngest son of the family. Edward Allingham, Bill's elder brother has since taken over the brewery and runs it as sole proprietor. Fast forward to present day. Edward Allingham's youngest son Matthew Allingham is now Head brewer of the mad brewer range and Brewery manger and shares the role of head brewer with his dad of the leatherbritches brewery range of beers. with the ever-increasing demand for the superb award winning beers Early in 2002 equipment was purchased to bottle beers using traditional methods. This is still our method of choice today. We are also proud to distribute our cask ales to over 150 real ale pubs and inns across the country and look forward to regaining contact with our wonderful customers in the near future.

The brewery has occupied three sites since opening in 1993. In 2011 the brewery moved to the current location at the Brewery Yard near the Tap House in Smisby village.

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4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Keg @ The Abbey. Pours clear gold, medium white head. Aroma is herbal, grassy, light citrus. Taste is bitter, grassy, aggressive citric hop, fair carbonation. Bit rough.
Tried on 16 Oct 2018 at 14:10

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On cask at Beerbohm, pours a clear amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out bready malt and light bitter English resinous hops. Flavour brings out bitter resinous hops and English bready malt. Creamy and bitter on the palate, with a decent punch. Solid.
Tried from Cask on 21 Jun 2018 at 17:43

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From cask at Blue Boar, Leicester, 23.05.18. Clear dark copper. Pale brown head with large bubbles. Aroma and taste of medium dark malt, biscuits, roasted nuts and burnt caramel. Low bitterness. Uncarbonated. More like a dark mild than a bitter.
Tried from Cask on 23 May 2018 at 17:43

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Bluish brown, very translucent with a loose white head. Blueberry in the aroma but not much else. Sweet fruity taste with a bit of chalky bitterness in the short finish. Slightly saccharine aftertaste. Very simple and more of a fruit beer than a traditional mild... But I liked it.
Tried from Cask on 09 May 2018 at 20:34

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Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2016, [ Great British Beer Festival 2016 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Leatherbritches Cad ].Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, berry, caramelized malt, sugary. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, caramelized malt, sweet malt, dark malt, toasted. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160809] 5-3-6-3-12
Tried from Cask on 07 Mar 2018 at 16:31

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Cask at the Windsor Castle, Lye. Pours dark orange brown with a large head. Aroma is smoky, jammy hops. Taste has a smoky bready start. Jammy, fruity, hoppy finish.
Tried from Cask on 02 Feb 2018 at 13:52

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at the Windsor Castle, Lye. Pours pinky orange with a small head. Aroma is jammy raspberry and straw. Taste is quite watery. Watery stone. Some tart seeds in the finish but not much going on.
Tried from Cask on 02 Feb 2018 at 13:49

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Cask at the Windsor Castle, Lye. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is woody dark fruits. Taste has rich fruit cake to start and a woody dark fruits finish. Touch of sourness.
Tried from Cask on 28 Dec 2017 at 06:22

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Cask at the Pup and Duckling, Solihull. Poured a clear reddish brown with a thin broken white head. The aroma is roasted earthy malt, light strawberry cheesecake woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet with a smooth dry woody hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 23 Dec 2017 at 15:41

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Keg tap at the Parcel Yard, Leicester. Dark ruby, almost opaque with a creamy khaki head. Scent of light sweet malt, berry, milk chocolate, merengue. Tastes sweet and fruity with the lingering hoppiness slowly emerging from the shadows up to the decidedly bitter finish. Glacé cherry and Ovaltine in the aftertaste. Well carbonated but not excessively so. Very nicely put together.
Tried from Draft on 11 Dec 2017 at 12:51