Hophurst Brewery

Microbrewery in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2014

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Unit 8, Hindley Business Centre, Platt Lane, Hindley, Wigan, WN2 3PA, England
Description
Craft beer brewed in Wigan, Greater Manchester. We’re a social enterprise brewery, producing modern pale ales, IPAs and porters.

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5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ 32th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2015, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Hophurst Cosmati ].Clear medium orange amber colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, orange, fruity - berry - grapes, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, tart fruit, woody, pale malt, fruity, apple. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151203] 6-3-5-3-12
Tried from Cask on 03 May 2017 at 08:27

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tried at the Strait and Narrow, Lincoln. Pale golden colour with a thick white head. Aroma citrus and light fruity. Taste light sweet to light bitter. Light body.
Tried on 20 Apr 2017 at 01:28

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tried at the Strait and Narrow, Lincoln. Deep golden cooour with a thin white head. Aroma tropical and grapefruit. Taste sweet fruity with a slight citric edge. Refreshing and easy to drink.
Tried on 09 Apr 2017 at 09:24

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at the 2017 Manchester Beer Festival. Brown pour with a beige head. Chocolate, smoke and coffee aroma. Same in flavour. Does the job.
Tried from Cask on 26 Jan 2017 at 15:04

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at the 2017 Manchester Beer Festival. Gold pour with a white head. Tropical fruit and grapefruit aroma. Bitter citrus and malt flavour. Ok.
Tried from Cask on 26 Jan 2017 at 14:59

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ Ship and Mitre, Liverpool [040916]
Amber, light haze, dense white head, good lacing
Aroma of soft tropical fruits, soft grapefruit
Taste of tropical fruits, orange, dab of grapefruit, bitter zest hops, juicy, nice flavour
Palate - Medium body, good texture, quite bitter, clean. Finish has a long bitter zest linger
Overall - Good beer, nice bitter zest
Tried from Cask on 16 Oct 2016 at 18:52

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
Sampled @ GBBF Day 2. Clear golden color, small to average sized off-white head. Smell and taste some malts, quite some melon in there, quite some melony resinous hops. Quite like it. Nice surprise.
Tried on 17 Aug 2016 at 04:00

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Gbbf. Klares dunkel goldenes Bier. Geruch mild zitronig hopfig, Aprikosen, leicht harzig. Geschmack mild hopfig, zitronig, Aprikosen, gut.
Tried on 10 Aug 2016 at 12:53

6/10
Tried on 30 Apr 2016 at 11:58

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bradford Beer Festival 2016. Copper coloured ale. Thin tasting with a light malty sweetness.
Tried on 20 Apr 2016 at 08:13