Old School Brewery

Microbrewery in Warton, Lancashire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2012

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Hollybank Barn, Crag Road, Warton, LA5 9PL, England
Description
Our brewery, built on traditional skills and values, has its home in an ancient barn, nestling at the foot of Warton Crag, an area of outstanding natural beauty AONB where we mix top quality ingredients with a great deal of love, more than a little patience and a deep seated respect for the heritage and beauty of our surroundings, to produce award winning hand-crafted ales.

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5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Sheffield Camra Steel City Beer Festival 2024. Amber-brown colour. Drab version of the alt style in this instance.
Tried on 26 Dec 2024 at 08:14

3.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at Alexanders, Kendal, sampled June 2014. Pours clear pale blonde with a white cap. Pale malts, light citrus, hoppy hints. Light to medium body with soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask at Alexander's Bar, Castle Green Hotel on 21 Mar 2023 at 22:33

11/04/2013. BITTER SUITE, 53 Fylde Road, PRESTON, Lancashire, England
Tried on 16 Jan 2023 at 07:07

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from the brewery. Nose toffee and malt. Taste is light toffee leading to a a pronounced and pleasing red currant note, malt, yeast lightly bitter finish . The red currant lifts the beer.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2021 at 21:23

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Nose is malty, light nut, earth. Taste is nutty, bitter hazel nut, malty, slight yeast, earthy finish.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2021 at 21:10

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Nose is very yeasty, malt, caramel. Taste is floral, heavy yeast, light citrus, touch of grapefruit bitterness medicinal herbal Hop note.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2021 at 19:50

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Mahogany brown colour. Smooth. Light floral bitterness. Plenty of malt. Decent body. 
Tried on 11 Oct 2019 at 17:45

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
1/8/2019. Bottle from Priest Town Brewery Bottle Shop, Preston. Pours attractive maroon brown with a good size slightly foamy off-white head leaving good lacing. Aroma of toffee, molasses, light liquorice, nut, malt loaf and earthy notes. Medium plus sweetness and light bitterness. Medium body, slight oily and chalky texture, soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Aug 2019 at 18:40

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
27/4/2019. Bottle from Priest Town Brewing Bottle Shop, Preston. Pours clear pale gold with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of citrus, hops, grass and caramel. Medium sweetness, light bitterness. Light body, watery texture, average carbonation. A light, simple session ale.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2019 at 19:37

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle @ Home. Pours clear dark amber with a small and fading offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, nuts. Flavor is light sweet, malty, caramel, nuts, fruit, light earthy. Medium body, average carbonation, light sweet finish. 260419
Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2019 at 14:39