Up Front Brewing
Client Brewer in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland 🏴
Established in 2015
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Description
Up Front Brewing was founded in 2015 with the aim of sharing our love of exceptional beers and great artwork, with a wider audience.
Here at Up Front we have no loans, no investors, and no kickstarter funding - everything is paid for up front. We brew by renting space in other people’s breweries, with each batch paid for as it’s brewed.
We have very little in the way of overheads, which allows us to spend a considerable amount of time and effort into researching and experimenting with new yeast, bacteria, ingredients, and brewing techniques from around the world. We brew mostly out of 71 Brewing in Dundee, but also use other breweries as and when required.
Up Front has used both Drygate and Alechemy as a base.
Here at Up Front we have no loans, no investors, and no kickstarter funding - everything is paid for up front. We brew by renting space in other people’s breweries, with each batch paid for as it’s brewed.
We have very little in the way of overheads, which allows us to spend a considerable amount of time and effort into researching and experimenting with new yeast, bacteria, ingredients, and brewing techniques from around the world. We brew mostly out of 71 Brewing in Dundee, but also use other breweries as and when required.
Up Front has used both Drygate and Alechemy as a base.
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Cork & Cage. Clearish amber brown color, beige head. Aroma of mixed dark fruit. Taste is sweet vinous fruit compote. Tasty
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Feb 2023
at 12:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can at home. Orange colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste are tart clementine, slight passionfruit slight saltiness. Light crisp body.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Feb 2023
at 22:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home. Hazy golden colour with white head aroma and taste are tangy tropical fruity sour with a nice salty kick. Rich tangy body. This had been in the beer fridge for a while and was worth the wait.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Feb 2023
at 17:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
31st January 2023
Can. Hazy deep amber beer, decent pale tan head. Palate is airy and slightly soft, reasonable fine carbonation. Soft malts, soft creamy malts with a nice light caramel. The red wine barrel is a light touch, but still there is oaky vanilla and modest winey red berries. Far more obvious is the dates and the figs, a rounded ripe fruity richness with obvious date on the back end. Finishes smooth. A nicely conceived barleywine with layered flavours. A bit more more ooomph would not have gone amiss.
Can. Hazy deep amber beer, decent pale tan head. Palate is airy and slightly soft, reasonable fine carbonation. Soft malts, soft creamy malts with a nice light caramel. The red wine barrel is a light touch, but still there is oaky vanilla and modest winey red berries. Far more obvious is the dates and the figs, a rounded ripe fruity richness with obvious date on the back end. Finishes smooth. A nicely conceived barleywine with layered flavours. A bit more more ooomph would not have gone amiss.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jan 2023
at 23:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Beerdome. Hazy brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dried fruit and alcohol. Flavor is very sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish with warming alcohol. Oily. 310123
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jan 2023
at 18:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Panda at home, thanks to the Wingmane, 15/01/23. Hazed mahogany to chestnut brown with a beige cap that veers to the edge. Nose is dark malts, herb, spice, dates, toffee, nutty, light booze. Taste comprises fruit cake, spice, toffee, booze, dates, brown sugars, vinous notes. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a spike of alcohol. Ok sipper but just comes over a little tired.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2023
at 22:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can 440ml. @ [ Trinntorp 🇸🇪 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡 💻👀
[ As Up Front Volodymyr ].
ABV: 10.0%. Clear dark red brown colour with a small average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, wood, oak, barrel, dark malt, whisky - honey - maple syrup. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, chocolate, nesquik, dark malt, maple syrup. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming. [20230115]
7-3-8-4-15
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2023
at 17:45
7/10
Tried
on 15 Jan 2023
at 16:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Panda 🐼 at home big thanks to Wingman Dave. A light hazed deep amber copper coloured pour with a fading loose magnolia head. Aroma is earthy twiggy, fruit cake, raisin, little soapy, prunes, brown sugars. Little musty red vinous notes on the nose. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, some age, prune juice, light tang, earthy, brown sugars, butterscotch. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, moderate carbonation. Decent.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2023
at 22:00
7/10
Tried
on 06 Jan 2023
at 23:00