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.
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Westhill Service Station. It pours lightly hazy golden amber with a small white head. The aroma is fresh, sour, zingy, juicy passionfruit, peachy, sour candy, salted cracker and savoury, herbal accents. The taste is crisp, dry, zingy, puckering, juicy, sour, passionfruit, peach, sherbet dib dab, sour candy, fizzy cola bottles, minerality, citrus vibes, savoury edge and very little of that 9% alcohol. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Bright, puckering, fruity and moreish.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jun 2021
at 16:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Pours hazy light gold with a medium head. Aroma is salty and metallic passionfruit and lime. Taste has salty passionfruit throughout with a little lime and salt on the finish. Not overly sour or tart.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jun 2021
at 20:46
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Westhill Service Station. It pours cloudy bright orange with a decent white head. The aroma is rich, juicy and ripe, great depth of ripe stone fruits, peach, mango, persimmon, nectarine, passionfruit, um bungo, orange chewits, fruitella, nip of pine, green, weedy, dank and spice. The taste is thick and dry upfront, touch of light citrus acidity which dissipates, then it's pithy, zesty, grapefruit, bitter orange peel, tangerine, kumquat, light bitterness, ripe and pulpy stone fruits, mango, apricot, passionfruit, some weed, green vibes, floury bread and a nip of alcohol. Finish is lingering green and dry vibes. Medium+ body and moderate, prickly carbonation. Surprised by the previous couple of ratings as this has a lot of character and depth of flavour. So much to it. Very enjoyable and rewarding.
Tried
from Can
on 21 May 2021
at 14:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Westhill Service Station. It pours pretty much black with a small light tan head. The aroma is sweet and sticky, rich roasted malt, unctuous, chocolate, coconut cream, bourbon biscuits, twinkies, light menthol vibe, bourbon soaked oak, maltesers and mars bar. The taste is smooth, bitter - sweet, toffee, fudge, salted caramel, loads of vanilla, coconut cream, toasted marshmallow, roasted malt, mars bars, maltesers, nougat, touch if warming booze, spice, charred action, cola and earth with a drying, bitter - sweet finish. Medium+ body and average carbonation. Not as sweet as feared and hides alcohol well. Perhaps lacking a bit of depth. Not bad Anyhow. Gets u boosted.
Tried
from Can
on 15 May 2021
at 13:41
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can in the garden, from Overtone online, 17th April 2021. Pours an orange caramel colour, good white head. Aroma is orange and citrus. Taste is muted, orange, citrus, no honey / nectar. Not great
Tried
from Can
on 24 Apr 2021
at 06:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours light hazy pale yellow gold with a thin white head. Nice passion fruit aroma, light spice. Taste is light tart, coriander seed, passion fruit. Tart finish.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2021
at 19:24
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home. Pours black, nose is vanilla, coconut, chocolate cake, caramel, taste is similar --- Beer merged from original tick of Bourbon Oaked Imperial Milk Stout on 19 Feb 2021 at 15:48 - Score: 8
Tried
from Can
on 19 Feb 2021
at 15:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cloudy/hazy pale gold with little to no head, just a handful of white bubbles, and a sour fruit aroma. Tastes awesome with tart, salty fruit flavours, some sweet fruit puree coming through, and a dry finish
Tried
on 06 Jan 2021
at 14:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Beer Gonzo Advent Calendar, consumed at home New Years Eve, Thursday 31st December 2020 in the company of Xenofon and Anastasia. Listening to a very random music selection. Pours pale light/gold with a white head. Very zappy, a little brine, fresh, zingy, tart, dry finish. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2020
at 16:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Appearance is golden with some haze, a 1-finger white head. Aroma is spices, orange peel, coriander, spritzy hops, citrus fruit, trace of lime. Taste is salt, citrus fruit, lime, passionfruit, sour fruits, bit of fruit crumble, coriander in the finish, which is sticky. Nice and flavoursome.
Tried
on 13 Dec 2020
at 07:17