Up Front Brewing

Client Brewer in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Established in 2015

Contact
Strathaven, ML10 6UB, Scotland
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.

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7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can at the Paisley Craft Beer Festival. Pours cloudy golden amber with a thin white head. Aromas of orange, grapefruit, greengage and green grape. Taste is greengage, kiwi, grapefruit and lychee. Definitely something floral going on. Creamy texture, light bitter finish.

Tried on 18 Mar 2025 at 17:29


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Keg at the Paisley Craft Beer Festival. Pours deep red-brown with a pink-tinged thin beige head. Aromas of cherry, menthol and light funk. Taste is cherry lozenges, fresh cherry and tangy herbs. Light sour finish.

Tried on 18 Mar 2025 at 17:27


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Keg at the Paisley Craft Beer Festival. Pours brown to black and opaque with a thin beige head. Aromas of bread, toffee, and dark chocolate. Taste has roast, toffee, more chocolate. Roasty finish.

Tried on 18 Mar 2025 at 17:24


8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can at the Paisley Beer Festival.
Appearance - cloudy golden amber with a white head.
Nose - orange, grapefruit, greengage and green grape.
Taste - greengage, kiwi, grapefruit and lychee.
Palate - medium bodied, creamy middle with balanced bitterness and great linger.
Overall - yep, very nice.

Tried from Can on 15 Mar 2025 at 16:44


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On keg at the Paisley Beer Festival.
Appearance - deep reddish brown. Beige, pinkish thin head.
Nose - cherry, menthol and light funk.
Taste - cherry lozenges, fresh cherry and herbs too.
Palate - medium bodied, tangy, lightly sour middle and finish. Good linger.
Overall - good stuff!

Tried from Draft on 15 Mar 2025 at 16:35


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

On keg at the Paisley Beer Festival.
Appearance - brown to black and opaque. Beige head.
Nose - bread, toffee, some dark chocolate.
Taste - chocolate, coffee, Ovaltine and roast.
Palate - medium bodied, at most. Roasty finish.
Overall - quite low ABV for a barrel aged stout.

Tried from Draft on 15 Mar 2025 at 16:30


8.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Can at the Paisley Beer Festival.
Appearance - hazy golden amber. White head.
Nose - candied lemon, green grape, wood spice and white bread.
Taste - icing sugar, green grape, kiwi even, with spice and bread again.
Palate - light to medium bodied, tangy and zingy middle and finish. Good linger.
Overall - lovely stuff!

Tried from Can on 15 Mar 2025 at 15:39


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

8th March 2025
Can. Near clear gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, a mild dryness, decent fine carbonation. Light smooth pale malts, a very light creamy sweetness. Light crisp pine. Quite the candy fruits vibe, sweet even by modern Mosaic standards. The back end brings light but complex hop fruits that are hard to pick apart. Light and semi dry finish. Decent but a bit much to much on the Mosaic front, swamping the other hops.

Tried from Can on 08 Mar 2025 at 18:41


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

440ml can, thanks to AshtonMcCobb. Pours bright yellow with a white head. Aromas & tastes of passion fruit, coriander, salt & herbs. Medium body. Tart finish. Highly enjoyable

Tried from Can on 23 Jan 2025 at 08:07


6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Bottle thanks to Stuu.
Appearance - very pale green yellow (Sauvignon Blanc like) and bright.
Nose - lime marmalade and key lime pie.
Taste - Rose's lime marmalade.
Palate - medium bodied, sweet and tangy.
Overall - decent.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jan 2025 at 15:14