Rigg & Furrow Farmhouse Brewery

Microbrewery in Acklington, Northumberland, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2017

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Acklington Park Farm, Acklington, NE65 9AA, England
Description
Rigg & Furrow is an authentic farmhouse brewery. Giving a new lease of life to our old milking parlour we create new takes on Farmhouse beers - beers originally brewed for thirsty farm workers. Brewing by hand, our independent, family run brewery creates exciting, innovative, fermentation focused beers.

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7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from the Free Trade Inn. Pours clear pale yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light tropical fruit. Taste has some of the saison notes, more berry fruits and orange. Light clean finish.
Tried from Can on 15 Dec 2020 at 17:18

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from The Free Trade in. 4.5%. Voss kviek yeast and different hops mentioned on the can. Pours clear yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of oranges and light spice. Taste is doughy, more orange and coriander seeds. Clean finish.
Tried from Can on 06 Dec 2020 at 17:36

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Panda thanks to SHIG, split at the mini Tipple lockdown tasting, Hazlemere, 29/08/20. Very lightly hazed golden yellow with a decent off white covering. Nose is grass, lemon rind, damp straw, herb, light funk. Taste comprises green apple, toasted grains, lemon rind, hay bale, hedgerow, mellow yeast flicker, light herb. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough saison.
Tried on 01 Nov 2020 at 09:33

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from the greengrocer on Amble high street. Pours light hazy golden orange with a thin white head. Aromas of pine, resin, marmalade, green plant stalks, spring onion. Taste is chewy, resinous, cooked orange. Chewy finish.
Tried from Can on 22 Oct 2020 at 18:52

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from the greengrocer on Amble high street. Pours clear golden with short-lived thin white head. Aromas of grain, light straw, light spice. Taste is more of the same. Light sweet finish.
Tried from Can on 22 Oct 2020 at 16:14

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from the greengrocer on Amble high street. Pours hazy pale gold with a thin white head. Aromas of ripe mango, dried apricot and light citrus. Taste is lime, tropical fruit. Light sweet finish.
Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2020 at 18:25

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can from an Amble greengrocer. Pours hazy yellow gold with a thick white head. Aromas of straw, lemon, light white pepper. Taste has more lager character, light grains and light lemon. Dry finish.
Tried from Can on 19 Oct 2020 at 16:43

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - slightly hazy golden. Thin but attractive lacing. Nose - funk and elderflower. Plant pots. Taste - funk, followed by sour lemon, then dank mineral. Palate - tangy and sour. Persistent length. Overall - very nice. --- Beer merged from original tick of Rigg & Furrow Sham Pain on 23 Jul 2020 at 15:40 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Bottle from Northumbrian Gifts. Appearance - golden and hazy. Thin head Nose - green pepper and hemp but dominant sourness. Sheep wool. Taste - spice and sour again. Green notes again, mainly herb. Elderflower I guess. Palate - light bodied and tangy sour. Dry tangy sour finish. Overall - good. A bit challenging but good.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2020 at 16:31

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours slightly hazy yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of elderflower, some light funk. Taste is big on the floral notes, some sour lemon and white grape. Slightly chalky texture. Dry finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Rigg & Furrow Sham Pain on 23 Jul 2020 at 15:40 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours hazy yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of white grape, elderflower, spicy yeast, green pepper. Taste is sweet grape up front, tangy in the middle. Finish has the floral notes. Good sharpness to it.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2020 at 16:28

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared with Grumbo: Poured a golden with a slight haze, head was white and whispery. Aroma is woodsy, fruit, floral, but funky. Taste is very tangy, woodsy, metal, sour tartness, elderflower, grape tart.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2020 at 16:05