The North East is built around its Industrial Heritage. Shipbuilding, Coal Mining and Steel Making have forged the very backbone of our proud Northern landscape.
Consett, sitting high and handsome on the North Pennines, was integral in firing the Industrial Revolution and built its reputation on the manufacture of steel.
‘Steel Town’ once employed over 6,000 workers at its very height, making steel that constructed Blackpool Tower and launched the nations fleet of Nuclear Submarines.
Our beers pay homage to this proud history, from ‘Red Dust’, recalling the infamous blanket of iron oxide that settled over the whole of Consett to ‘Men of Steel’, a simple tribute to the resolute workforce.
1980 saw the ‘Last Tap’ when the furnaces eventually went cold with the loss of 3,700 jobs. The Steelworks may have gone but we are determined that the legacy will continue to live on.
Cask @ Coventry Beer Festival. Clear brown with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, toasted malt and caramel. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 110323
Pale gold with a small frothy white head and a light biscuit malt aroma, with a hint of citrus. Semi-zesty citrusy taste with light biscuit malt underneath
Jet black brown with a rich beige head. Chocolate and molasses. Smoke, chocolate and a thin body. Rich and creamy? I like it, but a bit off on the description.