Consett Ale Works

Microbrewery in Consett, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 1997

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115 Sherburn Terrace, Consett, DH8 6NE, England
Description
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.

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4.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Holy crap. Plain dull caramel water Clear nutty in the glass with a fine tan head. Ok lacing Decent sweetness and almost no bitterness Caramel waterish flavor [Cask at Number Twenty2 in Darlington, England] Brewery #2107
Tried from Cask on 14 Aug 2019 at 09:11

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Cask at Half Moon, Darlington. Black brown colour, thin beige foam head and aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee. Taste is malty, roasty, ash, dark chocolate, fruity with coffee and earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry roast bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2019 at 15:44

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at Half Moon, Darlington. Golden amber colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of citrus hop. Taste is malty, caramel, toffee with some mellow citrus hop bitterness. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish. Quite OK
Tried from Cask on 05 Apr 2019 at 20:18

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500ml bottle from Broom Hill Farmshop. Chestnut brown colour, tan foamy head leaving lacing and malty, chocolatey aroma. Taste is sweetish malt, roasty and fruity, with biscuit, molasses, fig, toffee, chocolate and some hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2019 at 16:51

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Broom Hill Farm Shop. Golden amber colour, white foam head leaving some lacing and aroma of citrusy malt caramel. Taste is sweetish, malty, biscuit with toffee, caramel, mellow citrus hop and earthy bitterness. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi-dry dusty bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Mar 2019 at 18:04

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500ml bottle picked up at Grape and Bean in Hexham and shared with Finn on a train to Newcastle. A clear ruby-brown body, diminishing beige head, clingy lacing. Malt-driven smell with biscuit notes. Blended taste of chocolate malts, bit of ash, and joined by biscuits. Roasted bitter ending. Easy to drink. Likable. (08.02.2019).
Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2019 at 07:16

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune på tog fra Hexham til Newcastle. Mørkebrun. Lavt luftig skum. God nøttearoma. Smaken sjokolade. Behagelig. Lett tørr ettersmak. Kakao. Mere schwartzbier enn en bitter.
Tried on 08 Feb 2019 at 14:08

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Tried on 12 Jan 2019 at 13:28

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Cask at Half Moon, Darlington. Golden amber colour, white foam head leaving some lacing and malty grainy aroma. Taste is malt, caramel, grainy, biscuit with woody notes, almost roasty & smokey, and some underlying citric bitterness. Light bodied, soft carbonation, drying bitter finish. OK
Tried from Cask on 15 Dec 2018 at 14:55

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Cask (gravity) @ #RHBCF2018 🧙‍🍻🇬🇧 [ The 11th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival (The 43th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival) ], The Motorpoint Arena, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.

[ As Consett Ale Works Steelworkers Blonde ].
ABV: 4.0%. Clear medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, good - fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, UK yeast, fruity yeast. Flavor is moderate sweet and nice bitter finish with a average duration, fruity yeast, fruity malt, citrus, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20181017]
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Tried from Cask on 22 Oct 2018 at 11:55