Keswick Brewing Co.

Microbrewery in Keswick, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2006

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Brewery Lane, Keswick, CA12 5BY, England
Description
Beer brewed with love & passion. It's all about the beer.

After years of searching for premises a suitable building was found.

In December 2005 building work began. Since finding the premises we have found out that this site is the site of the oldest brewery known to have been in Keswick – ‘The Keswick Brewery Company’.

The brewery is a 10 barrel brew length (Equivalent to 40 – 9 gallon casks , 1600 litres or 2880 pints).  Our first trial brew was exhibited at the Cumbria Life Food and Drink Festival in Spring 2006 and at the Dog and Gun in Keswick. The first production beers were launched at the Dog and Gun and the Keswick Beer Festival in June 2006. The first beer we made was Thirst Run, a Golden Pale Ale – 4.2%, this then became one of our best sellers. The use of ‘Thirst’ for our beer range came from this  first beer.

With the brewery’s success and many awards, the brewery was running out of space. In October 2019 we finished building work to create extra brew capacity and a new bar so we can offer our bar, tours and shop throughout the year.  The creation of The Fox Tap also means we can now offer brewery events such as Brewery Socials.

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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle: Deep ruby-amber coloured, clear, stable tanned head; moderate sweet roasty-caramelly nose with discreet traces of dried fruits; moderate sweet-bitter flavour, medium to full bodied, soft; almondy traces in the sweet-caramelly and vinous-fruity finish with a slight spicy hoppiness as a counterweight. Really good.........
Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2010 at 05:03

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
cask at GBBF 2010 ... light golden amber ... soft dull lemon nose ... soft fruity lemon.
Tried from Cask on 09 Sep 2010 at 22:17

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
5th August 2010. GBBF.
Hazy gold beer with no real head. Light dry palate. Some dry grapefruit - orange. Big surprise here for a beer of this colour is some smokiness! A little apple as well. Not happy bedfellowes. Very dry finish. Bit of a mess.
Tried on 28 Aug 2010 at 10:20

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (@ Dog & Gun, Keswick): Clear, amber coloured, creamy off-white head; toffees in the sweetish malty and roasty nose; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, light to medium bodied; slightly lingering malty-bitter finish. Just good.....
Tried from Cask on 28 Aug 2010 at 02:24

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Cask (@Dog & Gun,Keswick): Deep golden, small white head, leaving a good lace; delicate to moderate fruity (pears) and hoppy nose with a light malty background; light to moderate bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied; slightly lingering lemony-hoppy finish with a bitter aftertaste. Not earthshaking, but still decent....
Tried from Cask on 28 Aug 2010 at 02:16

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF2010. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, nectar and also some slight spicyness. Flavour is quite much the same along with some mild tropical fruit juice as well as mild grassy notes.
Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2010 at 20:37

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild orange fruity and citrusy. Sweet malty, orange fruity and mild peachy. Light bitter and citrusy dry finish. Ends dry.
Tried from Cask on 05 Aug 2010 at 08:28

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Market Porter, 9 Stoney Street, Southwark, London, Greater London, England SE1 9AA.Clear light medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, roasted, nutty, caramel, keller, light to moderate hoppy, citrus - orange, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091227]
Tried from Cask on 06 May 2010 at 00:58

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask@Market Porter, London. Golden colour, not much head. Aroma is fruits, nectar, some mild notes of wood as well as some sweet maltyness. Flavour is being quite much the same along with some slight parfumeish notes as well. Yet very pleasantly balanced and refreshing.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jan 2010 at 07:56

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
[Cask at the Hobgoblin, Reading] Pours pale gold with a moderate but dissipating white head. Creamy and honey to start, before bitter biscuit and dusty straw take over. Hints of citrus behind but it’s really bitter straw that dominates - too bitter for me I’m afraid.
Tried from Cask on 15 Jul 2009 at 18:10