Carlisle Brewing

Microbrewery in Carlisle, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Carlisle Brewing

Established in 2013

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Unit 2, 12A Kingstown Broadway, Carlisle, CA3 0HA, England
Description
We've spent more years than we care to remember drinking real ale of all styles and flavours. This culminated in us buying our own pub, The Spinners Arms in Cummersdale, Carlisle in 2007 - where we naturally continued our research!

In 2013, we took it a step further and set up a 2.5 barrel microbrewery on site. We outgrew this quite quickly and moved to our current premises, opening a bigger plant in October 2015. We still have The Spinners Arms, it's now our brewery tap with a good range of our beer on the bar at all times!

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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beer Ambleside. Pale gold with a lasting white head and a fine but aggressive fizz. Generically fruity up front, although it did pup me in mind of Granny Smith apples. Some ginger powder comes through, and then there are floral, twiggy notes in the dry and mildly bitter finish. Not bad for the style.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2024 at 22:09

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beer GB. Pours clear golden orange with a thin white head. Aromas of red fruit and light malt. Taste is more of the same. Thin finish.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2023 at 07:17

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from BeerGB. Appearance - dark brown to black and opaque. Creamy, beige coloured head. Nose - toffee, light smoke. Taste - toffee, edge of liquorice, smoke and roast. Palate - medium bodied, rich middle and roasty finish. Overall - quite nice.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2023 at 19:09

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beer GB. Pours hazy golden with a thin white head. Aromas of orange, bread, light spice. Taste is more of the same. Light sweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2023 at 10:57

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from BeerGB. Appearance - golden and a wee bit hazy. White head. Nose - bready, and orange. Taste - breakfast cereal, some light fruit. Palate - light bodied but could have more bitterness given the style. Overall - so so.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2023 at 19:49

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle from BeerGB. Appearance - clear orange to brown. Snow white head. Nose - caramel and nuts. Taste - red fruits, dried orange sbd chewy hazelnuts. Palate - light to medium bodied, chewy middle and roasty finish. Overall - traditional style, quite nice.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2023 at 17:13

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6

Bottle 500ml. @ [ chriso & Boudicca's pre- GBBF Shindig 2018 ] - Chris and Ruth's House, 🇬🇧 London.

[ As Carlisle Herkules ].
ABV: 4.8%. Clear medium yellow colour with a huge, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, light flowers - hedgerow. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, light flowers - hedgerow, light grass - grassy, floral. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180804]
6-3-6-3-12
Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2020 at 09:01

8/10
Tried from Cask on 10 Oct 2020 at 20:50

6/10
Tried from Cask on 05 Aug 2020 at 17:42

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
500ml bottle bought at Local in Carlisle, shared with Finn on a Northern train from York to Preston. A big white head reduced to a filmy layer while leaving lacing rings down the glass. Misty golden body. Vague aroma of pale malts and a distant citric note. Shy taste of ripe fruits and grain. Short drying end. Lively carbonated. So and so. (08.02.2019)
Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2019 at 13:35