Firebrick

Microbrewery in Blaydon on Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2013

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Unit 9-11 Blaydon Business Centre, Cowen Road, Blaydon on Tyne, NE21 5TW, England
Description
A small independent brewery in the Geordie heartland of Blaydon; 400 yards from the mighty River Tyne, and under 5 miles from the centre of Newcastle.

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6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Pours a clear chestnut brown with a medium sized lasting off white head. Aroma is grainy, malty caramel. A grainy malt flavour, some nutiness and dryness with a light lingering bitterness in the finish.

Tried on 18 May 2017 at 11:25


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Dark golden with a creamy head and a grainy-malty taste, with a lingering bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 17 May 2017 at 02:08


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Tried on 30 Apr 2017 at 10:59


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at Tewkesbury Winter Beer Festival 3/2/2017. Medium brown in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Aroma of sweet berry fruits, brown sugar and spices. Flavour was also sweet, with bready malts, more fruit, a hint of cinnamon and rich finish. Fine.

Tried from Cask on 14 Feb 2017 at 05:27


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Flavourly.com Brown with a hint of red colour with a thin off white head. Aroma caramel and malty, a touch of chocolate. Taste light caramel sweet. Medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2017 at 15:51


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at The Dove Street Inn, Ipswich, Winter Beer Festival 2016. Pours dark amber with an off-white head. Aroma of toffee, malt and biscuit. A well rounded brew, and one of the nicest sampled at this festival.

Tried from Cask on 08 Dec 2016 at 12:32


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at the Castle Brew House, Warkworth. Pours clear amber with a thin off-white head. Aromas of light toffee, faint acetic acid. Taste has a light nutty sweetness, touch more acetic.

Tried from Cask on 18 Oct 2016 at 09:01


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tried at a small tea shop at Robin Hoods Bay. Golden colour with a white head. Light malty caramel aroma and taste with a touch of dried fruity. Thin body.

Tried on 30 Sep 2016 at 10:32


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Sampled @ GBBF day 1. Clear yellow golden color, small to average sized white head. Smell and taste malts, grainy, sweetish malts, corn, some hops, a bit buttery, lightly bitter. Average body and carbonation.

Tried on 15 Aug 2016 at 09:01


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Gbbf. Klares hell goldgelbes Bier. Geruch nach hellem malz, mild hopfig. Geschmack mild hopfig, getreidig, helles malz, langweilig.

Tried on 09 Aug 2016 at 12:06