Round Tower Brewery

Microbrewery in Chelmsford, Essex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2013

Closed in 2018

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Unit 11a Robjohns House, Navigation Road, Chelmsford, CM2 6ND, England
Description
Round Tower began brewing early 2013, the first brewery in Chelmsford since 1974. Started on a small scale but expanded to a brew length of 5 barrels.

Produce a constantly changing range of hop forward pale ales alongside seasonal brown beers, with only a Stout and a Black IPA as regular beers.

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5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 6
Dark jet black coal color with a dense beige head. Good intensity in the aroma. Lots of oak. Medium body and a fine carbonation level. Tad sweet and a moderate bitterness. Oak o hoi also in the flavor. Also some toffee and raost. This beer is way to thin to balance that powerful oak flavor. Need 5 or 6% more.
[Bottle at Ale House in Chelmsford, England]
Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2017 at 15:37

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ 33th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2016, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Round Tower #150 ].Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, bread - dark bread, burnt, dark malt, light meat - smoke - umami. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, dark malt, sweet malt, chocolate, umami. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161129] 7-4-7-3-15
Tried from Cask on 01 May 2017 at 07:23

Taster, solid enough Dunkelweizen. Nice head rotation..can't really do anything more with that kit.
Tried from Can on 23 Apr 2017 at 13:39

Tried at The Stash Bar on 14 Apr 2017 at 21:29

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
7th April 2017
Maldon Beer Fest, Cask. Opaque black - brown beer, residual tan head. Silky palate, slightly viscous. Soft rich dark malts, some dark chocolate underneath kept company by touches of treacle and molasses. Spice. Tangy smooth dark fruits. Smooth dark malt cream. Smooth finish. Pretty drinkable for the abv.
Tried from Cask on 08 Apr 2017 at 05:27

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5
A quite warming and decent mead.
Clear deep golden color with almost no head. Good intensity in the aroma. Medium + body and a soft mellow carbonation level. Decent mellow sweetness, well it got a bit cloying when it got warmer. Fruit, malt and honey dominates the flavor.
[Bottle at The Premier Inn Room 230 sessions Feb 17 with Rune]
Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2017 at 07:58

4.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 2 Texture 8 Overall 2
Something has probably went horrible wrong here. I do not think the high amount of vinegar was intended. Made it more or less undrinkable. So this rating do probably not have any high value for anyone. Forgot to write batch number from the bottle. But it is written vanilla below 100½ at the label. Special edition?
Black color with a beige head. Nice lacing. Looks good. Fine intensity in the aroma. Medium + body and a soft carbonation level. To much vinegar, roast and coffee in the flavor.
[Bottle at The Premier Inn Room 230 sessions Feb 17 with Rune]

Brewery #1627
Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2017 at 04:14

Nottingham Yeast ruined it for me. Too sweet. Nice hop profile which does not compliment that yeast strain. Solid otherwise.
Tried at The Ale House on 02 Apr 2017 at 04:45

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Flaske 500ml spandert av Rune. Delt med ham og djoeye i WCveien 23 Mar 17. Gylden. Høyt tett skum med mye lacing. Lett fruktaroma. Smaken fersken. Lett tørr ettersmak. Behagelig tørsteslukker.
Tried on 27 Mar 2017 at 03:52

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle bought at Hop Beer Shop in Chelmsford. Remaining snow white head. Next to clear golden coloured body. Spotty lacing. Mild dry fruity nose, pale malts beneath. Dry hopped fruity flavours followed by a rounded bitter ending. Clean mouth feel. Decent thirst quencher. (Shared with Finn and djoeye, Tromsø 23.03.2017).
Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2017 at 05:00