About
Allan, Simon and John have been keen individual home brewers for many years. They started off with kits bought from shops then progressed to all grain brewing using cobbled together ranges of pots and pans in their kitchens and garages.
The three combined forces with local hotelier Andrew and set up a 4 barrel brewery in the Old Fire Station in John o Groats in 2015. From there they started producing a range of cask ales, starting by selling bottles locally and then distributing across the north of Scotland. They expanded into the oldest building in John O’ Groats, “The Last House”, in 2019, installing a new brewery, bar and visitor centre.
The three combined forces with local hotelier Andrew and set up a 4 barrel brewery in the Old Fire Station in John o Groats in 2015. From there they started producing a range of cask ales, starting by selling bottles locally and then distributing across the north of Scotland. They expanded into the oldest building in John O’ Groats, “The Last House”, in 2019, installing a new brewery, bar and visitor centre.
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml. bottle. @Oban Accomodation, Oban (Scotland). 07/08/2023 [#6.697 Global - #231 Scotland - #1 John O'Groats Brewery (My Scottish brewery #77)] Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma: smoked meta, chocolate, brown sugar and liquorice. Taste: light smoked malts, praline, liquorice and ashes. Medium to full bodied. Next one please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2023
at 07:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried at the 2022 Nottingham Camra Beer Festival. Golden colour with a white e red had. Aroma and taste are sweet malty. And slight berry fruity. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Oct 2022
at 12:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Misty Bottle, Skye. It pours pretty much black (darkest brown when held up to the light) with a decent beige head. The aroma is nutty, decent hit of chocolate, praline, earthy roasted malt, bitter - sweet, coffee liqueur, molasses and malt loaf. The taste is dry, dark roasted malt, decent hit of espresso coffee, bitter - sweet character, molasses, treacle, malt loaf, plain chocolate, nutty, praline, forrero rocher and just a touch of peppery spice with a dry, dark roasted finish. Fulsome body and moderate carbonation. Fulsome body. Quite robust and flavourful. Works very well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2022
at 15:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Panda, thanks to SHIG, split at the Grand Reunion Tasting, Watford 02/10/20. Light black with a decent tan head. Nose is chocolate, fruit slice, toffee, dark malts. Taste comprises cocoa powder, toffee, chocolate biscuit, dried fruits, modest roast. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Decent.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2021
at 09:36
6/10
Tried
on 02 Oct 2020
at 11:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Growler shared in Watford - cheers! Pours clear deep, brown with a creamy tan head. Lightly sweet with balanced roast, nips of cocoa and coffee, earth. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with toasted biscuits, earth, bittersweet cocoa. Nice one.
Tried
from Growler
on 02 Oct 2020
at 11:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Growler power thanks to shig. A opaque jet black coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroma is earthy roast, black malt, liquorice, light tangy. Flavour is composed of bitter black malts, burnt cake, little thin, bark, tar. Palate is semi sweet, little thin, moderate carbonation decent robust stuff.
Tried
from Growler
on 02 Oct 2020
at 11:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
26/9/2020. Bottle shared with / courtesy of SHIG. Cheers! Pours very dark brown with a small frothy beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, ash, peaty and wood. Moderate sweetness and light roasted bitterness. Moderate body, slight watery texture, average carbonation. Chocolate vanilla finish. Looked good but lacked some depth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2020
at 19:03
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared with Grumbo: Poured a black brown with a tan head. Aroma is roasty, malty, chocolate. Taste is smooth toasty roasted malts, light chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2020
at 17:04
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the SRAF 2018... Deep red brown.. Thin tan lacing... Soft sweet toffee nose.. Light herbal toffee malts
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jul 2018
at 06:54