Brunswick Brewing Co.

Brewpub in Derby, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Brunswick Inn

Established in 1991

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1 Railway Terrace, Derby, DE1 2RU, England
Description
During the cask ale Renaissance in the late 1980’s, a decision was made by the then owners of the Brunswick Inn (Trevor Harris and John Evans) to build an extension to the Inn, itself built back in 1840. Construction was started in 1990, and the following year the Brunswick Inn regained its long lost original capacity to produce its own beer.

A traditional tower style brewery built over three levels, great care was taken to keep the brewery in keeping with the history of the Inn, with lines of windows and stonework following through into the extension. The plant itself was installed in April 1991, and on the 11th June 1991 production of Brunswick Brewing Company beer began. A 10 imperial barrel brewery (16hls), the plant brews roughly twice per week, and currently has 7 core beers, including one from it’s popular ‘Engine Shed Project’ craft range. As well as the core, the brewery also produces several new and seasonal beers every year, and occasionally re-brews a recipe from the Brunswick breweries many past brews

Aside from being the main producer of the Brunswick Inn’s ales, the brewery also producers beer for the estate of Everards brewery of Leicester (the land owner of The Brunswick Inn), as well as the local free trade and beer festivals. In 2018, the Brunswick brewery was very glad to welcome the Dead Poets Inn, Derbyshire, into the Brunswick family. With all this, the Brunswick Brewing Company has established itself up and down the country, and has collected many awards for its ale, from local festival awards to national recognition.

The Brunswick Brewing Co is currently run by long-time head brewer James Salmon, who along with the pubs tenants Alan Pickersgill and Philippe Larroche, both award winning licensees, are working to maintain the Brunswick Inn and Brewing Company as one of the premier brew pubs in the country, and the Dead Poets Inn as one of the best countryside cask ale houses in Derbyshire.

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6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at source. A copper coloured pour with a loose beige head. Aroma is twiggy, woody bark, dried fruits. Flavour is composed of semi sweet. Biscuit, dried fruits, bark, cake, mineral. Palate is thin, light grains, decent cask condition. Ok.
Tried from Cask on 11 Feb 2022 at 14:48

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask: Poured a golden with a white head. Aroma is fruity. Taste is fruity, malty.
Tried from Cask on 11 Feb 2022 at 14:45

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the brunswick flyer. A clear golden yellow coloured pour with a halo of white head.. Aroma is biscuit grains, biscuit, orange rind. Flavour is composed of, dry, biscuit, otsnge rind, light grass,. Ok.
Tried from Cask on 11 Feb 2022 at 14:41

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Tried on 11 Feb 2022 at 14:33

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Tried from Cask on 11 Feb 2022 at 14:30

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
On cask at The Taps, Lytham. Appearance - golden with just the slightest of a haze. Proportionate white head. Nose - lovely fresh grapefruit and grapefruit zest. Taste - zest, pith and fruit, again all grapefruit. Palate - light bodied, fresh and zesty with balanced bitterness on the finish. Overall - great stuff.
Tried from Cask on 03 Jan 2022 at 09:13

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Brunswick Arms, Derby. It's golden and clear with a small white head. The aroma gives a heady mix of hay, mown grass and white grape. Bittersweet taste with unfortunate buttery notes. Scratchy sweet finish. A passable if flawed beer.
Tried from Cask on 19 Jun 2021 at 18:50

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Had this many times over the years at Brunswick, Derby. Pours a very dark reddish brown with minimal head but good lacing and low carbonation. The nose is mainly malts with hints of coffee and alcoholic strength. Fruitiness is the initial impression in the mouth, before vanilla, raisins, and hints of liquorice and chocolate come through. Finish is fruity. Very nice and alarmingly easy to drink, but hard to categorise (I’m not sure it’s a stout).
Tried on 06 Jun 2021 at 18:54

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Handpull cask at the Brunswick, Derby. The beer is dark brown, translucent with a spotting of off-white head. Light suggestion on chocolate malt and a bit of coffee in the aroma sweet taste with some buttering hop and some vegetable character in the finish. Slight watery body with scant carbonation. A bit disappointing to be honest.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jun 2021 at 17:41

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at the Brunswick, Derby. Light copper, clear with a spotty off-white head. Malty aroma, not much else to detect. Taste is more complex with a crystal malt sweetness turning into a more balanced finish with a hint of bittering hop. Slight body, flat carbonation. Decent for a traditional bitter but little personality.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jun 2021 at 17:36