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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5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask gravity @ Cannon Inn, Newton Poppleford. Extremely dark with a few bubbles for a head. Fairly strong tasting with a slightly soapy aroma and taste, but a few roasted malts are evident in the latter.

Tried from Cask on 09 Sep 2015 at 05:59


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

Cask @ New Brew-m, Burnley. Clear golden with a thin head. Has a very dry fruitiness in its nose with a less stated taste that’s more crisp than flavoursome.

Tried from Cask on 14 Aug 2015 at 15:09


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

Cask @ Calans, Hebden Bridge. Copper with a thin head. Has a crispness above its maltiness, with the latter evident in its nose. Good session ale with not a particularly high bitterness.

Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2015 at 11:24


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ New Brew-m, Burnley. Clear blonde with a creamy head. Has a light crisp smooth hop with some some malt involved, but its fruitiness is dominant in terms of taste.

Tried from Cask on 30 Jul 2015 at 12:42


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

Cask, gravity at Banbury Beer Festival, Thursday 7th May 2015 Looks good but here is where things go awry afterwards. The nose is rather off putting with far too much sulphour, no body, too much caramel, not great at all, but at least it looked pretty good. A5 A4 T5 P3 Ov10 2.7

Tried from Cask on 08 May 2015 at 02:19


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

Cask @ Bar Fringe, Manchester. Clear golden with next to no head. Has a malt nose with some hops and a higher bitterness character throughout.

Tried from Cask on 03 Mar 2015 at 08:12


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

Half, cask at the brewpub. Patchy, bubbling surface to a clear golden body. Peach and grass to the nose. Grass, peach and leafy hops taste with a good fruity bitter support to the ending. Refreshing and likable (Derby 20.02.2015).

Tried from Cask on 25 Feb 2015 at 14:24


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask ale by hand-pump, half pint at the brewpub in Derby. Clear copper body, missing head, spotty lacing. Mild malt-fruity nose. Flavours of leafy hops, earthy malts and toffee. Rounded bitter finish. Fits the style (20.02.2015).

Tried from Cask on 25 Feb 2015 at 14:20


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask, half at Brunswick Inn. Beige head to a rosewood coloured body. Rings of lace down the glass. Moderate dark malty nose, shades of liquorice. Mixed taste of chocolate and caramel. Well bodied. Nice. An extra point for its name (Derby 20.02.2015).

Tried from Cask on 25 Feb 2015 at 14:18


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Half pint, well-kept cask at the brewpub. Deep mahogany coloured body. Naked on the surface. Fair lacing. Smooth dark malty nose. Mid-sweet taste of brown and black malts. Slightly roasted ending. Pretty nice low alcohol porter (Derby 20.02.2015).

Tried from Cask on 25 Feb 2015 at 14:15