Strands Brewery

Brewpub in Seascale, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Strands Inn

Established in 2007

Contact
The Strands Inn & Brewery, Nether Wasdale, Seascale, CA20 1ET, England
Description
Mark and Lesley took ownership of The Strands Inn, on June 2006 and within the year established The Strands Microbrewery, with the aim to begin brewing craft ales exclusively for their inn. Their first beer, a light hoppy amber ale called 'Errmmm...', is still served today and a firm favourite with most of the Nether Wasdale locals.

Where did the inspiration for the sudden move into alchemy of beer brewing?
Mark, in his own words, got a little bored and thought he'd have a go. This initial curiosity and plan to brew "just one beer", has now developed into a passion for brewing beers that range in styles from favourite session ales like Errmmm..., Green Bullet and Scafell Summit, to the strong yet delicious Strands' Russian Imperial Stout and Barley wine (an award winning ale).

The whole process of producing our ale is now in hands of our two full-time brewers Mark Corr and Dan Horsefield. Together they produce anywhere from 240 to 4000 litres of beer per week depending on the time of year and beer style. Thanks to their hard work, we can all enjoy some stunning speciality beers at our very own Beer Festival every year in May and all the regular beers all year round, knowing that the beer we are all drinking was created less than 20m from the bar in The Strands Inn.

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at GBBF 2025

Tried on 22 Aug 2025 at 15:58


6

Magus, v sone, hapukas, happeline. Ok

Tried from Cask on 06 Aug 2025 at 21:04


7

Magus, mõru, kuiv, röstine, šokolaadine, kohvine. Ok.

Tried from Cask on 05 Aug 2025 at 18:09


23/01/2013. NATIONAL WINTER ALES FESTIVAL, 371 Oldham Rd, Miles Platting, MANCHESTER, Greater Manchester, England

Tried on 06 Feb 2023 at 11:04


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

On cask at the Scree Inn. Appearance - opaque mat black. Deep.beige head. Nose - red berries, vanilla and swee, creamy chocolate. Taste -raspberry ripple ice cream with creamy milk chocolate. Its a Neapolitan ice cream, in fact. Palate - creamy in te ture,medium bodied. Sweet, rich finish Overall - lovely. All those pastry effects without the additions usually required.

Tried from Cask on 28 Jun 2021 at 15:51


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On cask at the Scree Inn. Appearance - deep brown to black and opaque. Big crema head. Nose - caramel, chocolate and light smoke. Taste - honeycomb, just an edge of molasses and smoke, with chocolate filling in all the gaps. Palate - creamy in texture. Medium bodied. Dryish roasty finish. Overall - very nice.

Tried from Cask on 28 Jun 2021 at 14:51


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

On cask at the Scree Inn. Appearance - deep amber to brown. Creamy to beige head. Nose - nuts, malty bread and dried fruit. Taste - caramel, plum of rhubarb jam. My bready finish. Palate - light to medium bodied. Sweet middle and decent dryness on the finish though could be more bitter given the style. Overall - good.

Tried from Cask on 28 Jun 2021 at 14:46


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On cask at the Scree Inn. Appearance - deep amber. Off white creamy head. Nose - dried orange, raisin and rich cakiness. Taste - malt loaf, raisin and candied citrus. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture. Balanced roasty bitterness on the finish with a persistent linger. Overall - lovely.

Tried from Cask on 28 Jun 2021 at 14:33


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

On cask at the Screes Inn. Appearance - amber to red. Off white proportionate head. Nose - light toffee and a hint of red fruit. Taste - red fruit with a hint of raisin. Malt loaf. Palate - light bodied, sweet malty middle and very light roast and malt sweetness on the finish. Overall - very nice.

Tried from Cask on 28 Jun 2021 at 14:28


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

On cask at the Screes Inn. Appearance - pale yellow with a decent white head. Nose - lemon but mainly bitter green plant stalks. Taste - endive salad. Plant stalk and light citrus. Palate - light bodied and very dry. Overall - ok but very dry.

Tried from Cask on 28 Jun 2021 at 14:15