Horncastle Ales

Brewpub in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Old Nick's Tavern (Horncastle)

Established in 2014

Contact
Old Nick’s Tavern, 8 North Street, Horncastle, LN9 5DX, England
Description
Horncastle Ales is a micro brewery in Lincs. Brewing first commenced in July 2014, since then we have won three awards and been accepted into the GBBF.

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6.5

Cask at the Waddington Beer Festival 2025. Pale golden colour with a white head. Light citrus aroma and taste, slightly sweet. Medium body

Tried from Cask on 31 Oct 2025 at 15:33


7

Tried at the Waddington BF 2025. Golden colour with a white. Nice malty sweet, with grapefruit citrus finish. Medium body

Tried from Cask on 31 Oct 2025 at 14:09


6.5

Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2025 at 18:47


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tried from Cask at Peterborough Beer Festival (CAMRA) on 25 Aug 2025 at 13:26


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

22/8/2025. Cask at the 46th Peterborough Beer Festival. Very lemony, earthy aroma. Nice bittersweet taste. Pretty good.

Tried from Cask on 23 Aug 2025 at 11:40


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the strugglers inn, Lincoln. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty sweet buicuity some fruit. Medium body.

Tried from Cask at The Strugglers Inn on 08 Feb 2025 at 13:41


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Cask at the Peterborough Beer and Cider Festival 2024 with Grumbo and ITFCDan. Aroma is grain, citrus, passion fruit and apricot. Preferred the taste to this than the aroma. However, it lacked the body.

Tried from Cask on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:54


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

21/8/2024. Cask at the 45th Peterborough Beer Festival. Pours clear golden amber with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is citrus, orange, sweet tropical fruits, caramel, butter, straw. Quite sweet with moderate bitterness and body. Oily with very soft carbonation. Okay.

Tried from Cask on 30 Aug 2024 at 09:09


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Gravity cask at Peterborough Beer Festival 2024. Aroma: grains, citrus, fruity. Taste: light to moderate sweet & light bitter. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Fairly mundane session gear, not terrible though.

Tried from Cask on 25 Aug 2024 at 20:49


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Strugglers inn Lincolnshire. Light golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are light sweet citrus. Medium body.

Tried from Cask on 06 May 2024 at 15:27