Uley Brewery

Microbrewery in Uley, Gloucestershire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 1985

Contact
The Old Brewery, 31 The Street, Uley, GL11 5TB, England
Description
Built into the flanks of Uley Bury on the edge of the Cotswold escarpment lies Uley Brewery, a traditional tower brewery. It was originally built by Samuel Price in 1833 on the site of the lower village spring outlet. This was during William IV's reign, when Uley was filled with woollen mills, a dusty, thirsty trade with a huge appetite for beer.

Brewing and malting continued under the aegis of the Price family and later the Ayliffe family until the collapse of the woollen mill trade at the end of the 19th century.

The brew house and cellars went on to have many uses, mostly agricultural but it was also used as kennels until Chas Wright, a local beer wholesaler, was given the opportunity to re-open the brewery in 1984. After a winter of building and re-fitting, with stainless steel vessels designed by him, made locally and still used today, Uley Brewery was ready to open in 1985. The first Uley pint was poured on the 1st March 1985 in the Red Lion, Arlingham, which still serves Uley beer today.

​At the end of 2018 Chas handed over the reigns to Martin Brooks, who continues to develop the brewery in line with it's traditional heritage.

​We are Genuine Cotswold Brewers

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6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at The Corinium Hotel, Cirencester, Glos, 28.05.11 Pours light amber with a slim white head. Soft in the mouth with a gentle hoppiness, some stale biscuit and a rustic quality,in fact its quite old fashioned in style and flavours with that distinctive Uley thumbprint all over it. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3
Tried from Cask on 30 May 2011 at 08:16

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Cask @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium yellow color with a small, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, white nuts, earthy - damp stain - fusty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20100804]
Tried from Cask on 30 Jan 2011 at 23:48

4.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Cask@GBBF2010. Golden colour, minor head. Aroma is peas, quite bready and earthy as well. Flavouris quite much the same. Quite dull and boring.
Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2010 at 20:36

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild acidic and hoppy. Bitter, slight fruity and subdued sweet flavoured. Bitter and mild fruity into a slight bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 04 Aug 2010 at 09:55

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow with a fully gone head. Aroma is mild butterish and slight hoppy citrusy. Sweet malty, butterish and slight fruity. Mild bitterness into the finish.
Tried from Cask on 04 Aug 2010 at 06:03

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask gravity at Reading BF 2010. Pale chestnut, bit of haze. Lots of dry malt on aorma, maybe a bit of unbrewed out malt. Bit sweet malt, not fully attenuated. Not great.
Tried from Cask on 18 Jul 2010 at 03:22

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Golden with a small white head. Grainy and husky malt aroma. Sweet husky malt flavour with a rubber note.
Tried on 30 Jul 2009 at 06:44

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.Clear light to medium orange color with virtaully none head. Aroma is moderate malty, dusty, old malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (070808)
Tried from Cask on 22 Oct 2008 at 03:30

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask@GBBF2008. Golden colour, not much head. Aroma is wood, nectar and fruits along with sap and some grassy notes. Flavour is quite much fruits, some vanilla and sweet wood.
Tried from Cask on 19 Aug 2008 at 00:53

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Clear deep golden. Sweet fruity aroma with grassy hops. Same goes for the flavor that hold hints of caramel and ends bitter.
Tried on 07 Aug 2008 at 17:40