OK THEN FOLKS! Tell us your favourite, underrated breweries and we'll discuss some of them in this week's podcast. Link is here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gFkEw-Y9IIo.html
Have to try these now. Nevertheless, the name "Dark Web" is a very poor choice. That never fits the personality or the context of beers! Preparing to drink a beer named Dark Web will feel like sitting on a couch to watch the movie "Wrong turn" having an LSD stamp on your tongue. 😅
The look on Jonny's face when Brad says "Brewdog have gone in a slightly different direction" 🤣 (My suggestion for underrated brewery: Arundel Brewing)
Your English Cask Ale video series was truly outstanding. Initially, I wasn't particularly fond of Cask Ales, but your videos changed my perspective. Now, when I specifically request a Cask Ale at a pub, I find a great satisfaction in knowing I'm enjoying something special. Thanks to your influence, I've taken the opportunity to explore and try out numerous Cask Ales during my travels through destinations like the Peak District and charming little English/Welsh towns. Even before watching this latest video, I am expressing my admiration for the incredible work you've been doing through the Craft Beer Channel over the years. It's far more than just a beer channel; it's a place of knowledge, stories, and culture surrounding beer. Now I believe that this wealth of information is essential for truly appreciating a good beer-truly, "properly." I'm confident that this new video will enlighten viewers about exceptional breweries and their remarkable offerings. By shining a light on these breweries, your channel not only enriches the beer-drinking experience for individuals but also helps these deserving breweries garner the attention they rightfully deserve. Cheers to you and the Craft Beer Channel for your invaluable contributions to the world of beer!
Oh... you didn't forget Northern Wales in this video :) -My favourite part of the country and every trip to there has good memories related to enjoying nice beers. My previous comment was added even before watching the video as usual. So the mention about little Welsh towns is purely coincidental.
Delighted that Fierce Beer gets the love in this video, its amazing how much they've grown over the last decade. Nice to remember us up here beyond the wall!
Great to see some love for Salopian Brewery, Shropshire Gold was my first introduction to cask growing up. Another great "under the radar" brewery down the road from Salopian is 'Stonehouse' brewery in Oswestry.
Nice to see some love for both of these. I know Stonehouse a bit better as I’m in nearer to Oswestry, but when I’m having a drink in Shrewsbury Salopisn are always there and never disappoint.
Arbor, for me. Obviously the pint sized cans are a bonus but they're well priced and they make some great beer. One of my favourites. Oh, and Saint Mars of The Desert aka SMOD - they make some cracking beer across the whole spectrum.
Add Wold Top to your list. Belting beers from Yorkshire. Very pleased to see Salopian & Red Willow on your video, both absolutely fantastic when I drink them on cask at Ferry Tavern, Penketh, Warrington.
Fierce are great, and I would argue also one of the best value for money craft breweries out there at the moment. Their west coast 'Forest Ranger' is one of my faves of the year, and one of the best examples of the 'classic' west coast styles I've tried in ages.
Genuinely blessed to have Salopian in a lot of pubs near me - Mind Bomb, one of their cask stouts, was one of my favourite beers last year and it’s always the first pint I have if I find it in a pub
Late to this. Really happy to see Brad stepping up with design chat. Let's face it, design sells a lot of beer, so having a design chap giving a view on packaging is both legit and welcome.
When you mentioned this video on last week’s podcast my first thought was Red Willow so it’s great to see them featured. Fantastic beers across a wide range of styles and I’ve never had a bad one yet. My brother and I did a brew day experience with them last month which was epic - we picked up loads of tips that will hopefully elevate our home brewing to the next level 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Hey up! Red Willow Brewery is in Macclesfield, its main Tap is in Macclesfield too, there is a tap in Buxton but not the only one like you said, tut tut and double tut. Buxton Brewery is overlooked somewhat too. A must try is Merlin Brewery near Sandbach, very many award winners, just great flavoursome honest brewers.
Heist Brew Co in Sheffield, absolutely crazy hazy pales & some ridiculous smoothie sours coming out from them in the past year or so, going after those American styles and tearing it up at the moment, plus their taproom is incredible!
Im a huge Redwillow fan. Brightside in Radcliffe does some great cask and gets very little attention outside its local area. Gets into Manchester bars.
Very happy to see wild horse getting some love, emrallt is one of the best hazies in the UK imo. Was very surprised Polly's wasn't mentioned when talking about North Wales My local will very often have at least one salopian and one red willow on cask so I'm very used to seeing them, I hadn't realised they make more modern stuff too
Makemake in Portsmouth. Incredible brewery. Focus on really sour sours and mega juicy IPAs but their darks are also fantastic. They do pop up on the online shops but not in high volumes at all and hardly ever get talked about. Hands down best sour I've ever had is from these guys, as is one of my favourite DIPAs.
Hey guys, great video as always. If you’re looking for more Welsh breweries I’d recommend Flower Horn! Also my attempt at getting a pod shout out If ye lookin’ west for a fine glass o’ gold Hurry your fine selves on a journey of old Far thy west to the Welsh hills of green To the rather funk beer house that tastes like a dream Flower horn they be called and they’ll delight your souls The psychedelic art will appear so bold But do not fright, pull back that ring. And pour the beer down and make ye heart sing!
Fierce did a colab with Amundsen and made "Berry Big Moose" - gonna try one of those as they are available here in DK. And their fruity pale ale, Fierce Rhubarb (love that name). Cheers!
Got to shout out Moot in Kent. They're all about using English hops in every beer, backed up with hops from all over. They consistently make some great beer!
Wild Horse's brewery was definitely on an industrial estate and not a farm when I visited! Getting mixed up with Pollys perhaps? You should plug the fact that their new tap room is opening this Friday on the podcast, also not on a farm 😅
Phantom brewery in Reading. Time and tide brewing in Deal. State of kind in York. Bullhouse in Belfast. All these I've found recently and all been great. Also Holy Goat and Floc brewing go under the rader
@TheCraftBeerChannel State of kind are from Wigan, not York. And if you haven't tasted them, you should. Their brewery tap is great as is their ethos and the people involved in the project. They are on a whole different level to the breweries featured in the video.
Back in 2019 salopian did a ipa beer called luminance, it was and still is the nearest cask beer to compete with a new England IPA, big flavour and aroma, one of my top scorers on untapped, never seen it since.
Small brewery called Coors in Burton make a lovely drop called Carling, light lager really lovely drop, very rare these days can get hold in your local bottle shop possibly.
Happy to watch this video on a Friday all the while sipping away on a tripel karmeliet and vegan burgers in the pan for Friday burger night! The first brewery reminded me a lot of Walhalla here in Amsterdam-Noord. One of my favorite local breweries that chooses to be small instead of go big. This is what makes them even greater than they already are 🤟🏼🍻 love and beer! Cheers lads
I've come here to shout about the excellence that is Wild Horse in North Wales as well. Fantastic beers, and their "Fatlamp" ale is easily one of the best on the market. Another shout out to Polly's brewing as well based just down the road in Mold, they're also absolutely smashing it at the moment and another unsung hero.
Salopian was fortunate to find them many years ago (I've been in UK 10 yrs now), and their Kashmir used to be my favourite IPA (something changed in it over lockdown, not as good now). Great black range. Always happy to see their casks locally. And Red Willow - my local! Drink them every week, great brewery. The Heritage Porters and now the barrel aged beers are great - as is Perceptionless their NEIPA and their Very English IPA.
Red Willow also have a taproom in macclesfield about 15 minutes walk from the brewery. Also, Torrside are easily the most underrated brewery in the country but also one of the best.
The truest thing I've read in a long while. The three brewers that formed Torrside used to attend homebrew club at said taproom. There's magic in the water around here.
Very interesting video, thank you! When I lived in the UK, I loved the following breweries : - Wye Valley Brewery - Purity - Adnams - Anspach & Hobday - Exmoor - Fuller's - Hopback - Moorhouse - Otter - Kernel Sadly I haven't had beers from some of these breweries in years so I don't know if they still make good beer or not...
Holy Goat for me as a MEGA underrated brewery. Great range of more traditional sours with a few decent IPAs and Stouts sprinkled in. Hype feels like a word of mouth and scarcity driven phenomenon. Read FOMO. It's why we all chase Putty each year despite Verdant having better brews available and better DIPAs from other breweries. There's a few supermarket beers which are of Hype quality imo (Life & Death, Faith, Roaster Coaster back in the day) but they become "fridge fillers" due to ease of access, price point plays a part as well, we want a £10 DIPA to blow a supermarket IPA out the water, which isn't always the case.
Good vid - and great to see Red Willow getting some recognition. We're fortunate to get it regularly in pubs here in Sheffield. Also interesting reading some of the suggestions about breweries on here that I know well - but never been too impressed by - which shows you how personal what you like about a brewery is. If you're doing another similar vid - i'll big up Sheffield's St Mars of the Desert - American craft brewer came to Shef via Belgium with his Yorkshire partner - and produce a fine range of European inspired beers beyond the standard IPAs/stouts that every brewery does. Nice graphics too.
I just brewed a black IPA yesterday (or, Cascadian Dark Ale if you want to avoid the oxymoron in making a black pale ale). I went with the general guideline of making it taste like a traditional pale ale rather than a stout by using predominantly dehusked black malts for the color. I did however throw about 1.5% chocolate malt in there and about 5% of a C60. As I just brewed it yesterday I obviously don't know how the final is turning out, but the wort tasted amazing.
Track brewery up in Manchester, is my latest wonderful brewery, spent an excellent evening with a good friend trying out keg Vs cask versions of the beers, those wondering, cask every time.
Hi guys, love the channel. I'm Australian based and heading to the UK in May/June. Can you suggest any brewery festivals or events happening around that time. Cheers.
Great shout with Salopian, although to Brad's point Black IPA not exactly mainstream or their best example, but they do bang out some amazing beers. Another one that doesn't get enough shout outs, but is getting more (recently here and from Jaega on Saturday kitchen) is Bullhouse. Great vid guys.
As an American I LOVE UK beers and breweries and hold many of them even to my favorites in the US. I often find new favorite UK and US breweries and beers when I least expect it and apprecate you showing off these gems. Also, Coutney totally killed Kurt Brad.
@@andrewsteer8860 Honestly, Not many. HAHAHA. I'm lucky and get to the UK often so I'm talking about beers that I am able to come across in my travels. And usually the only ones that "travel" well are ones I am able to bring back with me.
@@andrewsteer8860 I mean, I had to seek out Verdant when I was there it it stands up to similar US breweries, espically with hazy styles. I've also enjoyed Cloud Water and Thornbridge.
As a Salopian by birth, I have to say that Salopian were stand-out brewers back in the late 90 for their traditional British styles (Origin, Oracle, Lemon Dream)and for their British takes on US styles.
I think part of it might be a lot of them being £4-5 per can (basically pub prices, depending where you are in the country) in the supermarkets, think that will have a tendency to put people off trying a beer they have no idea about.
@@TheCraftBeerChannel I don't doubt that and I wasn't having a pop, Just saying that some of these breweries would be better known and regarded if it weren't for the price situation.
Interesting to see McColls there as they are near me in Co Durham. I have actually never enjoyed anything I have had from them so maybe I should give them another go. To big up another Co Durham brewery, just down the road in fact from McColl's, is Steam Machine who I think are great.
It still surprises me how the UK with such a saturation of good craft breweries struggles to win over the masses. Alot of my uni friends in the UK associate craft beer with Brewdog, unfortunately. In Malaysia it's more of an issue of availability and awareness due to there being only 1 craft brewery. Much love to the UK beer scene tho and great video!
Superb video - really enjoyed it - i really like to try breweries which are off the beaten track a little. Arbor Ales from Bristol is a really good one to check out too
I'd shout out a couple of midlands breweries I love. Church End brewery make some of, if not the best cask ales I've ever had. Similar goes for Tollgate Brewery which does great cask and some modern/different styles you wouldn't expect like an NZ pils, Steam beer and west coast IPAs.
Superb video and put RedWillow on my to do map as we'll be going through Buxton soonish. Bit hard to say which UK breweries are "underrated" from this side of the channel but did take a look at what I had from your parts recently that I had not heard of much: Liked beers from Three Hills, Cult Of Oak, Brolly, Chapter, Below Brew (formerly known as Lowtide, which on its best is as good as Mash Gang), Holy Goat, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO MELLOR'S BREWING?!
My two local breweries - Amity Brewery and Horsforth Brewery do some great stuff. Both heavily influenced by Sierra Nevada and make some great modern and trad beers - Horsforth also regularly make Black IPAs which on cask are great!!
Gloucestershire - Goffs Brewery celebrating 30 years! Stroud Brewery and Hawestone (Formerly Cotswold Brew Co) produce some really good lagers. Never had a bad beer from either of these three, but I have had multiple beers from Deya who seem to shovel a lot of rubbish out the door because it sells (Steady Rolling Man & core beers aside).
Some wonderful breweries there gents (Not sure out Fierce TBH) Salopian initially brought out their more craft range in 2013 and then stepped back towards the more trad until recently. Back when I was relevant enough to get sent samples :-) Love McColls, love Redwillow. Not had much from Wild Horse, but the ones I have had were lovely.
New Bristol are up there with the best for me. A lot of great breweries around Bristol area, and also Deya here in Cheltenham but New Bristol have a great variety of beer and I've never had a poor one
Drop Project near me in Mitcham, South London. Their West Coast Pilsner- Crispy, has been one of my stand out beers of the last 5 years. Not brewing it currently unfortunately.
Used to see loads of Salopian Brewery beers but recently they seem to have dried up. I had some really nice White Rabbit brewery beer recently and I like Love Lane (from Liverpool) but they have just been sold but will start brewing again soon.
Hard to quantify underrated excluding the big hitters like Track and Verdant for example that everyone rates. I think for most people it will be a lot of local stuff they're had fresh so excluding all of the above... I like Arbor, consistently solid well priced pint cans. I really like Nothing Bound too, not sure if they're underrated rather than just newish.
In my neck of the woods - Tonbridge Brewery. Their branding is quite conservative and dated which might be an issue. Like Brad I have a long graphic design career behind me; 40 years in my case. Their cask is superb - Easy Street Pale comes to mind and the canned Kolsch is a big favourite.
8arch is wimborne is is great. Still winning awards and growing the brewery and taproom at a steady rate. It's the busiest watering hole in a town filled with pubs, bars and drinkers.
Big fan of Wildhorse, partly because I'm in their free delivery area. They're just consistently decent and just do the basics well. I almost considered only buying WH beer because of how often I get stung by hyped breweries that only make hazy IPA and you almost feel forced to enjoy it because of how much you've spent on them.
100% agree mate! The Mutley Plain/Hyde Park area of Plymouth, Devon is well served by these establishments. From homebrewing inspiration of the smaller, super friendly guys n gals at Bulletproof Taphouse, to the larger and more diverse offerings from Roam, each a small distance from each other. A great way to spend my time and money with like minded people. Cheers!
North Riding, always make high quality beers. Their US single hop sessions cask series are a go to whenever they're on in a pub. Much less often than they used to be. Not sure whether that's because they are able to fill their capacity in their local area or other breweries have just stolen the hype.
Absolute travesty you didn't mention any Northern Irish breweries 😮 Beer Hut, Lacada, Modest, Heaney, Mourne Mountains and many more. All underrated in the UK scene and all banging.
Mccolls Paper White is close to the best beer I’ve ever tasted…. Get to evenwood with Danny and try his taproom you will never regret the journey to Durham
Orbit Brewery (South London) my personal favourite is their smoked lager & Hammerton Brewery (North London) love their dark beers. Check them out if you haven't already.
I mentioned HAMMERTON when replying to the original Twitter post, so going to say them again. As a self-adopted North Londoner, I feel they need representation. They just took the top prize in the SIBA beer awards for "best cask."
JD`s bourbon is well known for the hint of banana, so much so thats it`s quite the giveaway in any blind tastings with other bourbons. JD isn`t allowed to call theirTennesee Whiskey `bourbon` as it goes through the `Lincoln County Process` { charcoal filtering ) but for me it`s a bourbon as it`s distilled the same.
McColls are a great brewery but probably not the first that comes to mind when you’re in the NE and think craft. It’s a shame, as they’re probably my favourite along with Noethern Alchemy and Rigg and Furrow. Also, have you guys ever considered a series focussing on Uk craft breweries by region, which you’ve sort of started here?
I have tried a lot of 'sours' and I haven't hated all of them (the funky, sweaty socks ones are the worst for me) but I can fairly safely say that I hate Brett but... I love dried pineapple. If I ever get over to the UK I will try this beer but I don't know of anything that is like this in Australia - it probably exists but I don't know what it is
2500ish breweries in the UK, population about 67ish million. Meanwhile Canada has about 40 million ish, about 40% less, but less than half as many breweries(1200ish) and 40X the land mass. Mind you a good chunk of that land mass is uninhabitable tundra.
