Richmond Brewing Co. Reviews

zacgillbanks	3.3 Richmond Red Rufus Ruby Ale 500ml Bottle from Richmond Brewery. Brown-copper coloured with a large white head. It has a slight tart berry flavour with chocolate, roasted flavours on the smooth nutty finish. Pretty nice. Friday, December 29, 2023
Grumbo	3.3 Richmond Don't Moch It 14/11/2023. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours clear almost black with a small frothy beige grey head. Aroma of light roasted malt, chocolate, ash, dark fruits, berries, touch of herb. Medium sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. Moderate body, slightly watery, average carbonation. Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Grumbo	3.3 Richmond 1071 30/10/2023. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed! Pours clear amber orange with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is malty, sweet toffee, biscuit, fruits. Medium sweetness, bitterness and body. Solid. Sunday, October 29, 2023
danlo	3.7 Richmond Don't Moch It 500ml bottle from Richmond Brewing Co. at the Station, Richmond. Black brown colour, tan foam head and aroma of chocolate malt, roasty, liquorice, ash, coffee. Taste is roasted malty, chocolate & coffee, dried fruits, with ashy earthy bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying roast bitter finish. Nicely drinkable. Sunday, October 22, 2023
danlo	3.6 Richmond 1071 500ml bottle from Richmond Brewing Co. at the Station, Richmond. Clear amber gold colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, marmalade, toffee. Taste is malt, caramel, toffee, with orange marmalade and spicy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable. Sunday, October 22, 2023
Martinsh	3.1 Richmond Drummer Boy Bottle swapped with my brother (thanks Richard). Pours golden amber with a sizeable but transient off-white head. Some hoppiness in the aroma but nothing much. In the mouth traditional hops nit the taste buds first, but there are sweet malts not far behind. Texture is creamy and there are hints of herbs too. Bitterness returns in the finish. It’s a reasonable old school bitter – nothing wrong with that. Friday, September 8, 2023
danlo	3.2 Richmond Home Front 500ml bottle from Richmond Brewery at The Station, Richmond. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of toffee, earthy. Taste is sweetish, malt, biscuit, toffee, with light bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, mild finish. Quite drinkable. Saturday, September 2, 2023
danlo	3.3 Richmond Red Rufus Ruby Ale 500ml bottle from Richmond Brewing Co at the Station, Richmond. Clear reddish amber colour, tan foam head and aroma of berry, currant, roasty malt, smokey, bready. Taste is toasted, malty, bread, berry fruity, currants, with ashy earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying tangy roast bitter finish. Quite drinkable. Saturday, March 18, 2023
Martinsh	4 Richmond Station Ale Bottle – gift from my borther – drank at home. Pours a bright golden amber with a small white head and good lacing. Aroma is fruity (maybe apricot) with hints of malts. In the mouth it has a creamy texture with initial malts quickly giving way to an overall fruitiness, with continental hops, honey and traces of ginger. Finish is slightly dry with fruit lingering too. This is very nice and refreshing – surprised me how much. Tuesday, January 31, 2023
DJMonarch	3.2 Richmond Gas Light Cask Handpump at Davenham Cricket Club 10/11/2018 Fruit and malt aromas. Small white head. Golden coloured and hoppy with a grainy, bitter and slightly pale malt finish. Tuesday, October 11, 2022
zacgillbanks	3.3 Richmond Home Front 500ml Bottle from the Brewery. Hazy amber coloured with a thin white head. It has an unusual toffee, iodine and sulphur flavour with roasted notes and peat on the smooth, spicy finish. Pretty good. Saturday, October 1, 2022
zacgillbanks	3.3 Richmond Station Ale 500ml Bottles from the brewery 2022, 2009, 2008. Richmond Station Ale (4% ABV) is a light golden coloured bitter brewed using ale and crystal malts with English hedgerow hops. Saturday, September 17, 2022
zacgillbanks	3.4 Richmond Stump Cross Ale 500ml Bottle from the Richmond Brewery 2022 and The Bottle, York 2009. Copper coloured with a thick tan head of foam. It has a tart red berry and toffee flavour with roasted notes and an earthy bitter finish. Pretty good. Friday, September 16, 2022
mr_h	3.6 Richmond Don't Moch It 500ml (4.2%) at home on 23 Dec 2021, present received on 23 Dec 2021 from Ann P, bottled 19 May 2021 (bb 1 Jun 2022): chocolate, coffee aroma, very dark mahogany, oatmeal head, chocolate, little liquorice, little coffee flavour, creamy texture, nice level of carbonation, fairly dry malty finish. Thursday, December 23, 2021
zacgillbanks	4.1 Richmond Don't Moch It 500ml Bottle from Drinkswell, Ripon. Black-brown with a thick tan head of foam. It has a rich milk chocolate and liquorice flavour with coffee and more chocolate and roast on the smooth warming finish. Excellent! Wednesday, April 7, 2021
danlo	2.9 Richmond Pale Ale 500ml bottle from Brooke's Richmond. 5.0%. Golden colour, white foam head and aroma of malt, grain, toffee & caramel. Taste is tangy, malty, some biscuit with grassy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft to medium carbonation, dry metallic bitter finish. OK Saturday, October 10, 2020
Grumbo	3.1 Richmond Gun Dog Bitter 28/2/2019. Bottle, sample, courtesy of Danlo, cheers Ed! Pours pale amber with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of caramel, hops, malt, fruit and a little butter and spruce. Medium sweetness and bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, average carbonation. Quite nice bitterness developed in finish. Grew on me. Thursday, February 28, 2019
danlo	3 Richmond Gun Dog Bitter 500ml bottle from the brewery. Golden amber colour, white foam head leaving some lacing and malty, toffee, earthy aroma. Taste is malt, toffee, bready, biscuit with citrus notes and earthy bitterness. Light bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite OK Sunday, February 17, 2019
ManVsBeer	2.7 Richmond Gun Dog Bitter Cask @ The Pub, Todmorden. Golden-blonde with a creamy-frothy head. Hoppy crisp bitter with a mid to high bitterness. Monday, January 21, 2019
kwik-lime	3 Richmond Stump Cross Ale Bottle for Christmas. Fairly dark pour with head gone quite quickly. Some promising hints of coffee and liquorice along with a decent balance but it's a bit thin to really meet its potential. Sunday, December 30, 2018
kwik-lime	3 Richmond Drummer Boy Bottle for Christmas. Deep copper pour, herby hops, some minerals. Decent session ale. Friday, December 28, 2018
kwik-lime	2.8 Richmond Swale Bottle, Christmas present. Dark pour with head gone really quickly - had some, put it down for a few minutes and genuinely mistook it for a Coke. Pleasant aroma of chocolate and forest fruits. Bit thin taste wise, some roasted malt and hop and but somewhat watery. Not bad. Friday, December 28, 2018
wigglyworm99	3.4 Richmond The Christmas Parrot Cask at the Castle Tavern, Richmond. Medium cream colour head. Dark brown body. Nose is malt, bubblegum, black malt, red fruit, dark fruits, grass, caramel and dark cherries. Bitter and sour with a dry finish. Soft mouthfeel. £2.50 for a pint as well! Wednesday, December 26, 2018
danlo	2.9 Richmond Drummer Boy 500ml bottle from the brewery. Coppery amber colour, off-white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of bready malt. Taste is sweet, malt, bready, molasses with some tangy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry earthy metallic bitter finish. OK. Friday, March 16, 2018
cumbriantim	4 Richmond Station Ale Bottle. Richmond Station Saturday, February 17, 2018
danlo	3.2 Richmond The Christmas Parrot Cask at the Castle Tavern, Richmond. Dark chestnut brown colour, tan foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, chocolate. Taste is roasted malty, with milk chocolate & coffee, dark fruity and earthy bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish. Quite drinkable. Monday, December 4, 2017
mh737	5 Richmond Greyfriars Stout Tuesday, November 21, 2017
sdmmb	3 Richmond Station Ale Sunday, August 13, 2017
sdmmb	3 Richmond Stump Cross Ale Sunday, August 13, 2017
sdmmb	3 Richmond Swale Sunday, August 13, 2017
victorsampson96	3.4 Brownforth Ales First Draught (500 ml bottle) This beer is the brainchild of good friend and local chef, Lee Rushforth. Originally intended to accompany his Old Deanery menu, this brand new brew will soon be hitting bottle shops across North Yorkshire…I hope! This bottle pours a slightly hazy dark-amber beer, with vigorous medium carbonation, and a foamy off-white head. The aroma is sweet and zesty: lots of fresh honey and beeswax, orange peel, tangy pith, fresh biscuity malt, and a typical English hop aroma. Notes of oak, earth, and mineral water come through on the finish. This beer is bittersweet throughout, with a warming touch of alcohol, and a pleasant zing from the orange peel. Medium bodied, and fairly effervescent. All things considered, this is a solid Golden Ale. With a bit of tweaking, the zest, honey and malt will come together to produce a smoother blend, but it makes for very good drinking. Good job, Lee – hopefully the “first draught” of many! Monday, July 17, 2017
danlo	3.1 Richmond Amber Zest IPA Cask at 2017 Darlington CAMRA beer festival at the Forum. Amber colour, thin white foam head and citric aroma. Taste is biscuity malt caramel with citrusy earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite OK. Friday, March 24, 2017
danlo	3.2 Richmond Majesty Cask at Taste of Teesdale Festival, Raby Castle, Co. Durham. Black brown colour, tan foam head and aroma of roast malt, ash, dark chocolate & coffee. Taste is roasted, malty, smoke with dried fruits, milk chocolate and coffee notes. Thin mouthfeel, light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry roast bitter finish. Quite drinkable. Sunday, July 24, 2016
danlo	3 Richmond Dale Strider Cask at the Woollen Mill, Hungry horse pub, Darlington. Amber colour, white foam head leaving lacing and malty, tart aroma. Taste is malt, roasty and fruity notes, with some tangy bitterness. Light to medium bodied, soft to medium carbonation, dry bitter finish. Quite OK. Wednesday, June 22, 2016
danlo	3 Richmond Cider 500ml bottle from Richmond Brewery, the Station, Richmond. Golden colour, short-lived white foam head and tangy apple aroma with oak and barnyard notes. Taste is ripe apple, musty, woody, oak, vanilla, barnyard, some tannins. Oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Quite OK. Thursday, May 5, 2016
imdownthepub	2.6 Richmond Pale Ale Cask conditioned at The Castle Hotel, Richmond, Yorks.N. Hazy gold with white head. Quite a musty, dry beer, there is a bready, dullish note, cereal. Not really keen on this. Saturday, June 6, 2015
wigglyworm99	3.2 Richmond Dale Strider Cask at the Castle Tavern, Richmond. Medium white head. Deep amber body. Aniseed, banana, soy sauce, biscuity malt. Bitter with some sweet notes. Dry finish. Tuesday, February 3, 2015
wigglyworm99	3 Richmond Greyfriars Stout Cask at the Castle Tavern, Richmond. Medium off white head. Ebony body. Fruit, blackcurrant, meat, soy, bubblegum, blue cheese. Bittersweet. Dry finish. Monday, January 5, 2015
imdownthepub	2.7 Richmond Station Ale Cask conditioned at York Beer Festival ’14. Hazy gold with no head. There was an indistinct fusty element to this, peachy fruits, malty and sweetish. Not brilliant. Monday, September 22, 2014
wigglyworm99	2.9 Richmond Pale Ale Cask at the Ralph Fitz Randal. Not much to write home about. Gold body. Gentle hopping, some malt, some yeast. Light bitterness. Dry finish. Dull. Wednesday, July 23, 2014
gegwilson	2.8 Richmond Sacre Bleu Cask at the Darlington Beer Festival. Pours amber with some off white froth. A very toasty beer. Not much else to report. OK to average. Sunday, June 29, 2014
danlo	3.2 Richmond Sacre Bleu Cask at Darlington Beer Festival, June 2014 at the Forum. Hazy darkish amber colour, thin white head and aroma of coffee & roast malt. Taste is roasted malt, coffee & chocolate, abit fruity and sourish. Smoothish mouthfeel, light bodied, soft to medium carbonation, dry roasted finish. Quite drinkable. Friday, June 27, 2014
gunnfryd	2.8 Richmond Stump Cross Ale Bottle at TSODRSG 13. Deep golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is malt, hop, fruit, grass. Flavour is malt, hop, fruit, grass, caramel. Medium body. Ordinary beer. Wednesday, December 4, 2013
gunnfryd	2.7 Richmond Station Ale Bottle at TSODRSG 13. Deep golden colour with a white head. Aroma is fruit, malt, hop, grass. Flavour is fruit, malt, hop, grass. Medium body. Ordinary beer. Wednesday, December 4, 2013
gunnfryd	3 Richmond Swale Bottle at TSODRBSG 13. Amber colour with an off-white head. Aroma is caramel, malt, hop, fruit. Flavour is caramel, malt, hop, fruit. Medium body. OK beer. Tuesday, December 3, 2013
fonefan	2.3 Richmond Stump Cross Ale Bottle 500ml. @ [ The Danish Summer Gathering, TSODRBSG13 ]. Clear medium amber colour with a small, frothy - fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, straw, caramel, tart straw, keller. Flavour is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, keller, straw, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20130831] Saturday, November 30, 2013
fonefan	2.5 Richmond Station Ale Bottle 500ml. @ [ The Danish Summer Gathering, TSODRBSG13 ]. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, dusty maly, keller. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, earthy, dusty, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130831] Friday, November 29, 2013
gegwilson	3.2 Richmond Swale Bottle from the brewery at Richmond station. Dark body with cream head. Nicely balanced ale with good biscuity flavours from the malt. Body is a bit thin, but to be expected for the strength. Decent. Saturday, November 2, 2013
gegwilson	2.7 Richmond Station Ale Bottle from the brewery shop at Richmond station. Pours a deep golden colour with a thin white head that dissipates almost immediately. Quite a lagery taste with a fresh bitter finish. Pleasant and drinkable, but decidedly unremarkable. Tuesday, October 22, 2013
hallinghansen	2.5 Richmond Swale Bottle @ Danish Summer Gathering, 2013. Dark amber body with a small white head. Caramel and butter. Below average. Wednesday, October 16, 2013