Wharfedale Brewery (Skipton) Reviews

oh6gdx	3 Wharfedale Folly Ale Cask. Amber colour with a small white head. Aroma is sweet toffeeish malts with some bready and a bit earthy and floral notes. Flavour is wooden, some bready, mild grainy and some floral and bitter notes to it as well. Sunday, May 28, 2023
DJMonarch	3.2 Wharfedale Folly IPA Cask Handpump at Broken Bridge, Pontefract 18/02/2012 Fruity aroma. White head. Amber coloured a little hazy in appearance and fruity with a little sour gooseberry flavour. Dry and slightly bitter in the finish. ABV 5.1% Thursday, February 3, 2022
MashTun32	4 Wharfedale Folly Ale Saturday, November 24, 2018
johndoughty	3.5 Wharfedale Tether Bottle. Despite being closed I could still buy a bottle in August 2016. Golden and clear with s smalll head.Prettty sharp carbonation give it an edge. Apart from this it is pretty bland. Wednesday, August 24, 2016
thepegjett	2.9 Wharfedale Medal Pursuit Caramel, melon and citrus. Quite dry and hard bitter. Golden with forty head...alright. Thursday, August 9, 2012
tombyars	3 Wharfedale Executioner Sampled this bitter in the Bow Bar, Edinburgh September 2004. Cask, handpump dispense. Copper red in colour with a thin creamy white head. Roasted malt aroma leads into a decent silky mouthfeel. Decent lacing. Pale malt complexes give a smooth rich roasted malt flavour in the mouth. Smokey flavour continues on into the dry coffee like aftertaste with earthy loam flavour to the bitter hop resins.Finish is robust and malty with woodsmoke present in the mouth. A decent session bitter. Monday, March 12, 2012
Christian	3 Wharfedale Folly Gold Best Before 2005. Golden with a small white head. Aroma of caramel, fruit and sherry, clearly a bit oxidized. Sweet caramel dominated flavour with a fruity touch Monday, October 17, 2011
fonefan	2.8 Wharfedale Folly Gold Bottle 500ml.@ ChrisOs. [ Vintage BBF 0605 ]. Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, oxidide, dusty honey, cardboard. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet with a average to long duration, sweet dusty honey. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110801] Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Theis	2.7 Wharfedale Folly Gold Bottle at ChrisO and Ruth’s - Thanks. Clear golden - white head. Dusty, honey, sweetness, bitterness, zesty, oldness, oxidation, toasted. Sunday, August 14, 2011
Dedollewaitor	2.9 Wharfedale Folly Gold Bottle @ Chris O’s. Courtesy of Chris O. Pours clear golden with no head. Oxidized nose with notes of sherry. Earthy , dry and caramellic flavor. Dusty. Past BB - still decent. Friday, August 12, 2011
oh6gdx	3.2 Wharfedale Folly Gold Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is malts, wood, some earth and mild oxidation. Flavour is sweet malts, some oxidized notes, mild fruity and wooden notes. Also some caramel and earth in it. Not that ruined by oxidation. Tuesday, August 9, 2011
imdownthepub	3 Wharfedale Tether Cask conditioned at Whitelocks City & Luncheon Club. Gold with white head. Malty grainy beer with a baked bread character. A sharpish twang too. Not a favourite unfortunately. Wednesday, June 1, 2011
DJMonarch	3.2 Wharfedale Van de Plas (VDP) Cask Stillage at the Community Centre, Frodsham 07/05/2005 Golden coloured a little hazy in appearance and spicy flavoured with a hint of dryness in a floral malt finish. Friday, March 26, 2010
chriso	3.6 Wharfedale Folly IPA Cask (handpump) at The Duck & Drake, Leeds, October 2006. Amber colour. Bags of juicy, resinous aromatic hops on the nose. More like a traditional bitter on the palate with a more earthy, bitter feel although some resinous character persists. I suspect some US hop input. Firm, dry and bitter mouthfeel. Very drinkable. I had this noted down as 5.0% but other sources say 4.5%. Tasted more than 4.5% to me. Saturday, February 16, 2008
Maria	2.8 Wharfedale Executioner Dark, red-golden beer with practically no head. The mouthfeel is very flat, no carbonation. It’s a very sinister name, I hope to survive the experience ;) The aroma has notes of malt and fruit. The flavour is fruity with lots of roasted malt and a nice bitterness, but it’s slightly disharmonic. It’s drinkable, but not one that caught my interest! Sunday, September 2, 2007
RoyceH	3.2 Wharfedale Folly Ale Cask, GBBF 07. Gold with a thin off-white head. Hoppy with some oaky tones, toffee warmth. Mouth is hoppy and some malt, but pretty straightforward. Tuesday, August 14, 2007
harrisoni	3.4 Wharfedale Executioner Cask gravity at Kingston BF 2007. Very dark brown/chestnut, no head. It’s an odd old fashioned beer, some smooth yet powdery coffee, some spicy hop on finish. Decent enough and good complexity. A bit between a fruity brown ale and a porter, but with striking peppery hop. Certainly the most interesting beer so far. Saturday, July 7, 2007
hughie	3.3 Wharfedale Executioner Cask at Bar t’at, Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Though I deplore the awful pun in the name of the pub, it was a nice place, and I liked the beer too. Amber with a beige head. Malty aroma and full-bodied.sweet malt taste. Ashy bitterness in the finish. Wednesday, April 18, 2007
chriso	3.5 Wharfedale Executioner Cask (gravity) at the Bricklayers Arms Yorkshire Beer Festival, Putney, London. Mid brown colour with a reddish tinge. Nutty malt aroma with some bready elements. The dry malt continues on the palate, providing a solid backbone with plenty of balancing earthy hop flavours. Developing bitterness comes through on the finish to join the ever-present chewy malt. Quite a full, firm mouthfeel. Pretty decent stuff. Thursday, March 1, 2007
rauchbier	3.4 Wharfedale Executioner Cask, at GBBF 2005. Amber bronze, no head and low condition. Low chocolate and roasted barley in the nose, good sweet chocolate and roasted barley in the mouth and a gentle but lingering sweet chocolate note in the finish. Thursday, January 25, 2007
rauchbier	3 Wharfedale Folly Gold Cask, at GBBF 2005. Gold, thin white head and low condition. Low malt aromas, sweet malt in the mouth and low malt in the finish. Thursday, January 25, 2007
chriso	3.5 Wharfedale Van de Plas (VDP) Cask (gravity dispense) at London Drinker Beer Festival, March 2006. Amber colour. Slight haze. Something of a rarity - an English wheat beer that is actually recognisable as a wheat beer. And a pretty decent one at that. There’s plenty of estery fruit and soft spice with a firm underlying peppery hop bite that prevents it from getting flabby. In this case the marriage of cask and wheat succeeds rather well. Wednesday, December 13, 2006
DJMonarch	3.2 Wharfedale Wharfemeister Cask Handpump at the Trades Club, Hebden Bridge 12/08/2006 Fruit aroma. Golden coloured fruity and crisp on the palate. Slightly dry malt finish. Monday, September 11, 2006
duff	3.3 Wharfedale Van de Plas (VDP) Cask@London Drinker. Quite authetic i thought, but the cask character was obvious. Some yeasty banana and clovey spicyness, citric finish, quite nice in the end. Tuesday, May 2, 2006
johndoughty	3.4 Wharfedale Folly Ale Bottled. A malty bronze coloured bitter. Poured with a small head and was pleasantly nutty.Quite powerful considering its relatively low strength. Friday, April 21, 2006
imdownthepub	2.8 Wharfedale Executioner Cask conditioned at Coventry Beer Festival. Reddish brown beer with little head. Fruity, malty beer with a cardboardy mustiness in the flavour and a chemical overtone. Heavy and sticky in character, not a favourite. Sunday, March 26, 2006
DJMonarch	3.2 Wharfedale Folly Gold 1. Cask Stillage at the Black Horse, Darwen 29/05/2004 Golden coloured and hoppy with some alcohol present. Slightly dry bitter lasting malt finish. 2. From the Bottle 01/08/2011 Fruity aroma. Golden coloured fruity and sweet on the palate with a honey flavour. Very dry and bitter malt finish. Sunday, March 5, 2006
DJMonarch	3.2 Wharfedale Folly Ale 1. Cask Stillage at the Victoria Leisure Centre, Nottingham 16/10/2003 Golden coloured with some sour fruit aroma. Smooth lasting malt finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Black Horse, Darwen 17/01/2004 Golden coloured smooth on the palate with a fruit aroma. Pleasant full hop finish. Sunday, March 5, 2006
DJMonarch	3 Wharfedale Executioner 1. Cask Stillage at the Parr Hall, Warrington 17/10/2003 Mid brown coloured with a sour fruit aroma. Lasting smooth roast malt finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Smithfield Hotel, Manchester 15/01/2004 Mid brown coloured and dry with a wheat aroma. Lasting malt finish. Sunday, March 5, 2006
fiulijn	3.3 Wharfedale Executioner Cask at the Market Porter, London Reddish dark amber color. The aroma is too light. The taste is much more interesting, round, malty, well bitter, with an unexpected touch of roasted malt. Pleasant. Sunday, December 18, 2005
Mads Langtved	3.5 Wharfedale Folly Gold Cask conditioned, GBBF 2005: Smell of barley. Golden clear appearance, no head. Friday, December 9, 2005
Mads Langtved	2.4 Wharfedale Executioner Cask conditioned, GBBF 2005: A good brown bitter ale. However in my opinion too sticky and sweet. Very roasted and slightly burnt. Friday, December 9, 2005
duff	3.4 Wharfedale Executioner Cask@The Market Porter, Borough, London. Nutty/toasty and caramelly, with some slightly roasted malt characters,touches of berry fruit. A slightly darker tasting bitter than what i’m used to, pretty good. Friday, November 4, 2005
duff	2.9 Wharfedale Folly Gold Cask@The Market Porter, London Bridge. Hoppy, dry and citric, with some grapefruit, and some slightly green earthy hops. Maybe slightly too green in character, perhaps not at its best? Friday, November 4, 2005
Spiesy	3.3 Wharfedale Executioner Cask Conditioned, at the Market Porter. Nutbrown body with a medium fluffy beige head. Blended malt aroma with some coffee notes arriving late. Malty flavour with a dry, roasted finish to it. Decent length on the palate as well. Thursday, November 3, 2005
harrisoni	2.2 Wharfedale Wharfemeister Cask gravity Notts BF 05. Golden colourwith white bubbly head. Slightly yeasty, some lemon. Not overly carbonated. Finishis slightly yeasty and some citrus. Malts are a bit dull and a bit bland. Sunday, October 23, 2005
haddonsman	3.3 Wharfedale Rylstone Folly Handpulled at Wellington, Birmingham. A creamy, fruity bitter with long lacing. Quite smooth. Friday, July 29, 2005
yalnikim	2.1 Wharfedale Folly Gold Tasted 08/06/2005. 500ml pastuerised bottle from Rumble’s, Wellington. Pale gold. White head that disappears as quickly as it arrived. Average looking soapy lacing that is attributable to the beer, not the glass. Sweet perfumey malt aroma, verging on rotten vegetables and over-ripe fruit. Some faint, pleasant, orange zest notes. Flavour, which is again sweet and malt dominated, has little bitterness. Some grainy, nutty and vegetal flavours noted. Mouthfeel is smooth, bordering on flat, and weight is medium-light. Below average. Wednesday, June 8, 2005
yalnikim	3.1 Wharfedale Folly Ale Tasted 03/06/2005. 500ml bottle from Rumble’s, Wellington. Pours a bright orange-gold with a airy white head. Some toffee and candy-like malt sweetness on the nose, followed by citrus and hints of almond. Huge oily, citrus hops in the flavour and a good malt flavour for it’s low abv. Perhaps a touch overly bitter in the end, which is highlighted by some bitter pithiness on the palate. Medium mouthfeel. Pretty tasty. Monday, June 6, 2005
CampbellWilson	3.2 Wharfedale Folly Ale Beer number 4 in the Great Ayr/ Glasgow pub crawl. Cask from Scottish Tall Fount in Geordie’s Byre, Ayr. Tasty, refreshing bitter. Little bit nutty. Great pub, but Jane was the only (a) female (b) non smoking customer, so we scarpered quickly. Monday, May 16, 2005
Ungstrup	2.7 Wharfedale Folly Gold [Cask at GBBF 2004] An orange beer with no head. The aroma is sweet yet sour as if it has been wild fermented. The flavor is sweet with primary notes of oranges - quite boring. Thursday, April 14, 2005
Ungstrup	3.1 Wharfedale Executioner Bottled. A nutbrown beer with a small light brown head. The aroma is sweet hoppy with notes of nuts and bread. The flavor is sweet and primarily hoppy from a weird hop I can’t pinpoint, but also with notes of malt, nuts, and bread. Tuesday, March 8, 2005
chriso	3.2 Wharfedale Folly Ale Copper coloured. A decent, straightforward session bitter (nothing wrong with that) with a good balance of dry malt and tangy hops. Fairly bitter finish. Nothing exceptional here, but slipped down just fine. Cask (handpump), Head of Steam, Euston. Saturday, September 11, 2004
Spiesy	2.7 Wharfedale Folly Ale Cask Conditioned, at the Head of Steam, Euston, London. Amber with thin white head. Good blend of malts but a bit on the dull side. Light-moderate bitterness and devoid of any interesting features. That said, it’s far from the worst. A Spiesy & chris_o mini gathering. Thursday, September 9, 2004
SilkTork	3.4 Wharfedale Folly Ale Peterborough Fest. Hoppy, fragrant, fresh, dusty, balanced - an excellent, flavoursome session bitter. Thursday, August 26, 2004
leaparsons	3.3 Wharfedale Executioner Bottled. Dark brown with a nice dense rocky head. Aromas are roast malts, some earthiness, nuts, sweetness and peppery hops on the nose. Flavours are dry roast malts with some banana, nuttiness and berry fruit. Has a dry vapourish finish. Pretty good. Sunday, August 22, 2004
Joeh	3.1 Wharfedale Wot u Like Cask Conditioned, White Horse Hedgerley, gravity dispense, poured by me. Ok bitter, but overly roasty malt. I don’t like the roast flavours in a bitter, it doesn’t mix well with the hops. Saturday, June 5, 2004
Joeh	4.2 Wharfedale Folly Ale Cask Conditioned, White Horse, Hedgerley, Bucks. Beer Festival (day before it starts proper); beer 1. Gravity Dispense. A tasty golden/bronze bitter with plenty of citric bitterness. While the decription might say that it is a traditonal yorkshire bitter, I feel that this probably lends itself more to the Southern style than the Northern style. Thursday, May 27, 2004
rauchbier	3 Wharfedale Folly Ale Bottle, Melton Ross Farm Shop. Amber bronze, thin white head and moderate condition. Muted aromas of hazlenut, toffee and hops, undemanding in the mouth with nuts to the fore and some trace caramel. A hoppy bitterness develops, lingering briefly in the finish. Tuesday, May 11, 2004
maeib	3.3 Wharfedale Executioner Cask conditioned - no sparkler Malt Shovel Northampton BF. Mid brown coloured beer with strong coffee aroma. The taste also has coffee notes but these are milder. A malty tasty beer. Saturday, May 1, 2004