Millstone Brewery Reviews

ManVsBeer	2.7 Millstone Vale Mill Cask @ Albion Tap, Uppermill. Golden with a small creamy head. Hoppy easy brew with a little more depth to it than its strength might suggest, but not particularly flavoursome. Saturday, March 23, 2024
reidyboy	3.4 Millstone Tiger Rut [March 2022] Pale gold with a frothy/creamy white head and lemon biscuit aroma. Smooth a slightly creamy, taste is biscuit malt with some fruit and a touch of bitterness Wednesday, November 8, 2023
TBone	2.6 Millstone Tiger Rut Cask at Peveril Of The Peak, Manchester. Clear golden color and medium-sized white head. Light floral aroma. Light-bodied. Harsh, touch of honey. Meh. Thursday, July 20, 2023
Beese	2.1 Millstone Citra Cask at King William IV, Greenfield. Lightly hazy mid golden. Nose of slightly sharp citrus. Mildly sharp flavour. Mildly tangy finish. Ok. Saturday, July 1, 2023
Mr_Pink_152	3.4 Millstone Citra Cask at the Railway Inn. Golden colour with a white head. the aroma and taste light citrus. Slight crisp body. But thin. Thursday, May 4, 2023
Mr_Pink_152	3.3 Millstone Tiger Rut Cask at the railway , near Oldham. Pale golden colour with a white head. Light Katy smooth. light body. Thursday, May 4, 2023
Grumbo	3.2 Millstone Tiger Rut 27/1/2023. Cask at the 14th Colchester Winter Ale Festival. Pours clear golden with a small frothy white head. Aroma of citrus, grapefruit, grass, straw, biscuity edge. Medium sweetness, light bitterness, tart edge. Moderate body, oily and watery, soft carbonation. A refresher. Saturday, January 28, 2023
Travlr	3.1 Millstone Tiger Rut Cask at Colchester Winter Ale Festival 2023. Clearish deep golden color, white head with solid lacing. Very aromatic, lots of fruity esters. Taste is bittersweet citrus and stonefruit. Decent Friday, January 27, 2023
DJMonarch	3.2 Millstone Old Thomas Bell Cask Stillage at Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2018, Manchester Central Convention Complex 26/01/2018 Fruit and malt aromas. Amber coloured a little rich on the palate and fruity with some alcohol present. A hint of dryness in a lasting malt finish. Friday, September 30, 2022
tommann	3.4 Millstone Trinnacle Cask at the Swan, Amblecote. Pours dark gold with a large head. Aroma is burnt toast, marmalade and tropical fruit. Taste has marmalade on toast and tropical fruit with a bitter finish. Sunday, September 18, 2022
MaltyVonHop	3.4 Millstone Tiger Rut Millstone Tiger Rut 4.0%. Pale golden, grainy malt aroma, medium bodied, pale malt, grainy, citrus, lemon. Pleasant Blonde from Manchester 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sunday, June 19, 2022
ManVsBeer	3 Millstone Citra Oldham Beer Festival 2022. Mildly dry with a light citrus fruitiness to a fairly traditional styled ale. It does have malty notes too. Sunday, June 12, 2022
Martinsh	4 Millstone Stout Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours a very dark reddish drown with a small foamy cream head and good lacing. Roasted malts and dark fruits are the mainstays of a decent aroma. Plenty of activity in the mouth too. The texture is sweet and creamy with a slight smoky edge to it. Flavours of autumn cruits and chocolate with some hints of salt, and spices emerging later on. Finish is slightly dry and fruity. This is an excellent dry stout with plenty of character. Thursday, March 10, 2022
Cheeseboard	3.3 Millstone Tiger Rut Cask at Peveril of the Peak, Manchester. Pours clear pale golden with a white cap. Aroma: grains, lemon, grassy. Taste: light sweet & bitter, light grapefruit, biscuit, semi-dry, spicy hop. Smooth. Light to medium body with tight carbonation. Monday, February 21, 2022
DJMonarch	3.4 Millstone Stout Cask Stillage at Edgeley Park, Stockport 01/06/2012 Fruit and roast aromas. Small creamy head. Dark coloured a little rich on the palate and strong in alcohol with a hint of bitterness and dryness in a coffee roast finish. Monday, February 7, 2022
jjsint	3.3 Millstone True Grit Handpull cask at the Borough Arms, Crewe. Light gold and clear with a film of white head. Light gains aroma with notes of lemon and lime. Bittersweet taste with a grainy and slightly soapy character, with the bitterness increasing to the long finish. It's a well-crafted beer but I don't find it that engaging. Not surprised by the high rates although I don't share their enthusiasm. Saturday, October 2, 2021
wslydiate	3 Millstone Tiger Rut Citrus bitter taste. Smooth pretty decent Saturday, September 25, 2021
47574xeCD	3.1 Millstone Stout Cask at the windmill Rugby October 2030. Dark brown tan head average stout Saturday, August 28, 2021
Beese	3.5 Millstone True Grit Cask at The Milton Keynes Beer Festival on 28/10/2010. A genuinely hoppy beer. Nice citrus and pine on the nose. Clean and crisp with very nicely balanced bitterness. Friday, September 18, 2020
wiggies13	4 Millstone True Grit Clear amber colour. Thick, creamy and lasting head. Citrus-grassy aroma, full mouth feel. Strong citrus hop taste, with great balance of bitter and sweet. Tasty and moreish. Very good Tuesday, September 1, 2020
mattkirk	4.1 Millstone Stout Lovely, Smokey flavour. Treacle tones with an earthy start taste Sunday, July 19, 2020
fonefan	3.3 Millstone Whisky Cask Stout Cask (gravity) @ #MBCF18, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2018 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, Manchester, Great Manchester, England M2 3GX. [ As Millstone Stout (Whisky Cask - BA) ]. ABV: 5.5%. Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark malt, peat, wood - oak. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, peat, wood, whisky - peat, dark malt, band-aid, barrel - vanilla. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180125] 7-3-7-3-13 Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Beese	3.3 Millstone The Station Cask at The Grainstore Brewery, Oakham on 20/08/2007. A very pleasant golden ale with a fruity aroma. Gooseberries and kiwi jump out. Friday, January 31, 2020
tmdaines	3.6 Millstone Tiger Rut Very nice blonde ale. Super smooth from cask. A little citrus. A little malt. Thursday, September 5, 2019
Grumbo	3.7 Millstone True Grit 31/5/2019. Cask at the Cherry Tree Beer Festival, Woodbridge. Pours clear pale gold with a white head. Aroma of hops, citrus, grapefruit, malt and lemon puff biscuit. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Nice citrusy bittersweet finish. Good brew. Friday, May 31, 2019
BitterTrub20	3.5 Millstone Tiger Rut Real ale trail on the cask pub with pool table Saturday, March 23, 2019
tommann	3.2 Millstone Light Cask at the Red Lion, Amblecote. Pours light gold with a small head. Aroma is straw. Taste has straw to start with a straw and lemon finish. Sunday, August 19, 2018
mr_h	3.5 Millstone True Grit Cask (5%), 1/3 pint by gravity at GRAF 2018, The Briggait, Glasgow on 21 Jun 2018: grassy, light citrus aroma, golden, thin white head, grassy, some lime, creamy, sweet malty finish. Saturday, June 30, 2018
mr_h	3.6 Millstone Tiger Rut Cask (4%), 1/3 pint by hand-pump at GRAF 2018, The Briggait, Glasgow on 21 Jun 2018: grassy lemon aroma, golden, thin white head, no lacing, lemon, biscuit flavour, creamy, balanced. Saturday, June 30, 2018
tombyars	4.2 Millstone Old Thomas Bell Tasted this at the 31st Paisley Beer Festival on the 26th April 2018. Cask, gravity dispense. Clear pale russet in colour with a thin white head. Malty sweet aroma with notes of glace cherry and floral notes. Thick syrupy mouthfeel and poor lacing. Mixed malts give a rich chewy fruit cake base with sweet rosehip syrup, cherry bakewell tart, figs and prunes. There is a light hop bitterness which adds a soft earthy, musty note to the short resiny aftertaste. Finish is malty and sweet with raisins, sultanas, red cherry, prunes, rosehip syrup flavours full in the mouth. Lovely example of a traditional English Old Ale, excellent stuff. Monday, May 21, 2018
bconsidine	4.6 Millstone Tiger Rut Saturday, May 12, 2018
Blondainbrau	0.5 Millstone True Grit Friday, May 4, 2018
Nocturne	3.3 Millstone Old Thomas Bell Cask at Manchester Beer Festival. Mid amber shade. Short white head. Hedgerow fruits, gummy worms, earthy caramel maltiness. Good stuff. Sunday, April 22, 2018
ManVsBeer	2.7 Millstone Whisky Cask Stout Manchester Beer Festival 2018. Golden in colour. The whisky and the strength of the ale dominate proceedings with a mild sweetness too. Monday, February 19, 2018
fonefan	2.9 Millstone Old Thomas Bell Cask (gravity) @ #MBCF18, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2018 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, Manchester, Great Manchester, England M2 3GX. [ As Millstone Old Thomas Bell ]. ABV: 6.5%. Clear medium orange amber colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing to lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, straw, caramel, sweet malt, pale malt, old fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, old fruit, sweet malt, sugary, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180126] 5-3-6-3-12 Friday, February 16, 2018
chriso	2 Millstone Old Thomas Bell Thursday, February 15, 2018
chriso	2 Millstone Whisky Cask Stout Saturday, February 10, 2018
undercurrent25	4.3 Millstone Whisky Cask Stout Pours a black colour. Taste is of whisky and sherry cask influence. Tasted at Manchester Beer and Cider Festival 2018 Friday, January 26, 2018
Towey1989	3 Millstone Tiger Rut Cask at Den Engel, Leek. A clear straw colour with a medium white head. Aroma of lemon, slight apple, a little pale malt and subtle spicy hops. Taste of lemon, some apple, slight pale malts, a hint of liquorice and subtle spicy hops. Light bodied and soft carbonation. A short, dry, spicy hop bitterness in the finish. Soft citrus but weird spicy hop notes. Some apple but not offputting. Ok. Monday, September 25, 2017
camrape29	3.3 Millstone Best Bitter Not the best tonight but a fairly decent pint. Saturday, September 16, 2017
LagerTamer80	4 Millstone True Grit Sunday, July 9, 2017
tommann	3 Millstone Three Shires Cask at the Red Lion, Amblecote. Pours gold with a medium head. Aroma is grainy lemon. Taste is grainy with some lemon washing up liquid. Sunday, May 21, 2017
minutemat	3.6 Millstone True Grit Cask @ The Three Fishes, Shrewsbury. Pours the paler side of clear gold, small white head. Aroma of some fruits, pale malts. Taste brings forth citrus, grapefruit with a curious fruity hint. Soft bitterness. Good. Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Stuu666	3.5 Millstone Stout Cask at the Stockbridge tap. Pours deep ruby, nose is toffee, roasted, chocolate, liquorice, taste is sweet toffee, liquorice, light chocolate. Thursday, September 15, 2016
ManVsBeer	2.8 Millstone Grain Storm Cask @ Pumproom, Halifax. Clear paler golden with a thin head. Has a sessionable, light grainy-sweet taste. It’s slightly soapy in its nose. Monday, September 5, 2016
FLBH	3 Millstone Tiger Rut Monday, May 30, 2016
WingmanWillis	3 Millstone Tiger Rut Monday, May 30, 2016
minutemat	3 Millstone Tiger Rut Cask @ The Salopian, Shrewsbury. Pours clearish gold, white head. Aroma is fruity, taste is jammy apricot and not what I’d consider typifies the Chinook hop, but it’s nice enough. Tuesday, May 24, 2016
hoodlum	4.1 Millstone Tiger Rut On Cask in Bell at Pensax. Really pale with grapefruit burst. Great session ale Tuesday, March 15, 2016
anders37	3 Millstone Vale Mill Cask gravity @ Bree Louise, Euston NW1. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty weak citrus hoppy caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel hoppy finish. Sunday, November 22, 2015