GELTSDALE BREWERY

Established in 2006 by Fiona Deal in a small unit housed within Brampton's Old Brewery, which originally opened in 1785 and produced real ale for nearly two centuries.

Contact details:

Geltsdale Brewery Limited
Unit 6 Old Brewery Yard
Brampton
Cumbria CA8 1TR
Tel/Fax. 016977 41541
Mobile: 07754 665573
email: geltsdale@mac.com
www.geltsdalebrewery.com
Brewery Manager: Fiona Deal (CAMRA member)

Beers:
(Brewery's own descriptions)

King’s Forest Best Bitter ABV 3.8% A traditional dark malty ale with a rounded well-balanced bitterness produced by Fuggles and Challenger hops. Named after the area of Geltsdale renowned for its wildlife and outstanding natural beauty.

Tarnmonath ABV 4% A refreshing golden bitter with a citrus aroma and long-lasting bitterness derived from Challenger and Goldings hops. Named after the fell rising from behind the village of Castle Carrock.

Hell Beck Ruby Ale ABV 4.2% A robust and satisfying red bitter flavoured with crystal and amber malts and bittered with Fuggles and East Kent Goldings hops. Hell Beck runs through Gelt Woods and legend states it once ran red with Jacobite blood.

Black Dub ABV 3.6% A delicious dark and malty mild ale, easy to drink and smoothly bittered with Fuggles and Challenger hops. Black Dub - a remote part of Geltsdale between Castle Carrock and Hornsby Gate. Dub or ‘Dubgh’ is a Celtic word meaning a dark and marshy area.

Brampton Bitter ABV 4% A smooth and sarisfying northern bitter, refreshingly bittered with Challenger and Cascade hops. Named in honour of the market town where it is brewed.

Bewcastle Brown ABV 4% A warm and nutty brown ale, delicately bittered with Brewer's Gold and Challenger hops. Named in honour of historic Bewcastle, home to the famous Anglo-Saxon cross, Roman fort, Bew Castle amd Reiver heritage.

And new:
Cold Fell, ABV 3.9%, A crisp and pale Winter Ale

Geltsdale Lager, ABV 4.5%, only available in bottles but soon to be tried in cask.

All beers are available in bottles in shops and from the brewery shop. They are not bottle conditioned.


Other recent information, courtesy Davvy Edwards, Geltsdale BLO, Aug 2008

Brampton Bitter and Cold Fell are the top selling beers. Cold Fell is sold in the Kirkstyle Inn, in the South Tyne Valley, as Kirkstyle Ale.

Beers are available in several Cumbrian pub and restaurant outlets, including Wetherspoons; various outlets north of the border, in Newcastle and Northumberland, regularly at The Rat, Alnwick; The Wallace Arms, Featherstone and at Twice Brewed on the Roman Wall.

Geltsdale beers have been ordered for two 'Taste' Festivals, organised by the Newcastle Journal, to be at Linden Hall 30th Aug and Newcastle Quayside, 28th Sept.