Established in 2015

Vocation Brewery

Microbrewery in Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Assembly / Vocation & Co. - Leeds (Vocation)


Unit 8, Craggs Country Business Park
New Road
Cragg Vale
HX7 5TT

+44 1422 410810
[email protected]


Brewing bold beers from our hilltop in Hebden Bridge and pouring punchy pints from our very own taprooms. We’re resolutely in the business of setting standards, not following trends.

 


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7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Slightly hazy dark golden beer with a off white head. Aroma of intense citrusy hops, apricot, some grapefruit. Taste of intense citrusy and floral hops, botanical, grapefruit, zest. Long bitter finish.

Tried on 07 Feb 2024 at 14:58


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Stacks.
A: hazy ochre, foamy, off-white head.
A: ripe pineapple, melon, lychee, sherbet, triple sec.
T: sweet pineapple, melon, sherbet maltiness; softly bitter.
F: floral hops, ripe tropical fruit, softly bitter, warming triple sec-like alcohol.
P: medium to full body, oily-sticky texture, soft carbonation.
More yummy than whammy. Bit too sweet though.

Tried on 29 Jan 2024 at 16:37


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Stacks.
A: clear golden, thin, off-white head.
A: lime juice, salt, lemon zest, sour cream, cucumber.
T: very sour lime flesh & zest, cucumber, pickle, salt.
F: tart lime juice, quite salty.
P: medium body, slick texture, average carbonation.
Gimmicky and not complex, but it does deliver.

Tried on 30 Dec 2023 at 10:04


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from Stacks.
A: hazy yellow, small, foamy, white head.
A: potato crisps, unripe peach, lime zest, melon.
T: sweetish peach, sourish lime, dough.
F: soft floral hops, crisp bread & stone fruit.
P: medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation.
Plain, light and accessible.

Tried on 30 Dec 2023 at 09:59


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Sample (thanks fonefan!). Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is dark coffee, almost chili tones with some slight liquorice and alcohol. Flavour is dark coffee, some chocolate, liquorice, alcohol and some mild vanilla. The coffee gives some chili elements in the flavour too.

Tried on 28 Dec 2023 at 20:59


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sample (thanks fonefan!). Black colour, small beige head. Aroma is sweet cherries and other berries, alcohol, some sugar and overly sweet. Flavour is sweet cherries, sugar, some alcohol, dried fruits and a slight tart wooden/berryish edge to it.

Tried on 28 Dec 2023 at 20:59


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330ml can. Pours a clear gold yellow with a small, foamy, long lasting, white head that leaves thick, soapy curtains of lace. Mild fruity aroma of bready wheat malt, orange, peach and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of grainy wheat malt, tangerine, cantaloupe, mango and light piney hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. Just ok.

Tried from Can on 20 Dec 2023 at 06:01


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330ml can. Pours a hazy blonde with a large, frothy, long lasting, white head that leaves curtains of lace. Sweet fruity aroma of bready pale malt, orange peel, pineapple, peach and floral hops. Sweet fruity flavour of bready pale malt, grapefruit, mango, pineapple and light piney hops in a dry, mild bitter finish. Light to medium body with an oily to watery texture and soft carbonation. Juicy and refreshing.

Tried from Can on 17 Dec 2023 at 06:39


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy IPA (though only typified as ‘US style’ by the brewery), from tap at Bar Beenhouwer. Snow white, creamy, firm, medium sized, membrane-lacing head on a hazy straw blonde robe with somewhat greenish tinge. Aroma of lime zest, starfruit, guava, meringue, unripe pineapple, lemonbalm, grapefruit peel, touch sweet onion, freshly cut grass. Sweetish-fruity onset with light sourish undertone, guava- and lime-like accents, green mango, fizzily carbonated with smooth, slick and supple body. Aromatic hoppiness of course – starfruit, guava, lime zest, touch lychee, deeply penetrating a slender pale maltiness and leaving a mild peppery bitterness behind, along with something powdery (no hop burn though). Nicely streamlined New England-ish IPA.

Tried on 06 Dec 2023 at 10:05


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Stacks.
A: hazy yellow, small, white head.
A: peach, papaya, lime, dough, hard cheese.
T: sweet peach, sourish lime & passion fruit, dough.
F: floral hops, bittersweet stone fruit, some zest.
P: medium body, fluffy texture, soft carbonation.
Textbook NEIPA, lovely.

Tried on 03 Dec 2023 at 15:37


Brewery Stats
Score 6.89
Beers183
Ticks709