Clockwork Beer Company

1153-5 Cathcart Road, Glasgow G42 9HB

Phone: (0) 1416 490184

Website: none

In 1997, husband and wife Robin and Gay Graham bought the pub in south Glasgow that now houses Clockwork Beer Company and proceeded to trash the entire premises and rebuild it. The result was Glasgow's first and only remaining brewpub. The pub opened in December of 1997 and includes a non-smoking area that is family friendly, offers regular entertainment and houses the clearly visible brewing equipment that makes this on-site brewing operation into a brewpub. After a short term under new owners, Clockwork is now owned by Maclay Inns.

Brewing is performed using a five-barrel plant capable of turning out some 1250 to 1440 pints at a time. In true Scottish tradition, the bar is fitted with Aitken Tall Fonts - over 50 years old - for serving without the use of return trays as they were originally used (and still are in other parts of Scotland).

The continuously rotating line of fruit beers, the Hazy Daze range, are regular favorites and Seriously Ginger is incredibly stimulating to the taste buds! All of the beer brewed at Clockwork is consumed and/or sold on premises. In addition to their own beers, many finely kept guest ales are available. They also boast one of, if not the, largest selections of commercially available selections of German and Belgian beers in Scotland.

Products (descriptions abridged from brewery flier):

Amber IPA - 3.8% ABV
A contemporary light IPA brewed with Scottish pale malt, a touch of crystal malt and the addition of organic wheat flour for flavor softening and head retention. Liberty hops from Oregon, U.S. for bittering, Cascade for aroma
Red Alt Beer - 4.4% ABV
Described as a "fusion" of American red ale and German Alt beer styles using pale, Vienna, and Bavarian melanoidin malts along with roasted wheat, American hops (assume multiple varieties are used) for bittering/flavor and Liberty for aroma
Original Lager - 4.8% ABV
A unfiltered, unpasteurized lager cold fermented and conditioned for a minimum of six weeks. It is brewed using Lager malt and German hops and dispensed with a low level of carbonation
Key Weisse Beir - 5.0% ABV
Clockwork's version of a German wheat beer brewed with a half wheat malt (described as a blend of lager malt and organic wheat flour) and German hops
Hazy Daze Range of Fruit Beers - 5.0% ABV
A line of beers that are rotated and brewed using Clockwork's Lager as a base and adding fresh fruits and spices during secondary fermentation. A popular version is Seriously Ginger
Monthly Special
Beers brewed without the use of American hops for customers whose palates don't particularly favor the typically assertive hop flavors/aromas of these varieties