Thornbridge Brewery

Microbrewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 11 Venues
Associated Webshop: Thornbridge Brewery

Established in 2005

Contact
Riverside Brewery, Buxton Rd, Bakewell, DE45 1GS,, England
Description
Note that the Thornbridge Hall series (largely one off and specials circa 2010-15) deliberately carry the Thornbridge name in their title.

Innovation Passion and Knowledge in all we do - and to have some fun along the way. The Thornbridge story began back in 2005 when the founders Jim Harrison and Simon Webster recruited two young brewers to brew on a second hand 10-barrel kit in the grounds of Thornbridge Hall. Soon demand outstripped supply and the need for a new Brewery became clear. In 2009 a brand new state of the art brewery was built at Riverside, Bakewell to meet with demand and allow Thornbridge to develop their range of beers.

Brewing still takes place today on the original kit at Thornbridge Hall, which allows us to experiment with new brews, create bespoke Hall brews, collaborations and assist the main brewery in Bakewell.

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8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Sample, thanks oh6gdx! Clear mahogany colour, small head. Woody, bready nose with dark berries. Mid sweet with medium to full body and well rounded mouthfeel. Dark bread, mikd leaves and notes of prunes. Long balanced bitter finish.

Tried on 15 Jan 2026 at 20:03


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

Keg at the hanging bat. Pours clear golden orange, nose is yeasty toffee, spiced, floral, taste is sweet, citrus, belgian spice, actually become more a typical American Ipa as it warms, belgian characteristics replaced by crystal malt.

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Tried on 15 Jan 2026 at 07:47


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

Sample, thanks oh6gdx! Almost clear deep amber, mid sized head. Generous aroma of grapefruit and tangerine. Mid dry with solid body and rounded mouthfeel. Grapefruit, tangerine and pine. Resinous bitter finish.

Tried on 13 Jan 2026 at 22:00


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7

Plenty of roasted and bitter coffee, slight sweetness. Smooth bopy

Tried from Draft at The Organ Grinder on 10 Jan 2026 at 12:09


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

Loose off white head left a spotty top on a copper coloured body.
Malt, toffee & syrup aroma.
Medium to full bodied, smooth & soft with a cloying back.
Toffee, malt, berries & jam tastes with a bitter lightly hopped finish.
Excellent ESB.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2026 at 20:07

gave a cheers!

7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

cask at the blue blazer .. deep red brown ..thin tan lacing ...soft sweet fruit ...massive coffee .. massive coffee nose ...soft coffee ..soft sweet malts ..big long coffee linger .... very much cold coffee ...not getting much beer

Tried on 06 Jan 2026 at 15:08

gave a cheers!

6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Hazy orange-amber colour, small white head and alce. Biquity malts, fruits, citrusfruit in the nose. Light-bodied. Bitter hops, fruityness, citrus in the flavour. Typical Thornbridge flavours.

Tried from Bottle from K-Supermarket (Kampus) on 01 Jan 2026 at 18:39


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

Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 1st January 2026. Dark brown with shallow, yellowy white foam and full lacing. Citrus notes, light fruits and roastiness in aroma. Spiced roasted malt in-mouth and a finish of spiced berry fruits and dark chocolate. Engaging texture and a fair amount of body.

Tried from Cask at Southampton Arms on 01 Jan 2026 at 01:01

gave a cheers!

7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

31st December 2025
Can. Near clear gold beer, small bubbly off white head. Airy palate, a mild dryness, good fine minerally carbonation. Light bodied pale malts, a pleasant light sweetness. Cooling pine hops. This comes over like a craft lager with lemon, except the lemon is more pink grapefruit. Light finish. A pleasant light fruity brew. Doesn't feel that crafty but it's pretty drinkable.

Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2025 at 19:20


6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Tried from Draft at The Colmore on 31 Dec 2025 at 16:20