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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5.5
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

EB - Can 440ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏠🇩🇰 🍂🍁 ☁️☂️ [ As Thornbridge Simka ]. ABV: 4.2%. [20251007]. 5/2-/6/3/11

Tried from Can on 07 Oct 2025 at 16:06


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

EB - Can 440ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏠🇩🇰 🍂🍁 ☁️☂️ [ As Thornbridge Music & Passion ]. ABV: 6.0%. [20251006]. 7/3/7/4/15-

Tried from Can on 06 Oct 2025 at 14:32


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Dark brown colour, good brownish head and lace. Toasted with a bit minty alcohol notes. Light to medium-bodied. Hard licorice candy, toastyness, light hops with fruity notes. Interesting but a bit restless flavour palette.

Tried from Can from K-Supermarket (Kampus) on 05 Oct 2025 at 17:02


Tried from Cask at Ship & Mitre on 04 Oct 2025 at 23:00


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

330ml can. Slightly cloudy, orange golden colour with average, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Zesty, citrusy fruity, hoppy aroma, pale malty background, notes of lemon, orange, tangerine, some orange peel. Taste dito.
Watery texture, slightly dry palate, medium to fine, mildly prickly carbonation.
Citrusy and zesty, refreshing - decent.

Tried from Can on 03 Oct 2025 at 20:31


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

[33cl can from Beer52.] A hazy pale straw coloured pour with a fast fading white head; light tropical fruit aroma; quite thin with a tropical fruit taste; and a tart finish.

Tried from Can from Beer52 on 02 Oct 2025 at 16:31


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

440ml can. Opaque, darkest brown colour with average to huge, frothy to creamy, slowly diminishing, moderately lacing, off-white to beige head. Slightly toasty, minimally chocolately, dark malty and slightly fruity, hoppy aroma, hints of toffee, red berries. Taste is toasty and slightly nutty, dark and caramel malty, mildly bitter and minimally fruity hoppy, hints of toffee, a touch of nougat, liquorice, Brazil nut, a touch of red berries, minimally metallic overtones.
Minimally creamy, watery texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously slightly dry palate, medium to fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation.
Fairly meaty, balanced - OK.

Tried from Can from Beyond Beer on 28 Sep 2025 at 18:12


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Copper colour, small off-white head. Aroma is sweet malts, mild plum, dried fruits and some raisins with a bit toasted wooden tones. Flavour is cherries, some wood, dried fruits, plum and some wooden tones with a nice bitterness also. Really tasty.

Tried from Bottle from Alko (Webshop) on 26 Sep 2025 at 18:42


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours golden amber with a small almost white head and good lacing. There’s oranges, marmalade, floral hops and some spicy hints in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet and juicy but with some sharp edges, and a deep creamy texture. Flavours has oranges, barley sugar, pine and some herbal traces. Sweetness lasts into the finish. This is pretty good stuff !

Tried from Cask at Hops on 26 Sep 2025 at 16:45


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

Gravity cask at the 28th St Albans Beer Festival, 26/09/25.
Golden to light copper topped with an off white cap.
Nose is biscuit, straw, citric nip, grass, herb.
Taste comprises fruit esters, hedgerow, grass, biscuit, dusty hops, citric tinged straw.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close spiked with leafy hop bitterness.
Solid hoppy bitter.

Tried on 26 Sep 2025 at 14:02

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