About
In 2010 Jasper Cuppaidge rented five Victorian railway arches underneath Kentish Town West Station. By Spring 2010, Camden Town Brewery officially started brewing. In December 2015, it was announced that Camden Town Brewery was being bought by AB InBev. Camden Town Brewery built a new production brewery, in Enfield 12 miles north of their Kentish Town brewery, which was opened in Spring 2017. The old brewery at Wilkin Street Mews at Arch 55 brews small batch and pilot beers.
Part of the group
5.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Well, I can't believe I've not rated this before. Anyway, in the Radisson Blue hotel in Liverpool on a work trip and this was the best on offer. Surprisingly drinkable with flavour and mouthfeel. Not bad
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Oct 2025
at 21:41
8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
660 ml bottle from Sainsbury's, London, England. Pours a crystal clear yellow-gold color with a large white head and great retention. Good lacing. Disappointingly skunky aroma. Smooth and slightly sweet pale lager flavor, and thankfully no skunky flavor. But no Helles characteristics either. Just a good straightforward lager. Medium body and medium carbonation. Low bitterness. Repeatable.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Sainsbury's (Various locations)
on 05 Sep 2025
at 22:37
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
APA by Camden Town, a brewery set up in 2010 and already falling into the clutches of AB InBev a mere five years later - a testimony to their commercial success at the time, I guess. Can from the Marks & Spencer supermarket in Aberdeen. Firm, medium, snow white head over a clear amber-tinged orange blonde robe. Aroma of orange zest, dried grapefruit peel, biscuit, unsalted peanuts, dry cereals, lemongrass. Clean onset, sweetish, hinting at apple peel and vague persimmon, medium carb with smooth, slick body; slender cereally and biscuity malt sweetishness under growing citrusy hops, hinting at orange pith, pink grapefruit and lemongrass with a faint dash of pine thrown in, providing medium long, dryish bitterness in which a sweet biscuity malt tone zings. Very clean and sleek even for the style, lacking a bit in hop delicacy and complexity, but considering this is, ultimately at least, an AB InBev beer, it was a whole lot better than expected - I might even repeat the experience if it were available in supermarkets here in Belgium. Enjoyable for what it is.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2025
at 22:02
4.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 4.5
Keg at The Hard Rock Cafe, London. Black with a beige head. Metallic & watery was my first impression, and, as it turned out, my over-riding impression. Some chocolate, black coffee and dirt does eventually come through, but mainly this just tastes industrial. Which I guess is what Camden are these days.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Aug 2025
at 17:30