Cliff Quay

Microbrewery in Debenham, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2009

Contact
Unit 1A, Meadow Works Industrial Estate, Kenton Road,, Debenham, IP14 6RP, England
+44 1728 861213
thebrewer@earlsohambrewery.co.uk
Description
We started brewing in February 2009 in the old loading bay of the former Tolly Cobbold Brewery in Ipswich on the Cliff Quay. The Tolly Brewery is located in the heart of the industrial dock area of Ipswich, and is a hugely historic site with brewing being carried out here since the 1700’s.

By 2012 it was becoming obvious that the old loading bay we were located in, which was not part of the Victorian brewery, was coming to the end of its natural life. So we took the reluctant decision to relocate. After much hard looking, we found a site in Debenham not far from our sister brewery in Earl Soham . This new site makes it much more logistical sense, so now we spend more time brewing and less time shuffling through the traffic between the 2 site.
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Rasmus40
Rasmus40 (37520) reviewed
Tumble Home from Cliff Quay
9 years ago
5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Clear amber brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and dark fruit. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 160217
Tried from Cask on 16 Feb 2017 at 15:17
saxo
saxo (30101) reviewed
Tumble Home from Cliff Quay
9 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Medium head with medium duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, malt, hops and has a sweet light bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 16 Feb 2017 at 14:59
saxo
saxo (30101) reviewed
Bitter from Cliff Quay
9 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. No head. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, hops and malt. Light bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 16 Feb 2017 at 14:14
Camons
Camons (21926) reviewed
Bitter from Cliff Quay
9 years ago
5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer festival. Pours deep golden with an offwhite head. Aorma of malt, caramel, little fruity hops. Flavor is light bitter, malty, caramel, fruit. Medium body, soft carbonation. 160217
Tried from Cask on 16 Feb 2017 at 14:13
Rasmus40
Rasmus40 (37520) reviewed
Bitter from Cliff Quay
9 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Clear amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 160217
Tried from Cask on 16 Feb 2017 at 14:07
saxo
saxo (30101) reviewed
Black Jack from Cliff Quay
9 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Medium head with medium duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are anise, caramel, roast malt and hops. Anise is very dominant.
Tried from Cask on 16 Feb 2017 at 13:51
Camons
Camons (21926) reviewed
Black Jack from Cliff Quay
9 years ago
4.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer festival. Pours dark brown with an offwhite head. Aroma of roasted malt, little caramel, loads of anise seed. Flavor is sweet, malty, caramel, heavy anise seed. Thin to medium body, soft carbonation, sweet finish. 160217
Tried from Cask on 16 Feb 2017 at 13:44
Rasmus40
Rasmus40 (37520) reviewed
Black Jack from Cliff Quay
9 years ago
5.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Cask @ Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Clear dark brown with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt and anise seed. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 160217
Tried from Cask on 16 Feb 2017 at 13:41
Cunningham
Cunningham (16213) reviewed
Dreadnought from Cliff Quay
9 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Clear deep nutty color with a fine tan layer on top. Looks ok. Decent intensity in the aroma. Medium (+) body and a soft carbonation level. Tad sweet and a moderate bitterness. A bit oily texture. Toffee, dried fruits and some spices in the flavor.
[Handpull at Robert Ransome in Ipswich, England]

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Tried on 05 Dec 2016 at 11:09
Theydon_Bois
Theydon_Bois (48063) reviewed
Tumble Home from Cliff Quay
9 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF, day one, 09/08/16. Chestnut brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is biscuit malt, light floral spray, fruit esters, pinch of spice. Taste comprises fruit cake, spice, toffee, candied fruit. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with an underlying level of earthy bitterness. Ok.
Tried from Cask on 24 Sep 2016 at 03:55