Cliff Quay

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

Established in 2009

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Unit 1A, Meadow Works Industrial Estate, Kenton Road,, Debenham, IP14 6RP, England
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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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Sampled @ GBBF Day 2. Clear reddish to red-brown color, small off-white head. Smell and taste malts, caramel, slightly butter, slightly bitter and in the middle sometimes a sweetish hint of brown candy sugar. Average to decent body and carbonation.
Tried from Can on 16 Aug 2016 at 16:25

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Gbbf. Klares dunkel bernsteinfarbenes Bier. Geruch nach rotem malz, rote Früchte, dezent hopfig bitter. Geschmack leicht karamellig, rotes malz, rote Früchte.
Tried on 10 Aug 2016 at 10:41

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Cask gravity at GBBF 2016. Dark brown beer mid to brown lasting beige head. Decent mineral best bitter. Ok. S8me pepper hop ok. Brown malty mineral bitter
Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2016 at 09:27

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Cask at the Norman warrior Lowestoft. Mid orange coloured pour with a fading head. Aroma is sweet tropical , passion fruit, grainy, orange. Flavour is composed of light ho way, floral, grassy hop, blackberry. Palate is light Grainy, decent cask condition. On Berry fruits Decent golden .
Tried from Cask on 30 Aug 2015 at 08:18

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Pint at the Townhouse, Ely. Light gold, clear with a small white head. Lots of lacing. A bit of seawater and citrus aroma. Full fruity bittersweet citrus taste, with a salty/astringent finish. Not bad.
Tried on 17 May 2015 at 06:49

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27th February 2015
White Horse, Sibton. Cask. Clear amber beer. No head. Palate is light and semi dry with modest fine carbonation. Super light malts. Orangey marmalade - dried fruits. A fairly harsh floral bitterness before a light dry finish. Clean and drinkable. Long bitter linger.
Tried from Cask on 27 Feb 2015 at 13:23

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 4.5
Cask at the Reading beer festival. Amber in hue. This is a bit sweet, isn’t it? Really sweey shop chewitt type sweet. There’s some tropical fruitiness, sure, and a little earth, but really needs more hop balance to make it work. Poor.
Tried from Cask on 02 May 2014 at 14:24

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Golden-orange. Juicy, slight butter, nice mellow hops and just a dash of malt.
Tried on 15 Feb 2014 at 09:39

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Cambridge Blue Summer Beer Festival 2013, Cambridge

Cask. Dark brown color with medium beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, licorice. taste roasted malt, coffee, which is overwhelmed with strong anise. Enjoyable beer, but not for everyday drinking.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jul 2013 at 12:38

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Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium to dark brown colour with a small, frothy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, licorice - anis seed. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, anis seed, spicy, nice balanced. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120505]
Tried from Cask on 20 Jun 2013 at 18:45