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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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, marzipan malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sharp - resin, tobacco finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120504]
Tried from Cask on 19 Jun 2013 at 19:10

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium to darkred brown colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120504]
Tried from Cask on 19 Jun 2013 at 18:46

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium yellow orange colour with a small to average, frothy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, malty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to modrate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120504]
Tried from Cask on 19 Jun 2013 at 18:46

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask handpull at the Hole In The Wall, Colchester. Chosen with some trepidation as I’m not a huge aniseed fan, but a taster convinced me. Black beer with minimal white head. Quite a thin body. The aniseed is evident but fairly mild so does not overpower and makes it very drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 08 Jun 2013 at 01:43

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
10th August 2012
GBBF. Light semi dry palate, Juicy tangy marmalade hops. Light floral notes. A little lemon. Light dry finish. Nice beer!
Tried on 27 Oct 2012 at 09:29

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF, 2012. Gold pour with a white head. Citrus, pear and light malt aroma. Crisp citrus bite. Refreshing. Fruity finish.
Tried from Cask on 20 Aug 2012 at 07:46

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Copper colour, small white head. Aroma is salted liquorice, some wood and mild spicy and ashy notes. Flavour is salted liqwuorice, mild caramel and some slight wooden notes. Refreshing and quite nice.
Tried from Cask on 21 Jun 2012 at 00:20

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Deep amber colour with a small slightly off-white head. Aroma is fruity, yeasty, a bit earthy with some raisins and mild resiny notes. Flavour is floral, fruity, caramel malty with some slight spicyness.
Tried from Cask on 20 Jun 2012 at 21:30

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Goldeny orange colour, small head. Aroma is sweet fruits, mild resin, tropical fruit juice and some grassy and caramelly notes. Flavour is sweet fruityness with a quite big grassy and fruity bitterness kicking in. Balanced out with some sweet maltyness.
Tried from Cask on 20 Jun 2012 at 01:51

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is floral and a bit earthy with some slight floral notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, herbal and also has some slight honey and zesty notes. Honey, fruits and some floral notes in the aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 17 Jun 2012 at 20:52