Butcombe Brewery (Liberation Group)
Microbrewery
in
Wrington,
Somerset,
England 🏴
Associated with 11 Venues
Established in 1978
Contact
Description
Bristol born and made to stand out, Butcombe Brewing Co. began life at a time of cultural, social and political change, crafting beer before ‘craft beer’ was even a thing.
You see, at that time, no one was risking it all starting a brewery, making simple, premium, easy-drinking ale. To do so was an act of defiance. Or madness. But, 42 years and a lot of hard graft later, by staying true to our beliefs and Bristolian roots, it looks like owning a resolutely maverick brewing company isn’t such a crazy idea after all. By going against the grain, to work intimately with it, we made our own statement with every pint. And what was true then is just as important today.
Butcombe now produces over 250,000 pints a week from our brewery in Wrington. As times and tastes change, so does our range of beers. Alongside Original, Gold and Rare Breed, you’ll find two craft lagers, Bohemia and Underfall, and two IPAs, Goram and Stateside, plus a range of exciting seasonal and small batch specials.
You see, at that time, no one was risking it all starting a brewery, making simple, premium, easy-drinking ale. To do so was an act of defiance. Or madness. But, 42 years and a lot of hard graft later, by staying true to our beliefs and Bristolian roots, it looks like owning a resolutely maverick brewing company isn’t such a crazy idea after all. By going against the grain, to work intimately with it, we made our own statement with every pint. And what was true then is just as important today.
Butcombe now produces over 250,000 pints a week from our brewery in Wrington. As times and tastes change, so does our range of beers. Alongside Original, Gold and Rare Breed, you’ll find two craft lagers, Bohemia and Underfall, and two IPAs, Goram and Stateside, plus a range of exciting seasonal and small batch specials.
6.5/10
Light crisp and citrus dry to finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2026
at 22:23
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Keg at The Rising Sun, West Bagborough. Light soapy pale smell. Deep gold look. It's weak as you'd expect but it's alright. Easy drinking but not much joy despite some soapy west coast notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2026
at 17:13
Tried at British Lion, Devizes, Wiltshire, England
Tried
from Cask
on 15 May 2026
at 11:10
Tried
from Cask
at
Old Green Tree
on 13 Apr 2026
at 23:00
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at The Bower Inn, Bridgwater. Clear amber-gold. Thin foamy translucent white head. Aroma has light citrus with a slightly vinous edge over bready malts. Flavourwise it's sour - citrusy and vinous.. Underlying honey and fruit sweetness. Light-medium bodied. Soft-average carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Pleasent if unexciting.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Bower Inn (Butcombe)
on 28 Mar 2026
at 20:15
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Keg at The Bower Inn, Bridgwater. Clear copper gold. Foamy delicate white head. Aroma has stone fruit and gooseberries. Underlying malty hints. Flavourwise it's got a light bitterness with what I find to be an unpleasant tart edge. Underlying sweet hints and malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-flat carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Rubbish insipid stuff. Old school brewery failing at a modern beer.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Bower Inn (Butcombe)
on 28 Mar 2026
at 20:07
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Rising Sun, West Bagborough, Somerset. Pours clear pale gold with fine white foam. Grapefruit, mildly piney, some citrus bitterness. Fair for the ABV. Light body with fine carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Mar 2026
at 21:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at the Methuen Arms, Corsham. Clear golden-amber with a rapidly diminishing white head. Light tropical fruits, marmalade and grapefruit balanced against a little digestive biscuit and a crisp bitterness. Seemed a tad thin at first but the mouthfeel improves as you drink more. Actually rather enjoyed it - one of the best NA brews I've tried.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2026
at 13:35
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
27/11/2025. Cask (Green Room) at The Dove Street Inn Winter Beer Festival, 2025. Enjoyed this.
Tried
from Cask
at
Dove Street Inn
on 27 Nov 2025
at 15:30
6/10
Ok, sweet & malty
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Oct 2025
at 16:10