Butcombe Brewery (Liberation Group)
Microbrewery
in
Wrington,
Somerset,
England 🏴
Associated with 10 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.
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Lidl Supermarket, Todmorden. Clear golden with an extremely thin head. Bland lager taste, although there's a bit more of its style available in its nose. It's soft and easy supping though with grassy elements.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2023
at 18:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear gold orange coloured pour with a lasting beige cap. Aroma is semi sweet, tangy apple, custard, grass. Flavour is composed of semi sweet nutty malts, apple custard, twiggy malts, raisin nutty finish. Palate is semi sweet rounded, ok cask condition. Very ordinary.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Mar 2023
at 12:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Regal Moon, Rochdale. Golden with a creamy head. Hoppy with very fresh tasting piney-citrus notes.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Mar 2023
at 16:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Square Bottle, Chester. Pours golden amber with a sizeable white head and good lacing. There’s oranges and floral hops in the aroma. In the mouth it is a bit watery with main flavour being the hops plus hints of citrus and pine. Later ther is some bitterness and underlying hints of malts. Finish is slightly sticky. It’s decent enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Mar 2023
at 21:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Hope Tap, Reading. Clear golden-amber with an off-white head and a light sparkle. Great condition actually. Straw up front, orange and pink grapefruit come through with increasing juiciness. A light malty caramel note gives a good rich mouthfeel. Sweetish and dry finish with a hint of leafy hops. Good stuff actually.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Mar 2023
at 07:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Lord Northbrook, Lee. Golden orange pour with a white head. Nose is grapefruit, winter berries, malts. Taste is grapefruit, bitter malts, touch of vanilla lurking in the background. Malty bitter action.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2023
at 15:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half-pint, cask, shared with Finn at Old Joint Stock. Clear golden body, spotty lacing from a film-type layer. Moderate lemony hops on the nose. Lemon and peaches to the taste character, cereal malty support. Mat-fruity finish. Pretty fair. (Birmingham 13.02.2023).
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Mar 2023
at 08:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune.Gylden. Filmskum. Klar. Lett klementinaroma. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken vanilje & plommer. Lett tørr bitter avslutning.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2023
at 20:25
20/01/2017. LIME TREE, University Of Bath, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England. I suspect that this is just a rebadging of Butcombe Bitter/Original
Tried
on 12 Feb 2023
at 13:18
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Leggero ambrato limpida nota floreale lupolatura contenuto lieve esteri amaro medio basso
Tried
on 30 Dec 2022
at 16:22