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
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the White Swan (JDW), Aylesbury before going to see the rather good Levellers gig at the Waterside theatre. Dark amber with a white head. Caramel and sweet malts up front, which develop into a deeper toffee and blackcurrant flavour with a mild bitterness in the finish. It's ok, definitely a bit heavy on the caramel though.
Tried
from Cask
at
White Hart (JDW)
on 21 Mar 2025
at 18:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the standing order. Pours clear deep amber, nose is toffee, hay, caramel, taste is nutty, caramel, floral. 7/7/6/6/6.5
Tried
on 18 Mar 2025
at 16:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Pint on cask at the red lion jdw.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
The Red Lion (JDW)
on 16 Mar 2025
at 17:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
This is the last sticker for the sticker album. 28 of 30 plus the two already tried in name also resampled in the Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2025, so now complete. It's a good last one too, a tasty bitter through bready-malty notes.
Tried
from Cask
at
Paramount
on 15 Mar 2025
at 18:22
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at the Standing Order. Pours clear amber with a thin bubbly white head. Aromas of hedgerow fruits. Taste is malty, red berries. Bitter finish.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2025
at 14:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
On cask at the Standing Order.
Appearance - golden amber and clear with a nicely proportioned white head. Nose - bread, caramel and a hint of cranberry.
Taste - red fruits, toffee and bread.
Palate - light to medium bodied with a bitter finish.
Overall - quite nice.
Appearance - golden amber and clear with a nicely proportioned white head. Nose - bread, caramel and a hint of cranberry.
Taste - red fruits, toffee and bread.
Palate - light to medium bodied with a bitter finish.
Overall - quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
at
Standing Order
on 10 Mar 2025
at 15:23
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask handpull at Barrel Vault JDW St Pancras. Clear deep amber colour lasting beige head. Malty beer. Some fruit. Berries and hedgerow fruits. OK condition. Moderate bitterness on the finish. Yes tasty. Decent malts. Fine. Quite drinkable. Punchy at 5%
Tried
from Cask
at
The Barrel Vault
on 08 Mar 2025
at 09:55
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] A dark amber pour with a tight cream coloured head; malty aroma; smooth and creamy in the mouth with a malty taste; then a drier finish with a little spice and a light bitterness. A rather nice ESB.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hope Tap
on 07 Mar 2025
at 14:44
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 5.5
Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours “bitter brown” with a small foamy cream head and good lacing. The aroma is basically sweet malts. In the mouth it is quite bitter but with some underlying sweetness. Flavour has malts and traditional hops with some hints of pepper. Finish is dry with a little spiciness. This is reasonable – though a little bland.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Picture House (JDW)
on 06 Mar 2025
at 00:00
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
0.5 l bottle shared at home. I only took nunerical notes while having this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2025
at 14:17