Butcombe Brewery (Liberation Group)
Microbrewery
in Wrington,
Somerset,
England 🏴
Associated with 10 Venues
Established in 1978
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.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small off-white to tan head. Aroma is mild fruity and light malty to caramelish. Bitter, dark malty and slight roasted caramelish. Bitter and dry malty finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft. A golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma has notes of malt and elderflowers. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, fruits, and elderflowers, leading to a bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask. An amber beer with a lazing orangey head. The aroma has notes of caramel and malt as well as a light note of nuts. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel, as well as lighter notes of nuts and flowery hops, leading to a bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ The Windmill - JDW, Stansted Airport - Airside, Stansted, England CM24 1QN.Clear medium to dark amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, nutty peel, light to moderate hoppy, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, orange, dusty bitter, hop & peel bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110103]
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle from Maruhn, Darmstadt
Hazy amber-copper color; small-sized creamy head. The malt and hop arma, very light, is covered by a stronger smell of vegetables and cabbage, not rare in English bottles; also, refined white sugar; somehow perfumy. Still, the aroma is better than the flavor, where there is just some dry and dusty caramel (how can they rate the sweetness 4.5/5.0 on the label???), and more vegetables. Low bitterness. Confused.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ The Standing Order, 62-66 George St, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 2LR.Unclear medium yellow colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate apple, yellow apples, light barnyard - wood. Flavour is moderate sweet and light light acidic with a average to long duration, floury apples. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat. [20101031]
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at The Black Friar, London. Pours very, very dark ruby with a creamy tan head. Coffee aroma. Flavor is coffee with smooth dark malt, and perhaps a bit of chocolate. Medium bitter. Delicious.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Amber coloured with a slight, off-white head and bit of carbonation. Bready malt aroma with some hedgerow fruit and dusty hops. Slightly sweet, cereal malts with a touch more fruit and lingering bitter finish. A good bottled bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
[Cask at the Bootlegger, High Wycombe] Amber-gold, slight white head. Flowers, lemons and grapefruit. Good flavour for the low ABV, and goes down a treat. Nice!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask. Mild roasted aroma. Very dark brown colour. Seems clear, red shine. Small creamy light brown colour. The flavour is roasted with a vinous, sourish touch.