Butcombe Brewery (Liberation Group)

Microbrewery in Wrington, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 10 Venues

Established in 1978

Contact
Cox's Green, Wrington, BS40 5PA, England
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.

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask, handpump at JDW Exchange, Banbury 28.03.11 Pours gold with a white rim of bubbles. There is a little petal on the nose and the flavour is lightly crisp with a good citrussy edge and a bitterness that builds, touch drying at end. Good beer. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Tried from Cask on 28 Mar 2011 at 23:04

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Society Room, JDW. Clear golden colour, white dense head. Aroma is wheaty, bit of vegetables and hops. Flavour is lignt malty, citrus, followed by dry biscuit. Crisp and dry finish. Good stuff.
Tried from Cask on 26 Mar 2011 at 05:34

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Cask at the Crosse Keys, JDW. Clear, rich gold pour with no head. Strong hop nose, earth, orange citrus and hay, along with some light malts. Light to medium sweetness in the flavor, some crispy bread, lots of earth, grass and rindy, citrusy bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Bitter finish, mild citrus, rind, earth, some baked bread. Very good.
Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2011 at 17:31

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Half, hand pulled cask ale at Woodins Shades. Mahogany coloured body topped by a low, fawn coloured head. Slightly roasted dark malts to the nose. Dusty hops mixed with chocolate malts in flavour. Chocolate bitterness to the finish. Refreshing and easy to drink (London, 19.03.2011).
Tried from Cask on 23 Mar 2011 at 13:39

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask-conditioned, twice on 12/02/2011, at the Bell, Hillgrove Street, Bristol and Colston’s Yard. Interesting contrast of appearance, in the subdued lighting of the Bell, it was near black with a decent off-white head. In the brighter, cafe style CY, it was a medium brown with some hints of red and a similar head. This was very easy drinking, with some coffee and sweetish cereal notes, before a slightly roasted, dry finish. It’s good to see Butcombe brewing a wider ranger of beers. Excellent.
Tried from Cask on 12 Feb 2011 at 16:10

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours dark amber with a medium head. Aroma is bready malt and peppery hops. Some caramel to start and the bread and peppery hops are in the finish. Good beer but I reckon it would be much better on cask.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2011 at 12:01

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
cask at NWAF ... deep brown ... soft sweet toffee roast ... light chocolate malt nose ... light thin bittter roast ... light charcoal ... light puff camdy... ok
Tried from Cask on 22 Jan 2011 at 05:04

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 7
Cask at the Crosse Keys, JDW. Pours a clearish, reddish brown with a fine, off-white head. Chocolate syrup and roasted malts on the nose. Flavor is mediocre. Some dry, roasted malts, faint cocoa, hints of plastic, some herbal hops. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Bitter chocolate and light roast on the finish with some dry, astringent bitterness. Um, not a huge fan.
Tried from Cask on 07 Jan 2011 at 14:21

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Claude du Vall (JDW), Camberley. Bright copper in colour with a thin beige head; rich fruity malt aroma; the flavour with malty, dry and earthy, with some winter fruit and raw sugar; there’s a tangy, prolonged finish with some dry grassy hops and a touch of warming spice. Very pleasant.
Tried from Cask on 16 Dec 2010 at 01:43

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
From cask. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is smooth apple and slight acidic with a light apple fruity note. Somewhat bitter/acid and dry finish.
Tried from Cask on 06 Nov 2010 at 09:26