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 - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol March 2024. Deep copper in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Leafy hop aroma, caramel, hedgerow fruits, chewy malts and a moderately dry finish. Good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Clear copper colour, small head. Nuts and toffee aroma. Malty taste with nutty notes and an agreeable bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours a clear copper colour with a low head. Grassy aroma with notes of caramel. Flavour is grassy with light notes of toffee and roasted malt.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Fairly clear copper, white head with lots of lacings. Nose is nutty malt, leafs, wet hay. Taste is medium bodied with medium bitterness, dry and bitter finish. Bubbles are small, somewhat sticky liquid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Flaska från SB. Klar bärnstensfärgad vätska med lågt skum. Doft och smak av löv, nötter, bröd, karamell och en för stilen snäll beska. Gott
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
500ml bottle watching England vs Switzerland Euro 2024. Given to me by a rep, but bizarrely a year past it's BBD. Pours a generally clear gold, white head. Aroma of caramelised malt. Flavour profile definitely seems more caramelly than expected, probably due to the age, fair sweetness to it, but nicely so. Drinks well. Not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at The Park Tavern, Eltham. Golden orange pour with a white head. Piney, citrusy aromas. Flavours of orange peel, grapefruit, touch of apricot. Sharp hoppy fruity concoction. Good stuff.