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 - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
(bottle) Hazy, orange-golden colour with a short but dense eggshell-coloured foamy head. Citrus-fruity and zesty, slightly flowery hoppy aroma with a moderately sweet (cara-)malty background. Sweet-bitter flavour, light to medium body with a soft carbonation. Initially (cara-)malt-accented, minimal chalky taste with fruity and spicy hops with a lasting and well-rounded slightly biscuity malty and fruity hoppy finish. Good (09.VIII.09).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
(bottle, as Butcombe Blond Calassic Pale Bitter, 4.5% abv) Hazy, pale golden colour with a short blond foamy head. Sweet pale malt accompany with a good dash of citrus-fruity, flowery and slightly woody hops. Mildly bitter flavour, light bodied with a smooth carbonation. Dry character with a light underlying malty sweetness, aromatic hops profile of a cornucopia full of citrus flavours; dry and bitter-sweet finish with a good and hoppy duration. Pleasant (09.VIII.09).
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
[500ml bottle from Dad - cheers!] Pours a slightly cloudy pale amber-orange with a moderate and lasting cream head. Very little carbonation. Fresh honey-sweet aroma with farmyard hints. Flavour is of sweet malt, straw, summer fruits (made me think of nectarines, rather unusually) with some slight notes of garden mint. A good earthy bitter finish. If I hadn’t have known otherwise in advance, I would have thought that this was cask ale - an impressive achievement for what appears to be a pasteurised bottle. A very good beer indeed - recommended.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask @ Bon Accord. Light golden colour, small white head. Not much aroma. Slightly malty. Flavour is of sweet hops, some bitterness, but overall tasteless.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Guildhall, Folkestone. Gold with a thin white head, grainy citrus aroma; buttery in the mouth with a light grapefruit tang and some caramel; deep but gentle bitterness to finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask (Wetherspoons, Woking) - Dark golden/amber in colour. Lightly hoppy aroma with citrus notes standing out. Refreshing and lightly hoppy taste with some light grapefruit and peach notes. The finish is not so strong but the taste lingers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at GBBF2007 (or some pub outside the festivaltime), found when going through old ratingnotebooks. Amber colour, with small off-white creamy head, that lasts for a while. Aroma is wood, mildly fruity along with some bready malts. Flavour is quite much the same, but the wooden bitterness is a bit stronger. Semi-dry finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4.5
Cask Conditioned at The Glassblower, London, as Traditional Bitter
Beautiful dark amber color, almost no head. Light aroma, maybe with light nuts. Dark caramel flavor, strong bitterness, even too strong at the end. Straightforward. Must be punished for the disturbing burnt malt aftertaste.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Cask, half pint. Guest beer hand pulled at Barony Bar in Edinburgh. Great lacing on the glass. Yellow-golden body. Smell of acid grass. Juicy malts in flavour with notes of sour grass. Bitter finish. Standard and easy to forget [24.11.2008]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
50cl bottle @ VinensVerden, Odense. Pours clear gold with a creamy white foam. Nose is vaguely hoppy & floral. Taste is crisp, floral & citrussy with a caramel malty background. Ok & enjoyable!