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 - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask. Sour caramel malt aroma. Red amber color. Toffee malt flavor with a dry hay hops finish. Nice drier bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
[i] [b] Cask conditioned at Plough?, Long Wittenham, Oxon on the 4th leg of the Thames Tipple, this time Oxford to Wallingford 15-03-08 [/i] [/b] Pours mid brown, good standard earthy bitter nice malts, nice dry finish, tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottled (4.5%) at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Hazy pale golden, small head. Fresh aroma of vanilla and citrus. Light bodied and with fresh citric hops. Lightly yeasty with notes of minerals. Like spritzy custard with a bitter edge.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Inn on the Green, Bristol 19/2/08. This was at the new ABV of 4.4%. Pale amber with a slight white head. Aroma of orange fruit, caramel and citrus hops. Flavour had a biscuit malt edge before a hoppy, dry finish. Enjoyable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Clear amber, firm head. Hay aroma. Medium dry wit clean, runded mouthfeel Medium bodied with a good amount of hops. Salty pleasantly bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Amber with a creamy off-white head; citrus aroma; smooth and creamy texture; sharp bitter burst to start then developing an orange fruitiness; dry buttery and biscuity finish. An excellent everyday bitter.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Tesco. A fairly standard bottled bitter. A pleasant gold colour with a decent white head that left plenty of lacing. Aroma of grassy hops with some caramel. The flavour had some doughy malt and citrus hops before a bitter finish. Good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(50 cl bottle at Stockholm Beer Festival, 2007) Clear golden color, white fluffy head. Bitter, grassy, floral, herbal hoppy scent. Smooth herbal hoppy taste. Thin mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2007, London. Clear medium yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, rice boiled, flowers water, rancid butter. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to short duration. Body is light, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask @ The Gatehouse, Highgate, London. Pours a clear golden color with no head. Fruity and slightly malty aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweet malty hoppy flavor. Sweet malty finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.