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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5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Half pint on cask. Golden brown with good clarity. Small head. Aroma has notes of flowers and malt. Malty flavour supported by light fruitiness. Light bitter finish. Medium palate. Standard English bitter (enjoyed while eating full English breakfast at Britannia, Euston 19.09.2006).

Tried from Cask on 12 Oct 2006 at 13:36


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at The Britannia London NW1 19 Sep 06. Clear golden brown coloured. A small white head. Dry bitter flavour with fruity hints.

Tried from Cask on 10 Oct 2006 at 11:51


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (handpump) at The Cottage Inn, Cannington TA5. No head, Good bitter after taste, Smooth on the palate with a malty aftertaste

Tried from Cask on 26 Jul 2006 at 08:58


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Sainsbury’s, Banbury 27-04-06. Dark Golden in colour, smooth and malty with good hoppy flavours present, a very enjoable tipple. Apparently brewed to commerorate the 25th Anniversary of both the Butcombe Brewery and the Bristol Balloon Festival, strange that they then call it gold, you’d have thought they could have brewed something with silver connections?

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2006 at 01:33


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. This beer is on Wetherspoons spring list of guest ales, so should make its way round to everyone. Copper colour with thin off white head. Good earthy hop. Warm malts in mouth with touch of chocolate. Smells like an orchard in autumn. Lots of good white flesh fruit, earthy bitter, drying hop finish. Very tasty. Full in mouth with heavy dose of Fuggles and Goldings on the end.

Tried from Cask on 16 Jan 2006 at 05:52


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tap, Jan Primus. Slightly hazy golden color, medium head. Aroma of hop, some malt. Bitter taste, bit oily, some hop, bit citrus, malt. Decent bitter.

Tried from Draft on 28 Nov 2005 at 15:27


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask handpull at County Hotel JDW, Ashford. Nice pint. Good citrus fruit and hoppiness on end

Tried from Cask on 02 Sep 2005 at 11:20


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle (from Bierzwerg): Deep golden, clear, stable fluff - almost off-white - head; pale malt, lemony hops and a subtle fruitiness in the nose; light to moderate bitter-sweet flavour, light to medium bodied, soft; slightly lingering fruity and sweetish-malty finish with a nice balancing bitterness in the aftertaste. Nice archetypal english stuff.......

Tried from Bottle on 27 Aug 2005 at 03:18


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Yew & Ewe Brookland, Kent. Mid brown bitter with little head. Slightly hazy. Fruity malt nose, full in mouth with good deep dark fruit malt on end

Tried from Cask on 04 May 2005 at 10:52


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Clear dark orange color, short head. Aroma of roasted malts, rye, hops. Taste is malty, caramel, rye, sweet. Sticky palate.

Tried on 19 Aug 2004 at 10:13