Butcombe Brewery (Liberation Group)
Microbrewery
in
Wrington,
Somerset,
England 🏴
Associated with 11 Venues
Established in 1978
Contact
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.
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.
6.6/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
5.8/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
6.4/10
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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
6.5/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Golden colour. Nice fruity accent to the nose. Herbal, toasty, juicy balanced beer. I’d had this in London several years ago and didn’t like it. Tasting it a little closer to the source helped this beer out a lot.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2002
at 17:33
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bright dark amber. The aroma is toasty and a little bit of hop. Toasty malts and lingering bitter hops on the palate. Clean and very English with a crisp apple fruitiness. This can pick up some butter if it’s old, but usually it’s a good go-to beer in the Bath & Bristol area.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2002
at 16:57
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Sampled cask conditioned. Golden coloured. Fruity, medium bodied, sweet and slightly bitter. Good, but unremarkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Apr 2002
at 03:57