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.
7.1/10
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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.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2024
at 20:45
7/10
Tried
on 04 Aug 2024
at 21:00
6.2/10
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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.
Tried
on 03 Aug 2024
at 14:18
6.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2024
at 14:23
6.8/10
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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
Tried
on 01 Aug 2024
at 11:24
6/10
Tried
on 19 Jul 2024
at 07:37
6/10
Tried
on 19 Jul 2024
at 07:36
6.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2024
at 19:27
7.4/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jul 2024
at 13:35
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle, taster from the bottle my Dad was drinking. Clear golden, white head. Aroma is citrusy, syrupy sweet. Taste is sweet and citrusy, grapefruit, orange, bitterness is a tad metallic. Light, thin. Acceptable NA gear, and ironically possibly hoppier than the actual Goram.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2024
at 20:40