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 - 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.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the London & County, Eastbourne. Poured a mostly clear golden colour with a thin frothy white head. The aroma is malt and yeast. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a smooth, yeasty, light caramel, earthy, light woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask, half pint. @The Flying Horse, Gatwick (England). 08/05/2024 [#7.105 Global - #898 England - #1 Butcombe Brewery (My English brewery #277)] Pours pale golden with a tiny white head. Aroma: sugary floral hops, grains and dough. Taste: grainy and bready. Buttery mouthfeel. Next one please!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at The Ashton, Bristol. Ok nose. Mahogany caramel. Eminently boring but not rough at all. (19/5/24).
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
1/3 pint, cask at Hamilton Hall. Shared with Finn. Wetherspoon Beer Festival, March 24. Bubbly, beige head over a mahogany coloured body, dotted spots on the glass. Quite inviting smell of caramel malts and a grassy scent. Balanced taste profile of herbal hops and caramel malts. Bittersweet ending notes. Clean on the swallow. Easy to drink. Pretty nice. (London, 16.03.2024).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Delt med Rune. Wetherspoonsfestival -24. Mørk stråfarget. Helt klar. Skumring. Forsiktig kjeksaroma. Smaken lett bitter. Hint av karamell. Tørr avslutning.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours “bitter brown” with a small off-white head and good lacing. The aroma is mainly malts with traces of biscuits and caramel. In the mouth it starts off with some sweet malts, but bitterness of traditional hops soon becomes apparent. Some autumn fruits too and later hints of nuts, cherries and alcoholic strength leading to a dry finish. It’s a reasonable old school premium bitter.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ Counting House, Glasgow. Darker clear amber with a glow and a creamy head. Nice hop-malt balance here, good body too.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A bright copper colour with a ring of translucent head; earthy malt aroma; syrupy in the mouth with some caramel and soft malts; then a touch of spice to finish.