Blue Anchor Brewery

Brewpub in Helston, Cornwall, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

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50 Coinagehall Street, Helston, TR13 8EL, England
Description
According to legend, Spingo Ale has been brewed on the premises of the Blue Anchor Inn, Helston, Cornwall for approximately 600 years! Believed to be the oldest brewhouse in Britain it is known that this building use operational as a monk’s resthouse in the early 15th century. It became an inn in the 18th century.

​The Blue Anchor is one of only 4 original brew pubs left in the country still brewing today which continued to brew throughout and has the prestige of being Cornwall's oldest brewery.

​Kim & Simon Stone, took over the Blue on July 23rd 1993, at the time there were only 3 Spingo Ales being continuously brewed

During the last 27 years we have produced 4 more permanent Spingo Ales and with our son, Ben Stone, as the head brewer, it is has truly become a family business.

Our business has expanded into Porthleven with the opening of our sister pub, Out of The Blue, of course selling our famous Cornish Spingo Ales, with caravan & camping facilities on the premises it makes for an idyllic setting for traveller's who want to get Spingo'd

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Cask at the Grape and Grain Spring Beer Festival, Crystal Palace. Clear brown pour with a beige head. Toffee, malt and treacle nose. Caramel, sweet roast flavour with a smidgen of licorice. Sweet malt laden finish. Not too bad.
Tried from Cask on 05 Mar 2012 at 07:42

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask gravity @ Battersea BF 2012. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with berry hints. Has a fruity malty berry caramel finish.
Tried from Cask on 18 Feb 2012 at 03:52

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask handpull at White Cliffs BF 2012. Mid chestnut colour lasting near white head. Distinctive yeasty aroma. Surprisingly good. Very dry. Prickly interesting yeast. Dry intersting pale ale. Nettle prickle on end. Bizarre but good. Good bretty dry bitter
Tried from Cask on 03 Feb 2012 at 12:01

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Cask at Pig’s Ear Beer Festival, London. Black. Coffee aroma. Light bodied with well rounded mouthfeel. Roasty with freshly ground coffee, notes of tobacco. Salty bitter finish. Attractive and nicely drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 24 Dec 2011 at 01:58

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Cask@Pigs Ear Beer Festival 2011. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, liquorice, some mild coffee, chocolate as well as mild herbal notes. Flavour is roasted malts, liquorice, caramel malts, toffee and some slight bittery notes in the finish.
Tried from Cask on 12 Dec 2011 at 21:45

Tried from Cask on 01 Aug 2011 at 00:00

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@Duke Of Wellington, London. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is wood, earth, some spices, mild plum and some raisins. Flavour is similar with some fruity juice and quite strong plummy notes to it. Pleasant!
Tried from Cask on 26 Jul 2011 at 05:35

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Bottle. Dark brownish-amber. The aroma is dark rich fruits adn some oxidaztion, possibly diacetyl. Soft, very fruity, grape-like front, moving towards a maltier, almost bubblegummy character. Rustic and unusual.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2011 at 01:47

5.4/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Hazy dull straw. Looks terrible. Smells a bit musty, with light florals. Wine-like, wavering on tartness. Crackerlike malts, light florals.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2011 at 00:48

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Christmas Extra Special, at the brewpub in late January. Dark brown. Has an earthy, toffeeish aroma with accents of liquorice. Rich, fruity, spicy and sticky sweet. Good balance. Delicious, moreish, goes down too easy.
Tried on 07 Apr 2011 at 00:47