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Microbrewery in Swindon, Wiltshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Evan Evans Brewery

Established in 1979

Closed in 2009

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Penzance Drive, Swindon, SN5 7JL, England
Description
Initial brewing in 1979 at London St, Swindon. Moved to Penzance Drive in 1990 at an Old Locomotive Shed. Bought by Burns Leisure in 1999 but the group subsequently collapsed and the Brewery was taken back on by the original owners. In 2009 the brewery was bought by Simon Buckley of Evan Evans, who proposes to close the Swindon brewery.

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5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 11/05/08. Golden coloured with a slight, white head. Aroma of sweet malt and some floral hops. Flavour was overly buttery with some bitterness in the finish. Not for me.
Tried from Cask on 11 May 2008 at 15:28

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
From cask at Charlies. Pours clear and golden orange with a diminished off-white head. Vague aroma of mild fruity hops and a bit of malt. Flavour is light acidic to citric hops flavour with a mild malt base and a minor metallic note. Light bitterness and mild fruity note into the finish.
Tried from Cask on 08 May 2008 at 05:18

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. An amber beer with a medium off-white head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of flowers, toffee, and bisquits. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of toffee and bisquits as well as lighter notes of citrus. The body is thin.
Tried from Cask on 07 May 2008 at 17:54

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Cask at Carpenter’s Arms, Marylebone, London, 26 April 2008) Dark amber colour with brief, off-white head. Malty, nutty nose with dark fruit and dusty hops. Malty, nutty taste with notes of biscuity malt and dusty hops in the fairly short finish. A decent bitter, but pretty boring to be honest.
Tried from Cask on 04 May 2008 at 15:34

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From cask at Charlies. Pours clear and golden orange with a bubbly off-white head. Light sweet fruity hops aroma. Flavour starts fruity sweet before a light bitter/acid mix appears. Goes slowly more bitter into the finish and hence slowly accumulating a nice dry bitterness.
Tried from Cask on 02 May 2008 at 08:07

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A light amber beer with a medium beige head. The aroma is ery lightly malty. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of fruit, leading to a dry and lightly bitter and flowery finish.
Tried from Cask on 02 May 2008 at 06:10

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
From cask at Charlies. Pours clear and dark brown with a bubbly tan head. Light roasted and toffee like malt aroma. Flavour is nicely roasted malt with a subdued sweetness. Light roasted malt flavour with a light acidic touch before the finish. Mild roasted finish, nicely dry too.
Tried from Cask on 30 Apr 2008 at 03:39

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A brown beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel, toffee, and cinnamon. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of bisquits and citrus, leading to a dry bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 28 Apr 2008 at 13:46

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. An amber beer with a thin light tan head. The aroma is sweet malty with strong notes of caramel as well as a light touch of flowers. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of toffee, leading to a dry and metallic bitter finish. I wonder if the metallic note is from the hops or it was begining to turn bad.
Tried from Cask on 28 Apr 2008 at 13:40

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From cask at Charlies. Pours almost clear and golden yellow to orange with a diminished slight off-white head. Light citrus fruity aroma. Sweet flavoured with a very delicate hops note. Light peachy flavour into the finish. Almost no bitterness just a this nice peach fruity flavour.
Tried from Cask on 25 Apr 2008 at 10:43