Kent Brewery

Microbrewery in West Malling, Kent, England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ

Established in 2010

Contact
Birling Place Farm, Stangate Road, Birling, West Malling, ME19 5JN, England
Description
Kent Brewery aims to drag Kent beer into the 21st Century with new tastes and experiences mixed with the best of Kentish brewing traditions. We aim to bring innovation back into the Kent hop trade to feed a new and vibrant brewing market and so help to rejuvenate the local hop-growing industry.

NOTE - The Brewery has a substantial SINGLE HOPPED PALE series. Please enter any new beers as Single Hopped Pale - Hop name #

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6.6/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Gravity dispense at the 'Beer Like Your Grandad Used To Drink' Beer Festival, Ramsgate Tunnels, 13/05/23. Copper with a good sized lasting off white head formed of frothy bubbles that retains well. Nose is earthy fruits, toffee, biscuit, hedgerow. Taste comprises fruit slice, toasted malts, toffee, grains, hedgerow, herb. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Decent well executed bitter.
Tried on 22 May 2023 at 13:18

7/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Gravity dispense at the Royston, Broadstairs, 13/05/23. Clear golden with a good sized off white cap that escapes edgewards. Nose is bitter orange, grass, melon, citric tinged straw, hint of grapefruit. Taste comprises orange peel, melon, light breads, citric tinged straw, grapefruit. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close spiked with grassy to light juicy hop bitterness. Decent enough cask IPA.
Tried from Cask on 21 May 2023 at 10:24

7/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the Pup and Duckling, Solihull. Poured a slightly hazy golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, stone fruits. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, malt, yeasty, earthy, woody hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 18 May 2023 at 19:45

6.1/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at BeerHeadZ, Lincoln. pale amber colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty and light berry sweet. Hints of bitterness to finish. light thin body.
Tried from Cask at BeerHeadZ Lincoln on 14 May 2023 at 11:25

8.4/10 โ€” Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 21st April 2023. Slightly hazy amber with shallow off-white foam affording full lacing. Citrus hop aroma. Lemon peel and juices in-mouth with grassiness. A developing bitter, grassy citrus finish. Light bodied with an engaging texture. Exquisite.
Tried from Cask on 21 Apr 2023 at 15:58

6.9/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at EBF April 23. Aroma has caramel and malts. Dark opaque brown. Creamy beige head. Medium liqourice with Creamy malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry finish. Decent.
Tried from Cask on 06 Apr 2023 at 14:37

6.8/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (Oliver Twist, Stockholm) - Black in colour. Stewed fruits and some roasted notes in the aroma. Roasted and slightly hoppy taste with notes of coffee and berries.
Tried from Cask on 31 Mar 2023 at 17:42

7.1/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Cask (Akkurat, Stockholm) - Golden in colour. Grapefruit and orange in the aroma. Hoppy and fairly bitter taste with notes of grapefruit, orange and elderflower. A tasty pint.
Tried from Cask on 31 Mar 2023 at 17:36

7.9/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at The Kentish Belle, Bexleyheath. Gold pour with a white head. Peachy, citrusy nose. Heavy citrus taste, touch of peach, apricot. Heavy citrus finish. Very nice.
Tried from Cask on 20 Mar 2023 at 10:36

6.8/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at Akkurat. Golden. Fairly mild with citrus, grass, malt and pine. Light body and quite bitter.
Tried from Cask on 07 Mar 2023 at 16:50