Kent Brewery

Microbrewery in West Malling, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2010

Contact
444 Stangate Rd, Birling, West Malling, ME19 5JL, 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.

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Tried from Cask on 09 Oct 2025 at 15:18


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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Piney citrusy nose, touch of spice. Similar action in the taste with some gooseberry & white grape coming through in the back end. Spicy hoppy finish. Nice.

Tried from Cask at Rusty Bucket - Eltham on 27 Sep 2025 at 21:33


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Gravity cask at the 28th St Albans Beer Festival, 26/09/25.
Golden blonde topped with a lasting white head.
Nose is juicy citric flesh, grass, melon, pineapple.
Taste comprises papaya, soft malts, light stone fruits, tangerine.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close slathered with juicy hop bitterness.
Solid cask pale.

Tried on 26 Sep 2025 at 16:44


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Beer machine at Oliver Twist. Golden, offwhite cream. Very pleasant grassy and fruity hop aromatics. Creamy, chewy, earthy and grassy bitter finish.

Tried from Cask at Oliver Twist on 19 Sep 2025 at 21:29


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hand pump at Oliver Twist. Clear deep golden. Damp, straw, edgy. Soft, creamy, bitter, pines. This is nice.

Tried from Cask at Oliver Twist on 19 Sep 2025 at 21:29


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at White Horse, Hedgerley, Bucks. A hazy golden/yellow coloured pour with a medium bubbly white head on top. Hoppy, citrus, orange, melon taste and aroma. Not overly complex and rather watery.

Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2025 at 14:36


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear pale golden. Pretty dank nose with hay and grapefruit. Dryish with slender body and soft mouthfeel. Salty grapefruit on slender bread. Balanced bitter finish. Refreshing and pleasant. Excellent.

Tried from Cask at Oliver Twist on 21 Aug 2025 at 15:09


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask handpull at Fuggles Cafe Tonbridge. Gold colour. OK good apa. Good citrus fruits. Likeable good

Tried on 16 Aug 2025 at 12:13


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7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Nose is coffee, vanilla, raisin, spot of cocoa. Taste is creamy coffee, vanilla, smoke, dark chocolate. Roasty sweet with a light bitter backbone. Nicely held together stout.

Tried from Cask at Rusty Bucket - Eltham on 15 Aug 2025 at 11:25


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Old Dairy Taproom Tenterden. Black beer. Thin bubbly tan head. Served too cold. Some dark chocolate some vanilla some lactose flavours. Some bitterness on the finish. Not my style at all. Bit it's fine.

Tried from Draft on 02 Aug 2025 at 13:41