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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8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 4th October 2024. Clear gold with shallow off-white foam and full lacing. Rich and intense hoppiness in aroma. Nuttiness, savoury notes, citrus and grasses in-mouth, and a finish of fresh grassy hops and buttery maltiness. Light ti medium body and an engaging mouthfeel. Superb!

Tried from Cask on 04 Oct 2024 at 17:17


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 6 Aug 2024) Golden colour with foamy, off-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with notes of citrus, grass, floral hops and biscuits. Fruity, hoppy taste with citrus, grass, biscuits and a balanced bitterness in a finish with floral/leafy hops. Light body, quite dry. On the thin side, but fresh and tasty. Nice one.

Tried from Cask on 29 Sep 2024 at 19:00


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Clear and golden with a frothy white head and a refreshing fruity aroma of grapes and gooseberries. Light bodied, fresh and fruity, a little bit zesty with a slightly dry finish

Tried from Cask at Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival on 25 Sep 2024 at 16:20


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

--Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. -- Clear golden. Intense aroma of pineapple and grapefruit. Dry with slender body and crisp, rounded mouthfeel. Spicy grass, pineapple, passionfruit and grapefruit on crisp bread. Very bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 12 Sep 2024 at 15:02


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

6/9/2024. Cask at the 37th Chappel Summer Beer Festival. Pours dark chestnut brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is malty, cooking chocolate, caramel, biscuit, dried fruits. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, slightly oily, average to soft carbonation. Quite likeable.

Tried from Cask on 07 Sep 2024 at 11:04


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

6/9/2024. Cask at the 37th Chappel Summer Beer Festival. Pours clear straw gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is grainy, sweet malts, wet, citrus, musty, straw, cardboard. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Light to moderate body, oily watery, average to soft carbonation. Developing dry and bitter finish improved it from initial impressions.

Tried from Cask on 07 Sep 2024 at 11:03


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

6/9/2024. Cask at the 37th Chappel Summer Beer Festival. Pours clear bright amber with a minimally bubbly head. Aroma is malty, caramel, fruity, twiggy, touch nutty. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, oily watery, soft carbonation. Nice bitterness to finish.

Tried from Cask on 07 Sep 2024 at 11:03


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

6/9/2024. Cask at the 37th Chappel Summer Beer Festival. Pours clear dark amber with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is caramel, malt, bready, biscuit, dried fruits. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, soft carbonation. It’s fine.

Tried from Cask on 07 Sep 2024 at 11:03


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Gravity cask at the 33rd Ealing Beer Festival, 12/07/24. Clear golden blonde with a lasting frothy white cap. Nose is melon, tangerine, grass, papaya, soft malts. Taste comprises light grapefruit, orange zest, papaya, melon, citric tinged straw. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come grassy hop bitterness. Tidy cask pale.

Tried from Cask on 23 Aug 2024 at 17:00


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Gravity cask at the 33rd Ealing Beer Festival, 12/07/24. Hazed orange to amber topped with an off white head. Nose is mixed tropical fruit esters, pineapple, melon, grass. Taste comprises tangerine, soft malts, light breads, papaya, mandarin. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow juicy hop bitterness. Okay easy drinking cask IPA.

Tried from Cask on 23 Aug 2024 at 16:56