Briarbank Brewing
Brewpub
in Ipswich,
Suffolk,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Briarbank Bar & Brewery
Established in 2013
The craft of beer-making is hard at work at the Briarbank microbrewery. Located in a light and open setting that was once occupied by Lloyds Bank, here you’ll witness our head brewer blending traditional methods with bold new flavours and techniques.
With a two-barrel (BBL) system that’s powered by electricity rather than by gas, we have the capacity to brew over 350 litres – that’s eight casks – at any one time.
Brewing two to three times every week, and with four fermenters on our line, we can produce four different beers at any one time – certainly a unique brewery operation in Ipswich.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Samuel Harvey V.C. from Briarbank Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Tap at the brewery. A clear golden yellow coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is semi sweet, buttered grains, pine, hedgerow hop, green liquorice. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, earthy base malts, green liquorice. Harsh bitterness. Palate is semi sweet butter, grassy. Little rough round the edges.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Briar Pilsner from Briarbank Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap at the brewery. A clear golden yellow coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is subdued, pale grains, buttery, earthy grains, damp hay, animal feed. Flavour is composed of semi sweet apple. Custard, light tang, hay, earthy grains.. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, moderate carbonation. Ok.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Tap at the brewery. A hazed golden coloured pour with a fine off white head. Aroma is big diacetyl, buttered bread, vanilla. Flavour is composed of buttered bread, dirty pine, straw, diacetyl. Palate is semi sweet, straw, grainy, moderate carbonation. Light. Not good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at the brewery. Dark brown black coloured pour with a lasting mid tan head. Aroma is salty, mellownroast, tcp, peaty smoke. Medicinal. Flavour is composed of mellow woody roast, medicinal, pear, peaty smoke. Palate is semi sweet, oily, light tang, moderate carbonation. Ok.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Hoppy Daze IPA from Briarbank Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap at the brewery. A translucent golden orange coloured pour with a a decent. Tidy white head. Aroma is subdued, soft bready malts, midgets gems, orange rind,. Flavour is composed of soft wheat, bready grains, orange rind, apricot,. Palate is frothy airy carbonation. Decent ipa.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Mocha Porter from Briarbank Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap at the brewery. A dark black mahogany brown coloured pour with a sticky tan head. Aroma is powdered sweet milk chocolate, cocoa, artificial.. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, chocolate malts, bitter roast, liquorice, roast Black malts. Palate is semi sweet, bit bitter, moderate carbonation, light tang.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Black Horse Stout from Briarbank Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Tap at the brewery. A dark black brown coloured pour with Ruby hues and a dense beige head. Aroma is subdued roast, lucks of liquorice, creamy, roast. Flavour is composed of mild woody roast, creamy, bark, light liquorice. Palate is creamy, nitro, soft. Ok. Bit of a Guinness clone.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Hop To It from Briarbank Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap the brewery a light hazed yellow straw coloured pour with a lasting white froth. Aroma is decent midget gems, bready grains, orange rind,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, bready grains, orange rind pine, apricot. Palate is soft, fluffy, moderate carbonation. Decent.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Grapefruit IPA from Briarbank Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Tap the brewery. A light hazed mid orange coloured pour with a lasting small white head. Aroma is toffee, stale orange, buttery, some diacetyl. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, toffee, mild citrus, little stale, buttered bread, orange rind. Palate is semi sweet, moderate fine carbonation. Grassy.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Mango NEIPA from Briarbank Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Keg at the source a opaque orange juice coloured pour with a small scummy head. Aroma is subdued, green mango, rubber, smoked orange. Flavour is composed of chalky green mango, fizzy, harsh back of the throat bitterness. Palate is light chalky, fizzy, harsh bitterness.