HopFuzz Brewery

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

Established in 2011

Contact
Unit 8 Riverside Industrial Estate, West Hythe Road, West Hythe, CT21 4NB, England
Description
Our head brewer, Daryl, learnt the brewing trade in the Blue Mountains of Australia, bringing back a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm after an eventful year of travelling down under.

Producing some rather successful test batches in the garage, with overwhelmingly positive reviews from unbiased (maybe a little biased) friends and family, the dream of creating our very our brewery seemed the obvious next step.

​As with any great idea, plans were made over a few beers and we dived head first into the world of brewing, setting up shop in our little unit in West Hythe, Kent.

Things started small, a tiny 100 litre system produced our initial batches, barely enough to fill 2 casks a time! We outgrew this almost overnight, setting about building a bigger, more refined system a few months down the line.

Our brewing process has always been very hands on, with manually controlled pumps and valves - not a computer in sight!

Fast forward to 2020 and we are finishing the final details on our new, shiny brew house - a 1000 litre behemoth, with just a few automated features to help with consistency and keep things running smoothly.

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask gravity at Firkin Alehouse. gold clear lasting white head. pale malt. some hops. Ok golden ale
Tried from Cask on 09 Jan 2013 at 11:04

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Catford Bridge Tavern. Gold pour with a white head. Pine, moss and grapefruit aroma. Lemon peel and grapefruit flavour. Hoppy zing. Bitter finish. Quite tasty.
Tried from Cask on 21 Nov 2012 at 12:40

5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Gravity dispense at the 12th Egham Beer Festival - 16/08/12. Clouded brown with a small off-white head. Roasted malts on the nose, toffee, butterscotch/diacetyl. Taste follows nose with an earthy nutty flavour. Medium body. Not the best!
Tried on 04 Sep 2012 at 11:43

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at The Bowl, Hastingleigh. Very dark brown beer with thin beige head. Aroma of smoke and chocolate. Very smokey in mouth, almost aggressively harsh smokiness that dominates the other flavours. It’s quite full on as a beer for flavour. Some choc comes through, not much coffee or hop. Just very harsh smoke throughout.
Tried from Cask on 10 Jun 2012 at 00:11

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask gravity at The Chambers Folkestone. Clear gold lasting white head 4.0% oh yes that is a nicely hoppy golden ale. A little sweaty on the hops bit great hop bite to it. Yes better than average golden ale
Tried from Cask on 06 Apr 2012 at 23:58

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask gravity at Planet Thanet Bf 2012. Clear gold lasting white head. Some hop. Decent hop aroma some fruit some pale malt some ok dry hop on finish. Its fine.
Tried from Cask on 06 Apr 2012 at 23:41

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
cask at egham ... golden yellow ... thn white head ... soft fruits .. juicy fruit mellon nose .. soft mellow fruits .. its ok
Tried from Cask on 05 Apr 2012 at 08:10

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask gravity at Folkestone Leas BF. Hop fuzz the goldsmith 4.0% unfined beer. Hazy orange brown. Bit too astringent. Bit of rubber. Good hops on the finish. Too much rubber and astrigency. Not very good. 1.8/5 Cask gravity at Firkin Ale House Folkestone. Clear gold lasting white head. It’s a lot better. Good fruit salad flavour good condition. Decent hop on the finish. Good
Tried from Cask on 18 Mar 2012 at 05:11