Big Smoke Brew Co.
Microbrewery
in
Esher,
Surrey,
England 🏴
Associated with 7 Venues
Established in 2014
Contact
Unit D3, Sandown Industrial Estate, Esher, KT10 8BL, England
Description
We are a young brewery and pub company producing modern beer styles in the leafy suburbs of Esher in Surrey. We brew hop forward pales, rich stouts and everything in between.
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Garsons Farm Shop, West End. Doughy bread aroma. Hazy gold. Thin translucent white head. Light bitter. Feint citrus. Doughy malts. Light. Thin. Average carbonation. Abrupt finish. Zzzzz.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jun 2022
at 15:20
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Jun 2022
at 16:11
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jun 2022
at 14:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Garsons Farm Shop, West End. Aroma is sweet and fruity, coconut. Spicy edge. Clear gold. Thick foamy white head. Light-medium bodied. Like the aroma it's sweet and fruity. Dry spice. Sherbert. Sour edge. Light bodied. Slick if thin. Average carbonation. Long dry finish. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2022
at 19:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
--Cask at The Flintgate, Weybridge. -- Hazy pale golden. Aroma of grapefruit and tangerine. Dry with light body and rounded mouthfeel. Crisp bread and citrus. Mid bitter finish. Nicely drinkable, but perhaps not all that interesting.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 May 2022
at 18:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Waterloo Tap, 18/05/22. Pale golden yellow with a good sized white cap. Nose is grass, melon, tangerine, soft malts, mixed tropical fruit esters. Taste comprises tangerine, airy malts, grass, papaya, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with balanced hop bitterness. Fine for the ABV.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 May 2022
at 15:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Waterloo Tap, 18/05/22. Pale golden blonde with a good sized lasting jut off white head. Nose is raw pineapple, grass, lychee, light leaf, orange zest. Taste comprises mixed tropical fruits, light pine nip, grass, pineapple, lemon rind, grapefruit nip. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with mellow juicy hop bitterness and a spattering of Sabro.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 May 2022
at 15:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Waterloo Tap, 11/05/22. Clear golden amber with a good sized lasting light beige head ... full glass lacing ensues. Nose is brown bread, soft malts, fruit slice, biscuit, toasted grains. Taste comprises fruit cake, biscuit, dates, brown bread, soft malts, raisins. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light drying close with a mellow bitter trace. Decent well rounded bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 May 2022
at 15:59
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Garsons Farm Shop, West End. Aroma has soft fruit and intrusionalys plus a drop of glue. Clear light gold. Thin bubbly white head. Initial sugar edged citrus sourness quickly followed by grass, boiled veg and cardboard. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Flat-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. I used to like the Hairy Bikers (fact of the day: before it became a Big Smoke pub, their Weybridge pub's claim to fame was the Hairy Bikers filming there).
Tried
from Can
on 07 May 2022
at 18:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can bought at Garsons Farm Shop, West End. Aroma has spicy rye and citrus. Opaque dark brown. Thick fluffy foamy beige head. Sour and citrus initial impression, followed by medium bitterness and rye spice. It is however the sourness that is prevalent. Light-medium bodied. Creamy mouthfeel. Flat carbonation. Long astringent finish. Nice enough but just seems muted... somehow lacks oomph.
Tried
from Can
on 07 May 2022
at 18:03