Old Cannon Brewery

Brewpub in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Old Cannon Brewery

Established in 1999

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86 Cannon St, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1JR, England
Description
This Victorian property was originally home to the Cannon Brewery, which closed during World War I. It was later home to a Greene King pub called The St Edmunds Head, which closed in the early 1990s. The St Edmundsbury Record Office shows Pat and Liz Spillane purchased the property from Greene King in 1994, renovated the buildings, and reopened as The Old Cannon Brewery in December 1999.

The seven barrel brewplant is situated in a room above the bar, by the bar and in the pub cellars.

Source = WIkipedia.

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Cask at Live & Let Live, Cambridge. Pours clear mid gold with minor white foam. Mildly malty, citrussy. Nice flavours. Light to moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body, low carbonation
Tried from Cask at Live and Let Live on 21 May 2026 at 08:32

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Bottle: Poured a deep marble brown with a whispery beige head. Aroma is dark fruits, rich malts, light licorice. Taste is rich malts, dark fruits, hint of spice, light tangy.
Tried from Bottle at Old Cannon Brewery on 23 Apr 2026 at 00:54

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29/1/2026. Cask at the 17th Colchester Winter Ale Festival. Pours well. Aroma is fruity, malty, buttery, caramel. Lightly spiced. Moderate sweetness, bitterness and body. Soft carbonation. Not bad.
Tried from Cask on 29 Jan 2026 at 16:33

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Tried from Cask on 25 Jan 2026 at 14:38

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Cask at EBF Nov 25. Aroma is malty with a berry edge. Clear caramel. Foamy white head sticks to the rim. Flavourwise it's malty with a sour berry edge. Light-medium bodied. Soft carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. A bitter not a pale.
Tried from Cask on 06 Nov 2025 at 21:22

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7/10/2025. Tap at the Old Cannon Brewery, Bury St Edmunds. Aroma is malty, cereals, sweet grains, citrus, stone fruits. Medium sweetness, light bitterness, touch of tart. Light bodied, quite lively. It’s okay.
Tried from Draft at Old Cannon Brewery on 07 Oct 2025 at 13:23

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7/10/2025. Cask at the Old Cannon Brewery, Bury St Edmunds. Good pour. Aroma is malty, caramel, smoked. Moderately sweet and bitter. Smoky, charred wood was initially quite strong but faded. Warmed to it.
Tried from Cask at Old Cannon Brewery on 07 Oct 2025 at 12:23

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7/10/2025. Cask at the Old Cannon Brewery, Bury St Edmunds. Nicely hopped citrusy pale. Medium sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Cask at Old Cannon Brewery on 07 Oct 2025 at 12:22

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22/8/2024. Cask at the 32nd East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival. Pours black with a minimally bubbly beige head. Aroma is sweet liquorice, dark fruits, blackberry, roasted malt, chocolate, toffee. Medium sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Medium body, smooth, very soft carbonation. Nicely done. And 7/10/2025 at Old Cannon. See photo.
Tried from Cask at Old Cannon Brewery on 07 Oct 2025 at 12:00

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Cask at the St Albans beer festival 2025. A clear dull gold coloured pour with a a loose white head. Aroma is grass, citrus. Mellow. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, lemon rind, cif floral, lemon. Straw, grass.. Palate is semi sweet, nutty, pale grains. Citrus.. Not bad. Little bland. Ok.
Tried on 27 Sep 2025 at 16:38