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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6.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6
Gravity cask at the 28th St Albans Beer Festival, 26/09/25.
Copper pour topped with a thin white crown.
Nose is stewed fruits, grains, hedgerow, a touch old skool and twiggy.
Taste comprises brown bread, biscuit, fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Passable cask affair.
Tried on 26 Sep 2025 at 12:09

3.9/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 4 Flavor 3.5 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Pint at The Rusty Gun pub in the garden alongside an awesome pork burger. It was lovely. And it's a pity the same couldn't be said for the beer. Cold and wet, but no flavour or mouthfeel.
Tried from Draft on 03 Jul 2025 at 21:07

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 4.5 Texture 5 Overall 4.5
Pint at The Rusty Gun pub, in the garden at the end of a blindingly hot day. The beer wasn't great, but I blame the beer. Odd flavour and regretted the pint. I am sure it would be much better.
Tried from Cask on 03 Jul 2025 at 21:01

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Cask at the Rusty Gun. Great pour on what was clearly a well kept beer. Hops and malt very well balanced and a perfect pint to accompany my burger.
Tried from Cask on 27 Aug 2024 at 06:54

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Tried from Cask on 19 Aug 2023 at 14:11

13/09/2006. DOVE, 76 St. Helens Street, IPSWICH, Suffolk, England
Tried on 14 Jan 2023 at 06:37

Historic check-in
Tried on 14 Jan 2023 at 06:35

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
1/3 pint, 5.2 % abv, on a sample tray, cask at the Old Cannon brewpub. Clear golden body, patchy surface, dotted spots on the glassware. Hints of grass and leafy hops on the nose. Biscuit and grassy taste profile. Mid-dry bitter endnotes. Pretty nice. (Bury St Edmunds 12.11.2021).
Tried from Cask on 02 Dec 2021 at 09:11