About
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.
The seven barrel brewplant is situated in a room above the bar, by the bar and in the pub cellars.
Source = WIkipedia.
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
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
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2026
at 14:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
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
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 4
Overall 5
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
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
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
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
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
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
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
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
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
6.1/10
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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.
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
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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