Old Chimneys
Client Brewer
in
Diss,
Suffolk,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Old Chimneys Brewery
- Out of business
Established in 1995
Contact
Hopton End Farm, Church Road, Market Weston, Diss, IP22 2NX, England
Description
Old Chimneys Brewery was started in 1995 by Alan Thomson, a Master Brewer who celebrated 40 years of brewing in 2017.
Located in Market Weston on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, Old Chimneys has achieved an enviable reputation for beer quality. The flagship brand,
Good King Henry Special Reserve, has for 8 years been the highest rated English beer on ratebeer.com
Alan ceased brewing at Market Weston in April 2019 to concentrate on collaborative brewing with top quality brewers in the UK and abroad,
starting with Grain (Norfolk), Northern Monk (Leeds) and Wylam (Newcastle).
The regular Good King Henry is now brewed under Alan’s supervision at Grain Brewery. The strength has been increased to 10% abv, and for the first time in 20 years it is available in KeyKeg as well as cask.
Changed to a client brewer as of 2019 on Brewver as Alan continues to brew elsewhere with the Old Chimneys name, mostly at Grain Brewery.
Located in Market Weston on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, Old Chimneys has achieved an enviable reputation for beer quality. The flagship brand,
Good King Henry Special Reserve, has for 8 years been the highest rated English beer on ratebeer.com
Alan ceased brewing at Market Weston in April 2019 to concentrate on collaborative brewing with top quality brewers in the UK and abroad,
starting with Grain (Norfolk), Northern Monk (Leeds) and Wylam (Newcastle).
The regular Good King Henry is now brewed under Alan’s supervision at Grain Brewery. The strength has been increased to 10% abv, and for the first time in 20 years it is available in KeyKeg as well as cask.
Changed to a client brewer as of 2019 on Brewver as Alan continues to brew elsewhere with the Old Chimneys name, mostly at Grain Brewery.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Hazy reddish brown with a moderate off white head. Boozy berry aroma, flavour is malt, Christmas cake, full
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2018
at 21:33
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Black beer, thick, light brown bubbly head.Aroma is toasty malt and light chocolate. Flavour is a big roasted malt hit, chocolate, molasses, dried fruit. The earthiness of the malt and molasses linger as you drink through this big, rich beast of a stout. Wonderful stuff.
Tried
on 29 May 2018
at 22:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black beer, thick off white head. Aroma is malt, chocolate, toffee. taste has the same feel, with dried fruit, coffee and liquorice. Rich, smooth and a malty chocolate aftertaste this is some really good stuff.
Tried
on 29 May 2018
at 21:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Clear dark red beer, smells of dried fruit and malt. Taste is the same with some real toastiness to the malt, apple and toffee. Rich and tasty.
Tried
on 29 May 2018
at 19:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. (thanks Nisse666) Black with a small tan head. Sweetish with roasted malt, some earth, coffee and dark fruit. Kind of smooth and with a medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2018
at 20:15
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Nose is rich chocolate, dark fruit, lots of blackberry, plum. Taste follows, milk chocolate, fruit, plums, prunes,raisin, leading to a more bitter, dark chocolate, slightly sour finish. As it opens more ash, earth and toast notes become apparent. It's an excellent chocolate stout, with a lot going on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2018
at 20:29
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Pours deep amber with a creamy beige head, good retention. Aroma of sweet malts, loads of caramel, dried fruit. Taste of sweet malts, caramel, toffee, some dried fruits, mild floral hop bitterness, earthy. Medium-ish body, soft carbonation. Not bad actually but this trad English IPA just doesn't suit my tastes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2018
at 01:57
8/10
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2018
at 16:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, picked up at the brewery, about three months ago. Clear, reddy amber. Glossy, beige head, that fully covers the beer. Lasting, with some lacing. Nose has bready, toasty malts. Caramel. Some berry fruits. Some cake fruits. Some eating apple. Taste is caramel sweet. Some vine fruit bitterness. Medium body. Gets a bit dry. Foamy carbonation. Bitter apple and vine fruit to finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2018
at 22:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle from Beermoth, Manchester. Pours pitch black with a light brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, earthiness, hints of chocolate and syrup. Taste is roasty and chocolatey with massive amounts of malts, some earthiness, toffee and syrup. Finish is slightly sweetish and roasty with loads of malts, hints of medicine, toffee, earthiness, syrup and English hops. Quite English imperial stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2018
at 16:39