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
+44 1359 221411
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.
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laiti
laiti (11641) reviewed
Good King Henry (-2019) from Old Chimneys
8 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
33 cl bottle @ olio. Batch #226, BBE 12/2019. Thanks tiong!
Aroma has British hops, some toffee and licorice. Flavour has toffee, licorice, British hops and mild spicy tones. Medicine-like stuf. IS in English way – not exactly my thing.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2018 at 16:39
Marduk
Marduk (26387) ticked
Red Admiral (2013) from Old Chimneys
8 years ago
7/10
Tried on 07 Mar 2018 at 20:44
Marduk
Marduk (26387) ticked
Red Admiral (2015) from Old Chimneys
8 years ago
7/10
Tried on 07 Mar 2018 at 20:44
Marduk
Marduk (26387) ticked
Red Admiral (2017) from Old Chimneys
8 years ago
7/10
Tried on 07 Mar 2018 at 20:44
Stuu
Stuu (35231) reviewed
Fighting Foxes from Old Chimneys
8 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours murky orangey brown, nose is caramel, passionfruit, pine, taste is juicy fruit, malty toffee, biscuity.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2018 at 17:47
Stuu
Stuu (35231) reviewed
Oxeye from Old Chimneys
8 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Pours murky deep orange, nose is caramel, toffee, hints of tomato sauce, taste is sweet toffee, sticky caramel, grassy.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2018 at 17:32
Stuu
Stuu (35231) reviewed
Fighting Foxes #2 from Old Chimneys
8 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Pours murky orange, nose is piney, herbal, toffee, taste is sweet, herbal, juicy, piney finish.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2018 at 17:09
Marduk
Marduk (26387) ticked
Good King Henry Special Reserve from Old Chimneys
8 years ago
8/10
Tried on 04 Mar 2018 at 16:43
mart
mart (27184) ticked
Red Admiral (2017) from Old Chimneys
8 years ago
Tried on 02 Mar 2018 at 22:14
mart
mart (27184) reviewed
Red Admiral from Old Chimneys
8 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle (thanks fatphil). Pours dark brown. Aroma is sweet, malt, vanilla, sugar. Flavor is sweet and bitter, malt, caramel, some banana, some rubber, oak. Overall: great.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2018 at 20:18