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.
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - pours amber white head - nose/taste of scotch whiskey, oak, dark fruit and caramel - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2016
at 22:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the RBSG Lobby Share. Pours a hazy copper with no head. The aroma is whiskey, wood, dark fruit. Medium body, caramel, raisin, boozy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2016
at 22:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Big toffee and caramel notes with wood. Cloudy copper. Dark Woody, almost cedar and toffee. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2016
at 22:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, hotel beer at RBSG Pittsburgh 2016. Murky amber brown color. Aroma has vanilla, caramel. Taste is smooth, only slightly boozy, sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2016
at 22:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
275 bottle @rbsg-pbrgh after GT hotel bottle share. Disappearing offwhite-amber. A-whiskey, caramel med malt. T-follows.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2016
at 21:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Mill Inn. It pours clear gold with a medium white head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, floral, honey, grass, biscuit and cereal. The taste is smooth, mellow bitterness, white bread, porridge, biscuit, grass, hay and a touch of spice. Medium body and soft carbonation. Well rounded and easy drinking. 7, 3, 7, 3, 14 - 3.4. Update - cask at the brewery. Fresher and more bitter. Rather nice stuff. 3.5
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jul 2016
at 14:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Mill Inn. It pours darkest brown - black with a small beige head. The aroma is earthy roast, liquorice, treacle, umami, dried berry, fruit compote and malt loaf. The taste is dry, roasted malt, toast, earth, coffee, mild fruity tartness, quite light, blackcurrant and raspberry pip with a dry, earthy finish. Light body and soft carbonation. A decent fruity mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jul 2016
at 11:35
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
27th June 2016
Bottleshare on the England Football team night of shame! Thanks to Leighton. Almost opaque brown beer, tidy pale tan head. Palate is airy and semi dry. Smooth malts, mellow dark character. Mild spice into spicy esters. Light semi dry finish. To be frank, a typically okay beer from this brewery.
Bottleshare on the England Football team night of shame! Thanks to Leighton. Almost opaque brown beer, tidy pale tan head. Palate is airy and semi dry. Smooth malts, mellow dark character. Mild spice into spicy esters. Light semi dry finish. To be frank, a typically okay beer from this brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2016
at 08:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a medium size dark brown foamy head with some retention and minimal lacing. Aroma of roasted malt with nice black chocolates notes is pretty awesome. Taste is a nice mix of chocolate malt with light roasted malt with limited oak presence that rounds off any rough edges to this beer. Body is full with oily like texture and medium carbonation with no apparent alcohol. This is pretty quintessential English style stout with smooth flavours and easy drinking notes and without any extreme cloying flavours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2016
at 13:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at Leighton’s place, 27/06/2016. Many thanks to Leighton for this one. A mahogany brown coloured pour with a loose beige head. Aroma is nutty malts, earthy brown bread, twig, tangy red berry. Flavour is composed of bitter toasted nutty malts, brown bread, hints of liquorice, bitter tangy woodland berries. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation, slightly creamy. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jun 2016
at 15:48