Kew Brewery

Microbrewery in Kew, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2015

Closed in 2020

Contact
477 Upper Richmond Road West, Kew, SW14 7PU, England
Description
Kew was established in 2015 and acquired by Jana Gray and Jonathan Sumner in 2018. It is a family-run, independent brewery, situated less than a mile from (and inspired by) the world-famous Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.

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6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Kew Gardens shop. Orange/dark gold, flat. Orange peel, dried grass, white pepper. Bittersweet taste with a fair bit of orange. I'm not getting so much of the Earl Grey. Tastes quite nice but the hop combination in the finish is pretty messy. I want to like this more than I do.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2019 at 22:18


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at craft beer co clerkenwell. Pours clear golden, nose is hay, lemon, floral, taste is similar, quite sweet. --- Beer merged from original tick of Join The Kew on 18 Apr 2019 at 10:44 - Score: 6

Tried from Cask on 17 Apr 2019 at 19:52


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask gravity at the Pig's ear beer festival 05/12/2017. An opaque black oily pour with lasting loose tan head. Aroma is nutty twiggy malts, earthy roast, some dried fruit. Flavour is composed of under attenuated sweet wort, earthy roastm cakey malts, bread and liquorice. Palate is oily, flabby, medium sweet, lowish carboantion.

Tried from Cask on 08 Jan 2019 at 22:12


6

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2018 at 15:40


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample@GBBF2018, London, with the Malmö crew - golden coloured pour with a white head. Citrus fruity hoppy and malty, satsuma, lemon, straw, pale malty support, medium body, some grassy and floral nuances, hoppy bitter finish.

Tried on 23 Dec 2018 at 11:04


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at Pigs Ear 2018 - Hackney, London. Day 5. Pours clear gold with a frothy white head. A really lovely beer, nice pithy lemon, pale biscuits, soft grassy bitterness. Light bodied with delicate carbonation; nicely conditioned. Balanced finish, supportive pale malts, more citrusy hops, mild bitter straw and grass. Excellent, everything a golde ought to be.

Tried from Cask on 08 Dec 2018 at 16:06


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle [5.9% abv]. Cloudy, amber colour with average, frothy to macropore, slowly osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head. Fruity hoppy aroma, notes of orchard fruit, apricot, melon, orange, caramelmalty background. Taste is bitter and slightly fruity hoppy, sugary caramel malty basis, hints of orange, melon, a touch of apricot and peach. Not so bad.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2018 at 16:43


6

Tried on 04 Sep 2018 at 20:50


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

330ml bottle. Cloudy, brass colour with average to huge, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Sweet-ish, fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of lychee, hints of peach, blackcurrant, blueberry, a touch of seabuckthorn, biscuity malty background. Taste is bitter hoppy, mineral, minimally papery and grassy, hints of weed and silage, cautious fruity middle layer with a touch of lychee, blueberry and blackcurrant; earthy, grassy finish with hint sof silage.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2018 at 18:44


5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

330ml bottle. Minimally cloudy, pale, brass colour with huge, macropore, collapsing, white head. Fruity, grassy and slightly floral, hoppy aroma, minimally sugary malty background with a touch of grape sugar. Taste is initially dry, fruity and minimally floral hoppy. later minimally fusty grassy with hints of silage and weed.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Aug 2018 at 21:55


Brewery Stats
Score 6.50
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