Pastore Brewing and Blending
Microbrewery
in
Waterbeach,
Cambridgeshire,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Pastore Brewing & Blending Taproom
Established in 2019
Contact
Description
Pastore Brewing and Blending produce fresh and aged sour and wild beers.
The fresh series looks at accessible, fun, modern takes on mix-ferm brewing, utilising Kveik and Lactobacillus co-fermentation in fruited Waterbeach Weisses, Sour IPAs and Pastry Sours.
The cellar series is built around our house (mother) culture of Brettanomyces and lactic acid bacteria. We blend with different bases to produce an exciting range of aged wild ales, some in stainless steel and some as part of an extensive barrel program and blendery. Many of these beers are blended on fresh fruit in season.
The fresh series looks at accessible, fun, modern takes on mix-ferm brewing, utilising Kveik and Lactobacillus co-fermentation in fruited Waterbeach Weisses, Sour IPAs and Pastry Sours.
The cellar series is built around our house (mother) culture of Brettanomyces and lactic acid bacteria. We blend with different bases to produce an exciting range of aged wild ales, some in stainless steel and some as part of an extensive barrel program and blendery. Many of these beers are blended on fresh fruit in season.
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Sommar, Waterloo Street, Birmingham. Pours a dark cola brown with a thin beige head. Sour cherry compote on the nose with dark malts and cola. Taste is more balanced than expected from the aroma. There is a nice tart fruity cherry compote with a cola like note and mint. Quite acidic a somewhat drying in the finish. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from LCB, consumed 7 months before BBE. Semi hazed orange-gold with decent white covering for a sour. Aroma of pink grapefruit, funky lemon, mineral water. Punchy sour with grapefruit and lemon zest, sherbet, grass. Mid bodied, tart, fine carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:08
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Candy & Liquor, Birmingham. New brewery for me. Vibrant orange, brief fizz, some retention around the edges. Aroma of buckthorn, coconut creaminess, light funk. Taste is sour without being overbearing, flavours of buckthorn, coconut, mango, vanilla, yeast. Medium to full bodied. Sweet tangy middle and then a drying bitterness. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the CBJ BIG BOOSTY XMAS tasting, thanks to Kenneth, 13/12/23. Murky reddish pink topped with a crimson cap. Nose is pink berry sherbets, damp hay, grains, barnyard spike. Taste comprises damp berry skins, funk, grains, damp straw, lactic tang, sharp berries. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a puckering bite. Tidy sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 18:24
7.6/10
Lots of citrus up front, along with some berry and pineapple bubblegum esters. Not overwhelming sourness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2024
at 22:58
6/10
can at abbies ...pink ...thin white lacing ...soft sweet cherry ..Light sharp fruit ...soft lactic ..soft sweet fruit ..Light cucumber..soft tomato juice
Tried
from Can
on 21 Dec 2024
at 17:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Appearance is deep ruby red, with a small fizzy head. Aroma is intense cherry, blackcurrant, berry fruit, crumble. Taste is cherry, blackcurrant, strawberry, tart fruit, fruit crumble, bit of brambly fruity malt in the background. Works well.
Tried
on 21 Dec 2024
at 06:48
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2024
at 16:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
30th November 2024
Keg at Gidea Pk tap house. Hazy orange beer, small pale cream colour head. Light palate, semi dry, a good fine minerally crispness. Thinnish malts, a thin creamy sweetness. Obvious vanilla sweetness offsets some tart citrus. A little acetic burn, mild mango. Light crisp finish. A decent sweet and sour brew, just a bit aggressive on the acetic side.
Keg at Gidea Pk tap house. Hazy orange beer, small pale cream colour head. Light palate, semi dry, a good fine minerally crispness. Thinnish malts, a thin creamy sweetness. Obvious vanilla sweetness offsets some tart citrus. A little acetic burn, mild mango. Light crisp finish. A decent sweet and sour brew, just a bit aggressive on the acetic side.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Nov 2024
at 19:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at fierce edinburgh. Pours clear pink, nose is raspberry, funk,spice, taste is tart, cherry, funk, spice.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2024
at 18:29