Westerham Brewery

Microbrewery in Westerham, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2004

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Beggars Lane, Westerham, TN16 1QP, England
Description
Established in 2004 by Robert Wicks, the Westerham Brewery Company is proud to bring brewing back to the historic town of Westerham. With a rich brewing heritage, Westerham can once again be proud of locally brewed, top quality real ales. Producing exceptional craft beer for the local market, we support the initiative to reduce food miles in the supply chain. Many ‘national brands’ are transported long distances and suffer from poor storage and handling.

Westerham Brewery Company has revived many of the much-loved flavours of the old Black Eagle Brewery, which closed in 1965 following the catastrophic consolidation by the ‘Big Brewers’ in the 1950’s. The yeast is re-cultured from the Black Eagle strain.

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6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

June 2019: Cask halfpint at The Flying Horse (JDW), Gatwick Airport. ABV 3.8%. Golden colour, white head. Moderate citrussy aroma. Flavour of moderately citrussy and herbal hops. Decent bitterness.

Tried from Cask on 21 Jun 2024 at 20:03


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

June 2019: Cask halfpint at The Beehive (JDW), Gatwick Airport. ABV 4%. Golden colour, white head. Moderate aroma, some citrus. Moderately citric flavour, decent bitterness, quite refreshing.

Tried from Cask on 21 Jun 2024 at 19:45


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

April 2015: Cask half pint, as Westerham 1730 Pale Ale, at The Shakespeare (a Taylor Walker pub), London Victoria. Golden colour, moderate white head. Moderate aroma, a little fruit. Moderately fruity flavour, quite well hopped. Smooth and nice to drink.

Tried from Cask on 21 Jun 2024 at 19:25


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

August 2018: Cask half pint at The Beehive (JDW landside, South terminal, Gatwick). Golden colour, white head. Citrussy aroma. Citrussy / zesty flavour, distinct bittering hops. Nice beer, light bodied.

Tried from Cask on 21 Jun 2024 at 19:06


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at The Park Tavern, Eltham. Black pour with a tan head. Coffee, brown sugar, toffee & dark chocolate nose. Taste is coffee, liquorice toffee, dark chocolate. Bit of a bitter kick in the close.

Tried from Cask on 27 May 2024 at 13:41


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

Can bought at NT Polesden Lacey, nr Leatherhead. Aroma has sweet juicy berries and rye. Clear chestnut. Thick foamy off-white head. Light-medium bitter. Spice. Grains. Rye. Sour berry edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation, a slight prickle to it. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Enjoyable. Rustic.

Tried from Can on 27 Jan 2024 at 22:53


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Appearance is pitch black, with a clingy light brown head. Aroma is lots of chocolate, dark malt, cocoa, fudge, caramel, more chocolate. Taste is chocolate, bitter dark malt, burnt treacle, dark chocolatey finish.

Tried on 18 Dec 2023 at 06:24


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

Bottle (from Ales by Mail). Copper colour with a small off-white head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is toffee, some floral, nutty and wooden tones with mild herbal elements too. Flavour is nice sweet nutty malts, caramel and some floral, wooden and herbal tones with mild spiciness as well. Smooth.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2023 at 21:25


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from the brewery online shop. Appearance - golden amber and clear. Fluffy suds on top. Nose - definitely some rye spice going on with some cake, dried fruit and caramel. Taste - dried orange, cake and rye spice again. Palate - light to medium bodied, roasty and spicy finish. Overall - enjoyed this one!

Tried from Can on 06 Nov 2023 at 21:04


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

Can from the brewery online shop. Appearance - golden and clear. Fluffy, white head. Nose - lemon and fresh herb. Biscuit backdrop. Taste - lemon, honey, light caramel and bready. Some green bitterness. Palate - light bodied, bitter finish. Overall - a decent representation of the style.

Tried from Can on 06 Nov 2023 at 20:01