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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7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
440ml can. Gluten Free. Black colour, brown foamy head and aroma of malt, powdered chocolate, cocoa, instant coffee. Taste is sweetish, roast malty, chocolate & coffee, with nutty earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry roasty bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Can on 11 Aug 2022 at 20:19

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
440ml can from Indiebeer. Gluten Free. Golden amber colour, white foam head and aroma of malt, grains, yeasty & grassy. Taste is malty, grainy, with earthy and grassy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry earthy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Can on 28 Jul 2022 at 20:13

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
440ml can. Gluten Free. Deep amber gold colour, white foam head leaving patchy lacing and aroma of malt, bready, caramel note. Taste is tangy, malt, bready, toffee, caramel, yeast hint with some nutty bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, boozy finish with some residual sweetness. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Can on 09 Jul 2022 at 20:25

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Panda thanks to Cloin: Poured a black with a light brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, nutty, toffee, dark fruits. Taste is roasted malts, ashy, smokey, chocolate, dry finish.
Tried on 12 Jun 2022 at 19:54

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cam at home, from Bottleneck Broadstairs, 17/03/22. Black with a tan covering that clears to a swirl. Nose is roast malts, charr, chocolate biscuit, burnt toffee, dried fruits. Taste comprises roast malts, light charr, ashen tones, cocoa powder. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Decent on point stout.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2022 at 19:00

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
440ml can. Gluten Free. Amber colour, off-white foam head leaving some lacing and aroma of malt, grain. Taste is sweet malt, some toffee & biscuit and tangy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry biscuity bitter finish. Quite OK
Tried from Can on 16 Feb 2022 at 22:36

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from a National Trust shop in Devon: BBE April 2022. Drank on 5th October 2021 after driving home from watching Grimsby Town win 3-2 at Altrincham. Clean and clear amber body, thin white head. Hop bitter with a slight twiggy and fruity trace in both the aroma and taste. A little on the 'watery side' in body depth, luckily the bitterness overcomes that short coming.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2021 at 23:03

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from a National Trust property in Devon: BBE April 2022. Drank at home on 20th September 2021. Red hue to the dark body, off-white crown. Malty nose with a Rye like leaning, taste also malt forward; some hop action for bitterness too.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2021 at 05:35

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
330ml bottle, online from Master of Malt, June 2016. Pours yellow golden with a white cap. Aroma: sweet malt, straw, light grassy. Taste: light to moderate sweet & light bitter, dry-ish, malty, earthy, hay, grassy bitterness, a little metallic. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Dull
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jul 2021 at 21:40

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 5.5
Bottle from The Crafty Barbers. Pours a clear copper colour with a medium sized throthy off-white head. Aromas of dry dark fruits, molasses and caramel. Taste has more of the notes from the aroma with some added citrusy orange notes, light marmalade and a grassy hop on the finish. Full body with a smooth oily mouthfeel. Nice one.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2020 at 19:19