Palmers

Regional Brewery in Bridport, Dorset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 1794

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The Old Brewery, West Bay Road, Bridport, DT6 4JA, England
Description
In 1794, Dorset rope and net makers, the Gundry family, built the Old Brewery on the banks of the River Brit in Bridport. Since then, there’s been non-stop brewing on this site. In the late 19th century, two Palmers brothers – John Cleeves and Robert Henry – bought the brewery and gave it their names: JC & RH Palmer. Today, their great grandsons, John and Cleeves Palmer, work in the company. As Palmers Brewery, it remains among the best of small independent brewers.

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5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Cask as the house ale Palmers Lamb & Flag Gold at the pub in Oxford. Golden-brown body colour with a moderate white head. Grassy and hay-like aroma. Fruit and some honey sweetness in flavour. Lacking bitterness and rather diluted mouthfeel (half pint, 16.03.2008).

Tried from Cask on 27 Mar 2008 at 01:44


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Hal pint, cask at Lamb & Flag in Oxford on a quiet Saturday afternoon. Dark amber with bubbles and lacing. Weak in aroma, only some notes of hay and grass. Discreet flavour of caramel malts and dry bitterness. Very average (15.03.2008).

Tried from Cask on 24 Mar 2008 at 02:20


4.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Bottle. Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate roasted, caramel, sugar. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. (301207)

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2008 at 06:30


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Dark golden with a small but lasting white head. Peach, melon and a hint of butter in the aroma. Sweet and fruity flavour, thin and watery feel.

Tried on 01 Jan 2008 at 15:26


4.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

275ml bottle from the brewery. Very deep ruby colour with lasting beige. Some malt on aroma. Thin in mouth. Pretty inoffensive brown ale, some toffee/fudge in mouth, fuzzy mouth tingling carbonation and hop on end.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2007 at 03:27


3.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

275ml bottle from the brewery. Copper with lasting beige head. Buttery diacetyl aroma. Light in mouth, not a lot of flavour except the diacetyl. Pretty awful.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Sep 2007 at 07:59


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask @ Lamb & Flag, Oxford. Pours a dark amber color with an off-white head. Fruity malty dark fruit aroma. Sweet malty fruity dark fruit flavor. Roasted malty dark fruit finish.

Tried from Cask on 11 Sep 2007 at 08:55


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Lamb & Flag, Oxford. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Fruity malty caramel aroma with some hints of hops. Sweet malty fruity malty flavor with some nutty honey hints. Sweet malty finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

Tried from Cask on 11 Sep 2007 at 08:52


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask @ Lamb & Flag, Oxford. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Fruity malty honey aroma. Sweet malty and fruity caramel flavor. Sweet malty fruity finish.

Tried from Cask on 11 Sep 2007 at 08:48


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

Cask@GBBF2007. Golden ambery colour with mediumsized beige head. Aroma is caramel, wood and some sweet malts. Flavour is very wooden with some slight sweet malty notes.

Tried from Cask on 06 Sep 2007 at 00:20