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
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Guest Ale (cask) at the Peacock, Nottingham: copper colour (surprise!) with a creamy white head which lasted to the bottom, otherwise rather boring, some malt and hops, but not up to much.

Tried from Cask on 11 Oct 2006 at 12:57


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

Cask at GBBF 2006. Hazy amber. Little bit of weird yeast on teh aroma. Bit of fruit in mouth. Some dryness on end. Odd. Very drinkable and you can see that you would drink a lot of it even at 5%

Tried from Cask on 22 Aug 2006 at 07:23


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

[Cask at GBBF] Brownish amber. Nutty and roasty nose. Sweetand medium bodied. Distinct nutty malt flavoured covered with resiny hops. Almost woody finish.

Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2006 at 02:48


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

Cask at the Ship Inn Langton Matravers, Dorset 20-06-06 and as imdownthepub has noted through a little detective work in the Lamb and Flag, Oxford 17-06-06. Golden in colour, sweet and pleasant hoppiness, bit on the dry side but very decent.

Tried from Cask on 24 Jun 2006 at 02:09


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

Bottle picked up in Swanage, Dorset 20-06-06. Dark reddy brown in colour, there is some nuttiness as description suggests, but quite fruity and a little on the sweet side malt and hops also show well. A fine if not particularly enthralling beer.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2006 at 01:37


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Lamb and Flag, Oxford. Dark brown coloured beer that was both malty and sweet quite full flavoured and nice chewy edge to it very good.

Tried from Cask on 18 Jun 2006 at 04:49


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

[Cask at GBBF 2005] A red-brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of roasted malt and over ripe fruit, but also hints of sulphur. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of prunes and over ripe fruit, leading to a roasted bitter end.

Tried from Cask on 06 Feb 2006 at 16:40


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

Cask at the Ipswich Beer Festival 2004, gravity dispense. Deep golden colour. IBF programme said "hoppy & fruity throughout", and I can’t object to that. Not impressive, though.

Tried from Cask on 29 Sep 2004 at 16:07


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Tried from Cask on 28 Jun 1997 at 23:00