Ampersand Brew Co

Commercial Brewery in Diss, Norfolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Ampersand Brew Co

Established in 2017

Contact
27-31 Sawmills Road, Diss, IP22 4GG, England
Description
A family brewery based in Diss, South Norfolk making a wide range of modern & traditional beers.

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8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, meaty, smoky, brandy, taste is similar, salty, a little on the thin side. --- Beer merged from original tick of Experiments In Evil - #7 Brandy Barrel Aged on 04 Mar 2024 at 08:35 - Score: 8
Tried from Can on 04 Mar 2024 at 08:35

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
440ml can. Pours a slightly hazed brown, big beige head. Aroma is malty, fruity and piney hops. Taste is malty and fruity, slightly nutty/biscuity, strong hop presence, pine, citrus, bitter and mildly earthy finish. Light-medium bodied. Pretty good brown ale actually. Very enjoyable.
Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2024 at 21:08

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can. Murky golden, white head. Aroma of orange and grapefruit, some tropical fruit, pine. Taste is much the same, citrus forward, orange and grapefruit, some sweet tropical fruit, pine, bitter citrus. Medium bodied. Superb session ale.
Tried from Can on 26 Feb 2024 at 17:35

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at the Plasterers Arms, Norwich, 27/01/24. Clear golden to deep amber with a decent lasting just off white head, lacing ensues. Nose is bitter orange, grass, pine needle, melon. Taste comprises citric tinged straw, light hop spice, mandarin, grass, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness. Decent enough crisp, clean and drinkable DIPA.
Tried on 24 Feb 2024 at 18:16

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the Fat Cat Brewery Tap, Norwich, 27/01/24. Mahogany brown with a beige cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is toffee, dark malts, brown sugar scattering, brown bread. Taste comprises biscuit malts, herb, toffee, dates, caramel. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light drying close. Not bad.
Tried from Cask on 24 Feb 2024 at 17:40

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Baum, Rochdale. Dark clear amber with a head. Dark malty taste with hints of red and mild ale qualities. Quite flavoursome with a small bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 20 Feb 2024 at 04:43

6/10
Tried on 11 Feb 2024 at 17:53

6/10
Tried on 11 Feb 2024 at 17:52

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask gravity at Tonbridge Rugby Club Winter Festival 2024. Clear mid brown colour thin beige head. Some sweetness Some strawberry jam. Some nettle hop. Some bitterness. Yep decent ESB. Really more on the dry side than the sweet side.
Tried from Cask on 03 Feb 2024 at 15:22

8/10
Good beer, good to see in York.
Tried from Cask on 02 Feb 2024 at 22:46