Ampersand Brew Co
Commercial Brewery
in
Diss,
Norfolk,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Ampersand Brew Co
Established in 2017
Contact
Description
A family brewery based in Diss, South Norfolk making a wide range of modern & traditional beers.
8.2/10
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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