Artefact Brewing

Microbrewery in Ixworth, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2020

Contact
Bridge Farm, Bury Road, Ixworth, IP31 2HX, England
Description
We are a new microbrewery based in the village of Ixworth, near Bury St Edmunds. Our brewery is a small 200L system, set up in a converted shipping container on our family farm.

Run part-time by husband and wife team, James and Kat, Artefact Brewing’s ethos is to make good-quality, small-batch, artisan craft beers, with an emphasis on experimenting with local ingredients and seasonal releases. Artefact launched in May 2020.

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6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Panda 🐼 at home thanks to SHIG. A light hazed burnt orange coloured pour with a lasting loose off white head. Aroma is composed of semi sweet, rustic amber malts, grassy, hedgerow hop, stewed fruit, sileage. Flavour is composed of nutty malts, grass, silage, damp hay, stewed fruit, twist of orange. Palate is semi sweetlight tang, mellow carbonation, ok

Tried on 27 Jun 2022 at 22:07


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

Panda 🐼 at home thanks to SHIG. A light hazed dull gold, orange coloured pour with a loose off white head. Aroma is prickly sour, lemon juice, light vivnegar, herbal grassy notes, Flavour is composed of loose wheaty grains, grass, herbal, veg stalks, Grainy. Palate is grainy, mild sour, moderate carbonation. Muddled.

Tried on 27 Jun 2022 at 20:55


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

Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 27/06/22. Very lightly hazed golden with an off white head that clears to a swirl and edging. Nose is dusty fruits, hay bale, grains, straw, hedgerow. Taste comprises green apple, light farmyard notes, grain husk, dusty fruits, vinous. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. So so ... rather basic but drinkable.

Tried on 27 Jun 2022 at 17:54


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle: Poured a ruby red with a pink head. Aroma is fruity/floral, hibiscus, berry. Taste is tart bitter, fruity, berries, hibiscus floral, very lively for a blonde.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2022 at 20:24


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 26/06/22. Copper to golden with a good sized light egg shell white covering. Nose is biscuit, nutty, stewed fruits, dates, straw. Taste comprises caramel, dried fruit rinds, light tobacco, biscuit, straw, grains. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light bitter edge. Decent bitter.

Tried on 26 Jun 2022 at 17:06


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

Bottle: Poured a caramel brown orange with a off white head. Aroma is malty, bready, fruits, caramel. Taste is fruity bitter forward, leaves way for rich malty backbone, caramel, biscuit.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2022 at 20:06


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle: Poured a burnt orange with an off white to beige head. Aroma is funky, citrus, yeasty, malt undertone. Taste is malty forward, sticky, bitter citrus, caramel, bready, yeasty. Not very sour on the palate.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2022 at 20:01


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle ordered from Beautiful Beers, Bury St E. Aroma has pine, herbs, coffee. Opaque dark brown. Satisfyingly foamy beige head. Medium bitter. Pine, black coffee and liquorice but with a herbal and citrus streak. Tangy. It's the bitterness that flows through into the finish. Medium bodied. Slick to creamy. Average carbonation. Long astringent finish. Hits the spot.

Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2022 at 18:07


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle ordered from Beautiful Beers, Bury St E. Aroma had coffee, chocolate and dark berries. Dark and glossy. Cola brown tint. Foamy beige head soon recedes. Medium bitter - espresso and charcoal. Develops malty chocolate and light molasses sweetness. Sour berry edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long somewhat astringent finish. Packs some character for the ABV. But also slips down.

Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2022 at 19:26


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared at Seth’s - picked up online. Pours unclear golden-brown with a frothy, tan head. Medium to big sweet flavour, rich malty character, toasted grains, honey, caramel. Full bodied, rich and chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish, decadent, more caramel, dates, toffee. Outstanding.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Apr 2022 at 13:53