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The Long Barn, Barsham Estate, West Barsham, NR21 9NR, England
Description
The West Barsham Estate in North Norfolk, home to the Barsham Brewery, is steeped in farming heritage. Susanna Soames’s family have owned and farmed the land here for generations. In an area renowned for its top quality agricultural soil, North Norfolk’s sea air and unique micro-climate help us produce some of the best malting barley in the world.
Having spent the year nurturing and growing our wide range of crops, from sugar beet to oil seed rape, wheat, vining peas and barley, summer arrives and our small team of just three embark upon the annual tradition of harvesting. Come rain or shine, darkness or light, and using a combination of traditional and modern techniques, the job gets done in time for the arrival of Autumn.
Our famous Maris Otter Barley is malted down the road at Crisp Maltings and returned to our state of the art brewery situated within one of the Estate’s ancient farm buildings. The malt is blended with beautifully pure water from our own bore hole and hop varieties from around the world to craft our collection of beers. We are proud to be the purveyors of a “Norfolk born and brewed” product in the very truest sense.
First brewed in mid-2017, having purchased the former Jo C's Ales, sharing the premises with Boudicca Brewing Co.
Having spent the year nurturing and growing our wide range of crops, from sugar beet to oil seed rape, wheat, vining peas and barley, summer arrives and our small team of just three embark upon the annual tradition of harvesting. Come rain or shine, darkness or light, and using a combination of traditional and modern techniques, the job gets done in time for the arrival of Autumn.
Our famous Maris Otter Barley is malted down the road at Crisp Maltings and returned to our state of the art brewery situated within one of the Estate’s ancient farm buildings. The malt is blended with beautifully pure water from our own bore hole and hop varieties from around the world to craft our collection of beers. We are proud to be the purveyors of a “Norfolk born and brewed” product in the very truest sense.
First brewed in mid-2017, having purchased the former Jo C's Ales, sharing the premises with Boudicca Brewing Co.
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a dark brown almost black with a with light off white head. Aroma is roasted malts with light chocolate. Taste is milk chocolate, light fruit, and roasted malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2020
at 20:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask (handpump) @ Old Ticket Office, Station Square, CB1 2JW Cambridge, England. [ As Barsham Golden Close IPA ]. ABV: 5.0%. ✅ Light unclear medium amber yellow colour with a average, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, straw, caramel, moderate hoppy, grass, citrus, light pine. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, hay - straw, fruity hops, hop bitter, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20191012] 7-3-7-3-13
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Nov 2019
at 08:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe amber colour with a white head. Aroma malty and slight caramel. Taste light sweet and a light bitter finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2019
at 23:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask halfpint, as Barsham Oaks Amber Bitter, at The Waterman, Cambridge. ABV 3.6%. Copper colour, off-white head. Malty aroma and flavour with hints of toffee and caramel, some tingling fruity hops on the tongue.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 May 2019
at 20:55
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
24/10/2018. Cask at the 41st Norwich Beer Festival. Pours golden with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of caramel, butter, hops, fruit and sweet malt. Medium to heavy sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, very oily texture, soft to flat carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2018
at 11:11