Barsham Brewery

Microbrewery in West Barsham, Norfolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2017

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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.

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5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pale amber, light fizz and a thin white head. Decent mouthfeel for the strength at first but seems to get more watery towards the end. Dusty and twiggy up front before some lemon comes through. Dry and bitter finish. Grew on me, quite enjoyed it in an old school bitter kind of way.

Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2024 at 20:51


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle picked up at the brewery. Clear pale amber. Decent bright white foam. Nutty and husky malt. Whiff of sea spray. Light fruity hop leaf. Bit of a stewed tea leaf thing. Taste is nutty sweet up front with a hefty tea leaf bitterness. Decent body and full flavoured. Ever so slightly astringent on the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2024 at 18:56


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle, picked up at the brewery. Deep chestnut brown. Nice dense thin light tan swede. Good dark chocolate. Charred wood. Caramel. Vine fruit. Smells great. Taste is semi sweet with plenty of roast malt and dark chocolate bitterness. Smooth and easy drinking with fine brisk carbonation. Robust bitter finish. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Feb 2024 at 19:10


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle, picked up at the brewery. Clear reddy brown. Big fat lasting of white foam. Looks well. Getting some roast malt. Caramel. Twiggy hop. Taste is fairly sweet up front with the promised bitterness feeling full on. Plenty of body with high-ish foamy carbonation. Robust bitter finish. Tasty gear at the ABV.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2024 at 19:02


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask. White Horse Brancaster Staithe. Soft haze on an orange gold. Sparkler (!) induced white foam. Nose has a distinct Norfolk-ness to it. Sweet grain. Sea spray. Flowery hop leaf. Taste has robust bitterness with sweet malts on the lips. Creamy and quaffable. Lingering bitterness to finish. Good golde.

Tried from Cask on 25 Jan 2024 at 18:36



Tried from Cask on 18 Oct 2023 at 13:20


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

500ml bottle. Gluten Free. Black brown colour, tan foamy head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, roasted, chocolate, cocoa. Taste is malty, roasty, chocolate, cocoa, dried fruit, with tangy nutty bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, nutty roast bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2023 at 20:43


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

500ml bottle. Gluten Free. Dark amber colour, foamy white head and aroma of malt, fruity, caramel. Taste is malty, roast hint, and fruity, caramel, with some nutty bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonatio, drying tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2023 at 20:07


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at GBBF'23, day one, 01/08/23. Clear golden orange with an off white cap. Nose is grass, mellow orange, straw, toasted malts. Taste comprises light floral notes, grass, melon, orange peel, herb Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Passable cask affair ... lacks any depth of flavour for a 5% offering.

Tried from Cask on 06 Aug 2023 at 17:16