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The soul of every great beer is in the grain. Established in 2006 in barns at South Farm, Alburgh, with Oak as the first beer, Grain Brewery has since grown and grown. From originally only selling beers in farm shops, local food festivals and farmers markets in Suffolk and Norfolk, our beers are now available on draught and bottled across most of East Anglia. The Plough was the first Grain pub in 2010, with keg production starting in 2012. The Spread Eagle in Ipswich and The Corn Hall in Diss followed, and who knows what the future holds?
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Scopey (25563) reviewed
Lignum Vitae from Grain Brewery
10 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Plough, Norwich. It pours clear amber with a medium, foamy white head. The aroma is rich, sweet, juicy, resinous, marmalade, stewed orange and peach. The taste is smooth, bitter - sweet, orange marmalade, piney resin, alcohol hit, toffee, toasted grass and some spice. Medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty tasty old school cask IPA.
Tried from Cask on 16 Jul 2016 at 14:27
madmitch76 (41486) reviewed
Lignum Vitae from Grain Brewery
10 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
6th July 2016
Chelmsford Summer Beer Fest. Cask. Clear gold beer, good bubbly pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth but has good fine carbonation. Very nice condition. Light clean malts, mildly sweet. Good fresh hops, a tongue tingling spice. Citric orange and orange peel that gets brighter. Light crisp finish. Super cask beer, clean hoppy and with good fiz!
Tried from Cask on 10 Jul 2016 at 07:55
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Slate from Grain Brewery
10 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 8 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
On tap at The Cottage Norwich. Black beer lasting tan head. Diacetyl liquorice aroma. Two of my least favourite aromas. Settles down into a chocolate butterscotch beer which is not unpleasant. Carbonic acid on finish. I shouldn’t like it but it has a Dime bar quality I quite like. OK
Tried from Draft on 11 Jun 2016 at 12:24
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Lignum Vitae from Grain Brewery
10 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask hand pull at The Plough Norwich. Clear gold lasting white head. Some sweetness. OK condition. Decent sweet pink grapefruit flavour. Light bitterness on the finish. Kind of OK. Bit sweet toffee. 3.2 red rate Cask gravity at GBBF 2019.� God condition. Some sweetness good pink grapefruit. Decent bitternessliked it
Tried from Cask on 10 Jun 2016 at 11:38
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Redwood from Grain Brewery
10 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask hand pull at The Plough Norwich. Clear russet colour lasting beige head. Malty beer. Some red fruit. Not great condition. Very malty. OK.
Tried from Cask on 10 Jun 2016 at 11:27
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Blonde Ash from Grain Brewery
10 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at praf 2016. Pours murky yellow, nose is wheaty, spiced, orange, taste is similar, dry.
Tried from Cask on 22 Apr 2016 at 01:35
allmyvinyl (21581) reviewed
Blonde Ash from Grain Brewery
10 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask at the Paisley Beer Festival 2016. Pours murky yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of bready spice, faint banana (which is my favourite type of banana). Taste is more of the same. Dry finish.
Tried from Cask on 21 Apr 2016 at 14:55
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Redwood from Grain Brewery
10 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask at praf 2016. Pours clear amber, nose is burnt toffee, musty, taste is similar.
Tried from Cask on 21 Apr 2016 at 08:24
Downender (11273) reviewed
Mild from Grain Brewery
10 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Lime Kiln, Bristol 10/4/2016. Medium brown in colour, with a decent, off-white, head. Aroma of brown sugar, red berries and toasty malts, Flavour had more sweetness, some chocolate and a soft finish. A good mild.
Tried from Cask on 11 Apr 2016 at 06:51
jjsint (8914) reviewed
Lignum Vitae from Grain Brewery
10 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Cask at the Plough, Norwich. Mid-gold, clear with a gentle white head adorning the top. Spruce, tropical fruit and a dash of astringency in the smell. Taste is ambrosial: bitter turning quickly to sweet and finishing a slightly sulfurous bittersweet finish. Tasty and unique. Worth seeking out.
Tried from Cask on 03 Mar 2016 at 14:16