Grain Brewery

Microbrewery in Harleston, Norfolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 2006

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South Farm, Alburgh, Harleston, IP20 0BS, England
Description
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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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

27th February 2015
Lightly hazy gold beer, residual white head. Palate is light and fairly smooth with mild fine carbonation. Light pale malts, mild touch of grain. Hops are mild citrus with an equal amount of mild floralness. Finishes smooth with very mild bitterness. Overall a smooth and fairly drinkable beer, just a bit tangy.

Tried on 08 Mar 2015 at 13:33


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

4th March 2015
Bright clear amber beer, small cream colour head. Palate is light and dry with a fine minerally crispness. Little caramel in the sweetish malts. Ripe orange hops, bitter floralness. Dry finish with a medium bitter linger. Twiggy but clean and drinkable.

Tried on 08 Mar 2015 at 10:21


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Tried on 17 Feb 2015 at 15:41


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6

Handpull cask at the Mill, Cambridge. Dark gold with a surprisingly lively white head. A fair bit of lacing. Odd bouquet. Peach, legumes, a whiff of wet paint. Sweat? I can’t quite get my head around it. Savoury, almost herby/meaty initial taste. Turns deftly to a hoppy biter finish with intense bitterness in the aftertaste. Reasonably full body for the ABV. Strange little duck this, but tasty all the same.

Tried from Cask on 23 Jan 2015 at 05:35


4.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2013, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Grain Blonde Ash ].Murky medium orange color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, baking yeast, ash, moderate to heavy yeasty, fruity, riped fruit, odd ! Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light light acidic with a long duration, riped fruit, yeasty, wheat, odd ! Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat flat. [20130814]

Tried from Cask on 14 Jan 2015 at 02:24


8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at the Townhouse, Ely. Amber, clear, wonderful white head and a fair bit of lacing. Vinous smell. Cedar, turpentine, currants, a hint of tobacco. Taste is sweet, smooth and fruity. Surprisingly complex, deftly turning bitter on the tongue mid-sip. Intense yet balanced aftertaste. Moreish. This excellent real ale brewery have done it again.

Tried from Cask on 03 Jan 2015 at 14:13


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at cloisters. Pale gold, thin white head. Light malt aromas, light floral notes. Light malt sweet taste. Thin. Ok.

Tried from Cask on 29 Dec 2014 at 10:37


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Gravity cask at the Liberty Belle, Ely. Light gold, almost straw; hardly Amy head. Buttery lemon scent with a hint of grassy hop. Taste is mostly bitter with some lemonade sweetness interrupting the flow of the taste profile. Not a bad beer although I’ve had better from Grain.

Tried from Cask on 30 Nov 2014 at 12:11


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

Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - opaque black with a lovely crema head. Nose - dark chocolate or coffee with a berry note,maybe blackcurrant. Taste - chocolate, burnt flavours them some sweetness. Palate - medium bodied but then the texture is thin and the finish is a bit sudden. And then it comes back. Overall - decent. Promised more than it delivered.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2014 at 07:48


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

Bottle shared with AshtonMcCobb. Get to Norfolk Tasting. Pours black with a tan head. Aromas of roasted malt, smoke, stone fruit. Taste is coffee, light sweet. Creamy texture. Started well, but fell off.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2014 at 07:48