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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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask: Poured a brown orange with a off white to tan head. Aroma Smokey, bandaid, malts. Taste is malty, Smokey, bit fruits.

Tried from Cask on 15 Aug 2021 at 18:48


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

14/8/2021. Cask at the 24th Festival of Beer and Brewing at the Museum of East Anglian Life, Stowmarket. Pours clear dark amber brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is smoky, earthy, bonfire, roasted malt, burnt toffee, tobacco. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 15 Aug 2021 at 11:47


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Oakes Barn, Bury St E. Sweet malty aroma with a veg edge. Amber brown. Frothy blotchy white head. Light bitter. Sour edged Sweet streak. Malty. Light bodied. Slick. Flat carbonation. Long astringent finish. Not great or more precisely not my thing.

Tried from Cask on 11 Aug 2021 at 06:29


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

Cask: Poured a golden with a off white. Aroma is grainy, light fruity, caramel. Taste is nice crisp, grainy, light bitter.

Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2021 at 18:30


7.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Merci à Grumbo pour cette découverte. Ce Smoked Imperial Porter me laisse circonspect. Avec un fumé pas trop développé, fin et bien intégré (ce qui est rare), il aurait eu tout pour me plaire sir la base avait été plus riche, dense et complexe. Sa texture très fine, ces arômes linéaires, manquant de vivacité et de présence nous font finalement être quelque peu frustrés. LE visuel est sur un noir total, sans mousse ni effervescence. Le nez est sur un cocktail, sans éclat de chocolat, café et caramel agrémentés d'une pointe fumée. A l'attaque, de légères épices apparaissent, sur une dominante chocolat, caramel avec en complément café et un fumé aux relents de charbon tout de même. La deuxième bouche est marquée de son astringence, avec une légère acidité et des arômes plats. L'alcool à 9,3 % est bien intégrée mais manque de nervosité. L'amertume est pour sa part bien dosée (base de Herkules, First Gold, Progress, Cascade). Le manque de corpulence est notable est l'arrière bouche n'amène rien de nouveau. Le final est un peu plus intéressant, d'une bonne longueur, avec des arômes de café, chocolat et caramel qui reprennent les dessus et sur une jolie amertume mais sur une platitude toujours aussi affligeante. Dans le style, peut mieux faire.

Tried on 26 Jul 2021 at 07:55


7.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - thanks a lot!]. Jet black colour with a single-layer bubbly, fading, tan head. Intense, roasty and chocolately, slightly smoky, dark malty aroma, condensed notes of dark chocolate, couverture, dark cocoa, dark caramel, whiffs of ashes, marmite, barbecue sauce. Taste is roasty, slightly smoky and chocolately, dark malty, moderately bitter roasty, notes of dark chocolate, couverture, hints of ashes, dark caramel, burnt caramel, a touch of leather, peat, tar; minimally warming finish. Oily texture, smooth and soft, slightly cloying palate, fine, soft to flat carbonation. Intense and condensed, nice smoky flavours, relatively drinkable, a tad too simple and monotonous overall - acceptable.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2021 at 20:06


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

Cask-conditioned at the Bag O'Nails, Bristol 26 May 20201. Golden in colour with a slight, white, head. Leafy hops, stone fruit, light rich tea malts and a moderately bitter finish. Fine.

Tried from Cask on 27 May 2021 at 06:45


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

On tap at Bumble Inn Peterborough. light haze pale gold colour lasting white head. bubble gum weizen. sweetish rose petal sweet lemon sweet bubble gum. light in body. ok if nothing like a German weizen.

Tried from Draft on 08 Mar 2020 at 16:03


7

Just a bit too ashy and need more dry hops/whirlpool action but roasting is perfect. Nice job.

Tried at The Ale House on 28 Feb 2020 at 18:10


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

19/2/2020. Keg at the Spread Eagle, Ipswich. Pours clear dark amber with an off-white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, hops, biscuit, stone and dried fruits. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, average carbonation.

Tried on 19 Feb 2020 at 19:08