Stannary Brewing Co
Microbrewery
in
Tavistock,
Devon,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Stannary Brewing Co Taproom
Established in 2016
Closed in 2026
Contact
Unit 6, PixonTrading Centre, Pixon Lane, Tavistock, PL19 8DH, England
Description
Stannary Brewing Co. is an independent brewery, run by life long friends Mark Stephens, Chris John & Garry White, born out of their love for great beer!
Like all the best ideas Stannary Brewing Company started as a crazy conversation over a few beers in a pub. At that time (around 2015) the craft beer revolution was just taking off in the UK but getting hold of craft beers our side of Bristol was a tough job particularly in our local pubs. So we thought why not open up our own brewery and start to make the full flavoured beers we loved to drink.
Brewing on 20 litre Burco boiler kits, for our own fun and consumption, the experimentation started and in a few short months we were hooked. In early 2016 we decided to take the jump into the commercial brewing world and purchased an ageing micro-brewery plant off eBay.
We puzzled over the brewkit for a few months without much progress. Then in April 2016 we managed to grab the keys to a small garage unit, cobbled the tanks and pipes together and finally started brewing in April 2016. After a few hiccups we eventually sold our first pint in August 2016 and our Stannary dream had become a reality.
In late 2017 the opportunity to find a permanent home for Stannary proved too good to turn down. In January 2018 we moved out of our small garage and moved into our current premises. The new brewery units contain our much loved taproom, ambient warehouse & chilled store and after major personal investment our new state of the art brewhouse and fermentation system was finally commissioned in October 2019.
Like all the best ideas Stannary Brewing Company started as a crazy conversation over a few beers in a pub. At that time (around 2015) the craft beer revolution was just taking off in the UK but getting hold of craft beers our side of Bristol was a tough job particularly in our local pubs. So we thought why not open up our own brewery and start to make the full flavoured beers we loved to drink.
Brewing on 20 litre Burco boiler kits, for our own fun and consumption, the experimentation started and in a few short months we were hooked. In early 2016 we decided to take the jump into the commercial brewing world and purchased an ageing micro-brewery plant off eBay.
We puzzled over the brewkit for a few months without much progress. Then in April 2016 we managed to grab the keys to a small garage unit, cobbled the tanks and pipes together and finally started brewing in April 2016. After a few hiccups we eventually sold our first pint in August 2016 and our Stannary dream had become a reality.
In late 2017 the opportunity to find a permanent home for Stannary proved too good to turn down. In January 2018 we moved out of our small garage and moved into our current premises. The new brewery units contain our much loved taproom, ambient warehouse & chilled store and after major personal investment our new state of the art brewhouse and fermentation system was finally commissioned in October 2019.
6/10
Tried
on 17 Dec 2022
at 15:28
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap@Brewdog Clapham, London (28/10/2022) - Sweet with notes of mango, some vanilla creamy lacto sweetness, medium body, sweet creamy but a bitter edge into the close. Not my thing.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Nov 2022
at 21:16
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Keg at Brewdog Paddington. Murphy orange with a thin, creamy white head. Mango aroma, flavour is bigger mango, a little cream, very bitter and not in a good way. Got better as it warmed, but I'm not a fan sadly
Tried
on 28 Oct 2022
at 17:19
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at Brewdog Canary wharf. A murky dull gold coloured pour with a reluctant cream head. Aroma is semi sweet, vanilla, jammy mango, orange, light plastic, juicy orange, creamy. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, creamy wheat, pithy citrus, mango, creamy vanilla, mango flesh. Palate is semi sweet, creamy, pithy bitter finish. Bit weird.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Oct 2022
at 17:08
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at brewdog lothian road. Pours golden, nose is lemon, grassy, taste is simialr.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2022
at 07:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg draught at BrewDog Leicester. Muddy greenish-gold and impenetrably hazy with a loose ring of white head. Gentle mango aroma along with canned peaches and those milkshake IPA lactose notes. More mango in the sweet taste with vanilla and possety lactose. You know, it starts to grow on me a little. Medicinal in the finish, lingering along with the mango in the aftertaste. Not terrible but a bit of a mixed bag.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Oct 2022
at 21:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @ Topsham Brewery. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, toasted malt, hops and has a nice bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Oct 2022
at 18:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from Hops & Crafts, Exeter. Pours hazy pale yellow with a white cap. Aroma: pale malt, wheat, zesty citrus, lemon. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, pale malt, citrus, lemon, light pine. Medium body with soft carbonation
Tried
from Can
on 05 Oct 2022
at 19:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at The Barrel & Horn, Bromley. Cloudy orange pour with a white head. Rich sweet fruit aromas- mango, pineapple, peach, nectarine, sweet citrus. Taste is peach, mango, nectarine, papaya, passionfruit, oodles of sweet fruit. Long bittersweet finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Sep 2022
at 14:31
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2022
at 19:13