Stinky Bay Brewing Co.
Microbrewery
in
St Lawrence,
Jersey 🇯🇪
Associated Venue: Stinky Bay Brewing Co
Established in 2017
Contact
Description
We're a Jersey company run by two locals who love our island, a good adventure and a good beer! Our aim is to brew some damn fine beers and spread the joy!
At first, we were pretty much just selling home-brew to a few eager (and maybe slightly too trustworthy) friends, and people we knew with businesses of their own; restaurants, shops and pubs.
That was all on a 100 litre brew kit which was, for all intensive purposes, some very large kitchen pots! Still, in February of 2018 it was enough to launch our first batch of beer, the now iconic Stinky Bay Session IPA, at a beer festival up at Jersey Rugby Club. It went down awesomely, there was a queue of people at the door as it opened, who all made a bee-line for our bar, to try what the first micro-brewery to open up in decades had to offer.
Since then, we've upgraded just a little... and now our brew system is able to produce 800 litres of malty goodness per day. We don't brew everyday though, it rather depends on the how good the weather is! This means we are producing 30,000+ litres a year; that's enough for 1/4 of everyone in Jersey to have a pint of Stinky Bay!
At first, we were pretty much just selling home-brew to a few eager (and maybe slightly too trustworthy) friends, and people we knew with businesses of their own; restaurants, shops and pubs.
That was all on a 100 litre brew kit which was, for all intensive purposes, some very large kitchen pots! Still, in February of 2018 it was enough to launch our first batch of beer, the now iconic Stinky Bay Session IPA, at a beer festival up at Jersey Rugby Club. It went down awesomely, there was a queue of people at the door as it opened, who all made a bee-line for our bar, to try what the first micro-brewery to open up in decades had to offer.
Since then, we've upgraded just a little... and now our brew system is able to produce 800 litres of malty goodness per day. We don't brew everyday though, it rather depends on the how good the weather is! This means we are producing 30,000+ litres a year; that's enough for 1/4 of everyone in Jersey to have a pint of Stinky Bay!
6/10
Tried
on 03 Sep 2022
at 09:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
--Bottled, thanks Richard Pietersee! -- Hazy golden, mid sized head. Aroma of grass and tangerine. Mid sweet with light to medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Biscuits, lemomgrass and tangerine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2022
at 20:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
How: Bottle.
Where: Tasting at omhper, 2022-07-23.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Malt, fruit, hops, bread.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, fruit, hops.
Where: Tasting at omhper, 2022-07-23.
Appearance: Golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Malt, fruit, hops, bread.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, fruit, hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2022
at 10:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
--Bottled, thanks Richard Pietersee!-- Clear pale golden, mid sized head. Salty play dough and star fruit up front. Dry with light body and crisp, rounded mouthfeel. Crisp, bready malt and elderflowers. Mid bitter finish. Thirst quenching.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2022
at 19:49
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
330ml bottle [as Session IPA, courtesy of Grumbo - cheers Graham!]. Slightly cloudy, faint, amber colour with small, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Caramel malty and leafy, minimally citrusy fruity, hoppy aroma, hints of tea, lemon tea, minimally doughy, yeasty overtones. Taste is slightly dry, caramel malty and leafy, minimally citrusy fruity hoppy, hints of tea, lemon tea, no residual sweetness; slightly papery finish with a touch of wet cardboard. Minimally oily, watery texture, smooth and soft palate, fine, flat carbonation. Leafy, earthy, a tad insipid - not convincing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2022
at 17:49
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham!]. Opalescent, dark yellow-ish, golden colour with average, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Slightly spicy, pale malty and slightly citrusy fruity, minimally leafy, hoppy aroma, hints of lemon tea. Taste is slightly dry, minimally grainy and spicy, pale malty, slightly citrusy fruity and minimally leafy hoppy, hints of lemon tea. Slightly oily, watery texture, smooth and soft palate, fine and soft carbonation. Light, monotonous - OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2022
at 15:16
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - thanks a lot, Graham!]. Cloudy, amber colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Caramel malty and slightly citrusy fruity and minimally leafy, hoppy aroma, hints of lemon tea. Taste is moderately bitter hoppy, slightly leafy and minimally citrusy fruity, caramel malty basis with little residual sweetness, very light, doughy yeasty overtones. Slightly creamy, watery texture, smooth and soft palate, fine and soft carbonation. Rather simple and monotonous - OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2022
at 17:40
6/10
Country 111, Channel Islands 🇯🇪 thanks to Richard P. for the trade, solid pale ale, nothing objectionable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2022
at 19:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle trade Grumbo - thx Sir 2022-06-15 Liverpool AP: dried tropical fruity, orange peel, bitter AP: orange, wee head F: dried tropical fruity, orange peel, bitter
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2022
at 05:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle in hotel trade 2022-06-15 Liverpool AR: roasted malt feeling, dried fruity, AP: brownish, wee head F: roasted malt feeling, dried fruity, bad take on a Pale Ale ( recycled review, very similar to the Session IPA)
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2022
at 20:41