Today the brewery proudly produces 9 Core Beers all year round and many seasonal/special ales which are sold to pubs and bottle outlets throughout the South East of England & East Anglia.
Wantsum Brewery was originally a 6 British barrel brewery that brewed 24 firkins a week. In 2012 it had grown to a 12 barrel brewery and the production has risen dramatically to 200 firkins a week. We use British barley and a variety of hops from around the world including, of course, the excellent hops from Kent.
Wantsum Brewery takes its name from the Wantsum Channel, the watercourse separating the Isle of Thanet and what was the mainland of the English county of Kent. During the time of King Henry VIII, this channel was the mooring place of the King’s Fleet. The brewery sits on what was one of the major tributaries to the Wantsum Channel.
wyzzywyz22 (5889) ticked Thunderbolt from Wantsum Brewery 5 months ago
ITFCDan (1921) ticked Cleric's Consolation from Wantsum Brewery 6 months ago
ITFCDan (1921) ticked Heart Of Darkness from Wantsum Brewery 6 months ago
ITFCfan (3577) ticked Heart Of Darkness from Wantsum Brewery 6 months ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
ITFCfan (3577) ticked Cleric's Consolation from Wantsum Brewery 6 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Heart Of Darkness from Wantsum Brewery 6 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
22/8/2025. Cask at the 33rd East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Thunderbolt from Wantsum Brewery 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Cask gravity at the Watford beer festival 2025. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a a lasting white froth. Aroma is semi sweet, bready, orange rind, custard, vanilla notes, orange creamsicle. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, aggressive hop bitterness, bitter orange, creamy vanilla, grassy, boozy sticky hops, bark, Warming alcohol bite. Palate is semi sweet z resinous, alcohol bite, sticky, decent cask condition. Really punchy,
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Cleric's Consolation from Wantsum Brewery 6 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 4
20/8/2025. Cask at the 46th Peterborough Beer Festival. Sweaty, musty, damp straw, starchy, potato, stone fruit, yeasty aroma. Moderate sweetness, light sourness. Not one we enjoyed.
Biilz (2915) reviewed Black Pig from Wantsum Brewery 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
На вкус как черная свинья. Горькая и терпкая. Больше похоже на портер английский чем темный лагер.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Ravening Wolf from Wantsum Brewery 7 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at the Magnet, Broadstairs, 03/07/2025.
Hazed orange topped with a lasting off white head.
Nose is melon, peach, grass, tangerine.
Taste comprises grapefruit, mineral bite, light pine nibble, orange pith, ripe melon.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with balanced juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy IPA ... first keg offering I've had from Wantsum IIRC ... was impressed.