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2 Barkston Heath, Grantham, NG32 2DE, England
Description
Brewery founded by Gary and Diane Oldershaw but under new ownership since 2010. Renamed to their current name in early 2020.
At Zest brewery we make an excellent range of beers brimming with quality, character and passion all infused with a touch of Planet Rock!
Zest Brewery has been borne from merging centuries’ old brewing techniques with progressive thinking to deliver a range of both traditional and innovative beers of outstanding quality in cask, bottle and canned format.
The lessons learnt from our Oldershaw Brewery roots are being used to continue to look after our local customers, to start our mobile bar business offering both static pop up bars of various sizes and also a converted horsebox bar – Bar Zest – and to broaden our bespoke bottling capability.
Beers are available to trade through direct delivery and wholesale distribution. Casks of beer are available for parties, weddings, corporate events and all celebrations.
At Zest brewery we make an excellent range of beers brimming with quality, character and passion all infused with a touch of Planet Rock!
Zest Brewery has been borne from merging centuries’ old brewing techniques with progressive thinking to deliver a range of both traditional and innovative beers of outstanding quality in cask, bottle and canned format.
The lessons learnt from our Oldershaw Brewery roots are being used to continue to look after our local customers, to start our mobile bar business offering both static pop up bars of various sizes and also a converted horsebox bar – Bar Zest – and to broaden our bespoke bottling capability.
Beers are available to trade through direct delivery and wholesale distribution. Casks of beer are available for parties, weddings, corporate events and all celebrations.
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tried at the three horseshoes, Waddington. Pale golden colour with a thin head. Taste is thin grain and fruit. Taste is light sweet. Bidy is thin.
Tried
on 01 May 2016
at 15:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Ritz, JDW, Lincoln. Deep Ruby colour with a thin light tan head. Slight malty aroma and taste that also has a touch of fruit. Decent beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Apr 2016
at 06:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Real Ale Store, Newark. Slight hazy on the golden colour, with a thin white head. Aroma is citrus, and fruity, taste is light bitter to a longer bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2016
at 16:50
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Real Ale Store, Newark. Golden colour with white head. Aroma light fruity, taste mid bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2016
at 13:00
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
GraviCask, shared with Finn at Camra’s National Winter Ales Festival. Clear yellow-gold body. Filmy layer. Lemony hops on the nose. Fruit hoppy taste, very dry. Mild bittersweet endnotes. Watered mouth feel. Pretty average (The Roundhouse, Derby 19.02.2016).
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Mar 2016
at 02:20
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tried at the Three Horseshoes, Waddington. Pale amber colour with a white head. Light fruity aroma, with caramel. Light fruity taste.
Tried
on 14 Mar 2016
at 13:16
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Fra cask/gravity på NWAF i Derby 19 Feb 16. Delt med Rune. Lys gyldengul. Filmskum. Lett metallisk aroma. Smaken mer metall. Kjedelig.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Mar 2016
at 04:19
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
On tap at The Three Horseshoes. Golden colour with a thick white head. Aroma citrus grapefruit, taste light sweet to mid bitter. Very nice light beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Mar 2016
at 15:34
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
25th January 2015
Light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and a little crisp. Fairly clean pale malts, a very modest sweetness. Light floral bitter hops and very light citrus. Light finish. Fairly clean but also a bit dull, severely lacking hop punch.
Light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and a little crisp. Fairly clean pale malts, a very modest sweetness. Light floral bitter hops and very light citrus. Light finish. Fairly clean but also a bit dull, severely lacking hop punch.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2016
at 10:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Alexandra Arms, Cambridge. Golden with some wispy white head. Decent aroma with some tangerine and cereal. Taste is bittersweet and has that Cascade punch, but this is met with a slightly sulphurous acidity near the finish. Drinkable but not perfect.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jan 2016
at 12:35