Zest Brewery

Microbrewery in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 1996

Contact
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.

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear pale gold, short-lived white head. Aromas of cereal grains, light citrus, light soap. Taste is light sweet. Oily texture, watery finish.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2015 at 15:08

4.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear pale gold, merest white head. Aromas of grains and diacetyl, light fruit. Taste is more of the butterscotch diacetyl I’m afraid. Pretty grim.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2015 at 15:33

5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
330ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear pale yellow, thin white head. Aromas are soapy and lemony. Taste is very bitter and dry, more soapiness. Not very good.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2015 at 14:03

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Last of the bottles from my Beers of Europe Christmas case. Gold pour with a white head. Aromas of toffee and caramel malt which segues into the flavour too. Quite a sweet number.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2015 at 10:20

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild toasted and slight citrusy. Bitter, fruity and grassy. Dry, herbal and bitter. Mild citrusy finish.
Tried from Cask on 30 Dec 2014 at 10:15

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
330ml bottle from Beers of Europe as St. Pancras beer. Solid lager-like nose, fresh apples, cereal grains. Taste is light fruity, light cereal. Light body, clean finish. OK.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2014 at 08:53

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
330ml bottle from The Cloud Bar Lincoln. Light straw colour with white head. The aroma and taste were dampened as it was served very cold, but it had malt and hops.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2014 at 00:48

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ Shepherds Rest, Sowerby Bridge. Dark ruby red with a thick creamy off-white head. Has a milky roasted malt aroma and taste with hints of chocolate, all of which is crisp in the palate.
Tried from Cask on 17 Jun 2014 at 13:50

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
6th June 2014
Almost clear gold beer, small white head. Palate is light and crisp. Minerals. Light malt base. Decent citric peel hops - turning from medium to strong bitterness. Crisp finish. Pretty drinkable.
Tried on 14 Jun 2014 at 09:27

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Full House, Hemel Hempstead, 04/06/14. Clear chestnut brown with a well appointed beige covering that retains well, good lacing ensues. Nose is biscuit malt, light roast, toffee, tea leaves. Taste comprises red berry fruit, biscuit crumble, earthy tones, brown bread, light cocoa. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light drying effect in the close. Decent mild.
Tried from Cask on 06 Jun 2014 at 05:27