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
Tried on 08 Mar 2014 at 14:15

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at the NWAF, Derby ’14. Bright gold pour with a white head. Citrus and peach aroma. Peach skin and pear flavour. Sweet fruit linger. Nice.
Tried from Cask on 02 Mar 2014 at 06:08

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask gravity at Berry Walmer. Amber slightly hazy thin lasting white head. Little bit of bleach on the aroma. Some hop on the finish. Not a great beer. Some rubber.
Tried from Cask on 21 Feb 2014 at 11:30

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Golden with a bubbly head. Juicy, fruity bitter with a curranty hop character and mostly pale malts with a hint of biscuit. Really nice bitter.
Tried on 15 Feb 2014 at 09:17

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2013, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, chocolate, roasted, coffee. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130124]
Tried from Cask on 19 Jan 2014 at 08:57

6.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ Wetherspoons, MK. Dark brown, medium White head with lots of lacing. Aroma of liquorice and hazelnuts, not particularly strong. Taste is sour/bitter. Mostly agreeable but with an unlovely acrid aftertaste. Palette is thin for a stout. Not overly enamoured.
Tried from Cask on 16 Jan 2014 at 12:27

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Amber small head woody malty a hint of fruit medium bitterness balanced Ambrata poca schiuma maltata legno leggero fruttato amaro contenuto bilanciata
Tried on 05 Jan 2014 at 05:39

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of Kermis. Poured a clear light amber with a bubbly head. The aroma is malt light hops. The flavour is medium bitter with a warty hop bitter palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2014 at 12:35

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle shared. Pours clear golden with a small off white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, citrus and light tropical fruits. Flavor is light moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Light medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2014 at 11:35

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
330ml Bottle - Golden with a foamy white head. Tea, biscuity malt and grapefruit in the aroma. Moderately bitter and hoppy taste with melon, apricot, peach and a hint of toffee.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2014 at 08:56