Zest Brewery

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

Established in 1996

Contact
2 Barkston Heath, Grantham, NG32 2DE, England
+44 (0)1476 572 135
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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oh6gdx

6
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Blond Volupta from Zest Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask@The Rake, London. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some floral notes as well as some slight earthyness. Flavour is fruits, mild grassy hops as well. A bit earthy and dull in the flavour.

Tried from Cask on 08 Aug 2011 at 03:08

yespr

6
yespr (55501) reviewed Sunnydaze from Zest Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small whigte head. Aroma is fruity, light yeasty and crisp hoppy. Flavour is citrusy, peachy and crisp dry hoppy. Ends dry and bitter, light and fruity into the finish.

Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2011 at 00:02

Leighton

6.8
Leighton (34941) reviewed Ahtanum Gold from Zest Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Gravity cask at the Bree Louise, London. Pours clear gold with no head. Woody malts and light fruits in the aroma. Subtle toffee, sugar, mild earthy hops for flavor. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, lightly sticky, soft fruits and toffee. Slow starter, strong finisher.

Tried from Cask on 01 Aug 2011 at 14:35

Leighton

7.5
Leighton (34941) reviewed Grantham Stout from Zest Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Gravity cask at the Bree Louise, London. Pours a slightly cloudy, brown-black with a small, filmy head. Dark malts on the nose, roast, tar and rubber, hints of cocoa. Flavor is lightly sweet, some nice roasted malts, slight cocoa, hints of coffee beans, slight minerality, light peat. Light to medium in body with soft carbonation. Mild dryness to finish, more pleasing roasted malts, some mocha, dirt and peat. Not too bad!

Tried from Cask on 22 Jul 2011 at 12:34

Ungstrup

6
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Mowbray's Mash from Zest Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at GBBF 2010. A dark golden beer with a thin yellowish head. The aroma is dominated by citrusy hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and citrusy hops, leading to a rather bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 18 Jul 2011 at 14:03

Leighton

5.5
Leighton (34941) reviewed Mowbray's Mash from Zest Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Bree Louise. Pours gold with no head. Some sugar in the nose, ripe fruits and caramel. Poor flavor, bland and watery with a little caramelish sugar. Light bodied and flat. Has a faintly bitter finish, bland still with just nips of sugar. Done.

Tried from Cask on 12 Jul 2011 at 13:56

fonefan

6.3
fonefan (84534) reviewed Alchemy from Zest Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100804]

Tried from Cask on 30 Jan 2011 at 23:42

fonefan

6.3
fonefan (84534) reviewed Mowbray's Mash from Zest Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity, light to moderate hoppy, earth notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100804]

Tried from Cask on 30 Jan 2011 at 23:42

Harrisoni

5.4
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Mowbray's Mash from Zest Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask gravity at GBBF 2010. Gold, thin beige head. It’s a bitter, some biscuit, only a touch of hop. Just not interesting.

Tried from Cask on 29 Dec 2010 at 05:37

Fin

6.2
Fin (18365) reviewed Grantham Stout from Zest Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask, handpump at The Victoria Hotel, Beeston, Nottinghamshire 06.11.10 Pours dark brown with a light beige head. This is fruity & dry without too much sweetness, nice tanginess. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1

Tried from Cask on 07 Nov 2010 at 08:49

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