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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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

4/10/2018. Bottle from Crafty Bottle, Lincoln. Pours golden with a small off-white head. Aroma of malt, hops, fruit, caramel and flowers. Medium sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2018 at 15:40


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5


Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2018 - Day 3 🇬🇧 [ Great British Beer Festival 2018 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

[ As Oldershaw John's Brew ].
ABV: 3.8%. Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, pale malt, sweet malt, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180809]
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Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2018 at 13:21


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle courtesy of Grumbo. Thanks. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, light hay and light hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 060818

Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2018 at 15:42


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

26/5/2018. Cask at the Lincoln CAMRA Beer Festival 2018. Pours clear amber brown with s lasting bubbly off-white head. Aroma of malt, hop, toffee, citrus, orange and wood. Medium sweetness and bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Fruity, malty and quite dry finish. Nice brew.

Tried from Cask on 26 May 2018 at 11:32


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the 4th Olds & Bolds Beer Festival, Footscray Rugby Club, 2018. Copper coloured pour with a white head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, splash of orchard fruit. Flavours of caramel, sweet malt, more toffee. Good.

Tried from Cask on 22 Apr 2018 at 20:31


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tried at the Three Horseshoes Waddington. Light citrus aroma slight malty. Deep chestnut to amber colour. Taste light bittersweet to light bitter. Medium body.

Tried on 13 Apr 2018 at 16:32


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On cask at Devonshire Arms, Bedford. Pours clear orange amber with a white head. Aroma: bread, wheat, citrus, grassy hop, hay. Taste: light to moderate sweet, citrus, lemon, peach. Light bodied, average carbonation. Dry, light bitter finish

Tried from Cask on 11 Mar 2018 at 19:18


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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tried at the Three Horseshoes, Waddington. Amber colour with an off white head. Aroma hoppy and big citrus, taste malty sweet. Medium body. Very drinkable.

Tried on 31 Dec 2017 at 07:22


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Two cask pints in The Square Sail, Lincoln on 24th Nov 2017. Burnt copper body, white crown. Fairly malty in nature with a decent bitter finish, some fruitiness in the flavour too. Decent, hence the second pint.

Tried from Cask on 27 Nov 2017 at 05:19


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

10th August 2017
GBBF Day 3. Cask. Clear gold beer, small white head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, modest fine carbonation. Mildly sweet malts, touch of grain. Mellow floral mid. Modest orange and orange peel. Light finish. Clean but a tad dull.

Tried from Cask on 16 Oct 2017 at 04:28