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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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sampled @ GBBF 2017, Day 3. A clear deep golden beer with a small white head. Aroma of mild citrusy hops, soft reddish malt, toasted malt. Taste of mild citrusy hops, toasted malt, reddish malt mild bitterness.

Tried on 10 Sep 2017 at 13:51


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Tried at the Three Horseshoes, Waddington. Golden. Lloyd with a white head. Aroma light fruity citrus. Taste light bittersweet to sweet. Light fresh body.

Tried on 30 Aug 2017 at 13:52


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask pint at The Victoria Hotel, Beeston on 17th June 2017. Amber bodied, white head. Refreshing enough in the afternoon sun, but lacked depth for me. A little more malty than hoppy, subtle aroma and flavours of a floral nature, sat on a bread roll.

Tried from Cask on 18 Jun 2017 at 03:44


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

Tried at the Three Horseshoes, Waddington. Aroma has citrus fruity and light malt. Deep cooper to amber colour with a light tan head. Taste light caramel sweet to mid bitter, medium body.

Tried on 05 Jun 2017 at 12:52


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

On tap at the Three Horseshoes Waddington. Golden colour with a white head. Soft malty aroma and taste that’s also light caramel. Medium body.

Tried from Draft on 20 Apr 2017 at 13:32


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

On tap at the Three Horseshoes Waddington. Amber colour with a white head. Aroma has fruity and light nutty. Taste sweet.

Tried from Draft on 16 Mar 2017 at 13:51


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

Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2015 [ The 40th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 8th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Oldershaw Spookydaze ].Clear medium amber color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, pale malt, fruity malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, pale malt, fruity malt, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151008] 6-3-6-3-12

Tried from Cask on 14 Mar 2017 at 11:00


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

On tap at the Three Horseshoes Waddington. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is citrus and light tropical fruit. Taste is light sweet.

Tried from Draft on 09 Mar 2017 at 12:23


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Tried at Cask. Lincoln. Deep chestnut brown colour of a pale tan head. Aroma nutty soft fruit and light roast. Taste slight smokey to roasted bitter.

Tried from Cask on 04 Feb 2017 at 09:09


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

Cask pint in Willy’s on 21st Jan 2017, just before Grimsby Town swept aside Notts County 2-0. Light golden pour, full white head, so full in fact I had to wait while the beer settled before the barmaid re-filled the glass twice. Citrus leanings throughout: not a fan of single hopped beers usually, but this was fine.

Tried from Cask on 27 Jan 2017 at 21:14