Shortts Brewery

Microbrewery in Thorndon, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2012

Contact
Shortts Farm, Thorndon, IP23 7LS, England
Description
After approaching my family about the idea of setting up a micro-brewery on the family farm we started to get our plan together. We spent a year learning, researching, volunteering and sampling beers from all over and took the plunge in 2012 to return to Suffolk and make the dream a reality.

Matt Hammond originally founded the brewery as Shortts Farm Brewery but dropped Farm from the brewery name in 2015.

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

Cask@The Great British Beer Festival 2022 (Days 1&2) - Toasted malty with notes of cereal and caramel, dried fruit, herbal hoppy medium body, twiggy hoppy and malty close. --- Beer merged from original tick of Farm The Cure on 26 Mar 2025 at 11:39 - Score: 6. Original review text: Toasted malty with notes of cereal and caramel, dried fruit, herbal hoppy medium body, twiggy hoppy and malty close.

Tried from Cask on 04 Sep 2022 at 14:12


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at GBBF '22 day 2, 03/08/22. Light copper to golden with a decent off white crown. Nose is hedgerow, earthy, apple skin, grains. Taste comprises brown bread, hint twiggy, dusty fruits, grains. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Routine bitter affair.

Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2022 at 17:00


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

Cask at gbbf 2022 day 3. A clear mid gold coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is subdued, grassy hop, sileage, grass, liquorice sticky hop,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, earthy resinous hop, grass, light toffee, sweaty hop. Grass.

Tried from Cask on 04 Aug 2022 at 17:17


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 09/07/22. Black with a good sized beige cap that clears edgewards like a monks head. Nose is nutty, chocolate, dark malts, light spice, dark fruit rinds. Taste comprises chocolate biscuit, dark malts, light roast, toffee, hint of coffee, nutty. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light drying close. Decent flavoursome stout for the ABV.

Tried on 09 Jul 2022 at 17:46


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

Bottle purchased at 30th Anniversary Celebration of East Anglian Beer & Cider Fest: Poured a deep black with a light brown ring head. Aroma is rich roasted malts, molasses, coffee bean, dark chocolate. Taste is rich roasted malts, milky dark chocolate, molasses, vanilla, smooth silky finish. Didn't expect much but was pleasantly surprised.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2022 at 19:19


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

Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Beautiful Beers online. Pours clear brown with a fine, creamy khaki head. Lightly sweet with soft roast, toasted brown bread, nips of toasted sugars and earth, raisins. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Decent balance to finish, hints of cocoa, light roast. Nice, drinkable, easygoing mild.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2022 at 21:30


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

500ml bottle, batch 466, bought at Beautiful Beers. Shared with Finn. Firm white head leaving crocheted lacing on the glass, near-clear golden-brown body. Inviting smell of citrus, grapefruit to the fore. Grapefruit and mandarin to the taste profile followed by a rounded ending of citrus peels. Pretty good. (Hotel room, Cambridge 12.11.2021). --- Beer merged from original tick of Rockabilly on 02 Dec 2021 at 19:33 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: 500ml bottle, batch 466, bought at Beautiful Beers. Shared with Finn. Firm white head leaving crocheted lacing on the glass, near-clear golden-brown body. Inviting smell of citrus, grapefruit to the fore. Grapefruit and mandarin to the taste profile followed by a rounded ending of citrus peels. Pretty good. (Hotel room, Cambridge 12.11.2021).

Tried from Bottle on 02 Dec 2021 at 19:33


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 19/11/21. Deep mahogany brown with a good sized beige cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is nutty, cocoa powder, toffee, dried fruits. Taste comprises brown bread, toffee, fruit slice, raisins, dark malts, light spice, cocoa sprinkle. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Not bad.

Tried on 19 Nov 2021 at 18:17


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

Delt med Rune på rom 230 på Travelodge Cambridge Central. Gylden. Middels høyt tett skum som daler sakte. Tynn teppelacing. Tydelig sitronaroma. Smaken sitronskall. Tørr bitter avslutning. --- Beer merged from original tick of Rockabilly on 12 Nov 2021 at 22:03 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6. Original review text: Delt med Rune på rom 230 på Travelodge Cambridge Central. Gylden. Middels høyt tett skum som daler sakte. Tynn teppelacing. Tydelig sitronaroma. Smaken sitronskall. Tørr bitter avslutning.

Tried on 12 Nov 2021 at 22:03


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask: Poured a golden with a white head. Aroma is citrus, fruity, hoppy. Taste is hoppy bitter, malty, fruity.

Tried from Cask on 15 Aug 2021 at 18:51