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

Cask: Poured a dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is malty, roasty. Taste is nice rich malty, really keen on this.

Tried from Cask on 15 Aug 2021 at 18:50


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

Bottle: Poured a deep black with beige fast dissipating head. Aroma is woodsy, spice, malts. Taste is caramel, malty, light metallic, finish is dry.

Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2020 at 23:40


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

Thin rocky off white head left a cover on a caramel coloured still body. Minimal malt aroma. Medium bodied, soft on the tongue with a cloying back. Bitter tangy tastes with spices, tea, malt & sweet berries. Tasty.

Tried on 05 May 2020 at 19:30


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

23/4/2020. Sample courtesy of the SHIG, cheers! Pours clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is hoppy and grassy, malt, grapefruit and straw. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Moderate body, soft carbonation. Slight dryness to finish. Quite nicely done, just about the best I’ve had from this brewery.

Tried on 23 Apr 2020 at 15:54


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

Bottle: Poured a orange with whispering white head. Aroma is perfume and malts. Taste is rugged hops, bitter with a light malt backbone.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2020 at 17:35


8

Tried on 15 Mar 2020 at 01:56


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

31/1/2020. Cask at the 13th Colchester Winter Ale Festival. Pours clear mid-brown with a bubbly off-white head. Aroma of malt, chocolate, fruit, touch of spice, caramel and coffee. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Sweet cakey finish. 7363-13. 28/10/2021. Cask at the Kings Head, Norwich. Darker than the one I tried in Colchester, more fruity with some liquorice notes. Nice bramble sour edge. Enjoyed this more. 7383-14.

Tried from Cask on 02 Feb 2020 at 19:08


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

4/1/2020. Cask at the Dove Street Inn, Ipswich. Pours clear amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, hops, fruit and flowers. Moderate sweetness and light bitterness. Light body, slight watery texture, soft carbonation. Very sessionable low abv bitter.

Tried from Cask on 04 Jan 2020 at 18:49


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

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Tried from Cask on 30 Aug 2019 at 22:50


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

Fra cask på GBBF aug-19: brunsvart med kort bruseskum. En maltdrevet, lett mld hvor jeg får assosiasjoner til havrekjeks, lys sjokolade, solbær og litt lær. Fairly tasty but quite unassuming.

Tried from Cask on 23 Aug 2019 at 18:17