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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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle at the Ipswich winter bottle share. Source Beautiful Beers, Bury St Edmunds. Pours very dark brown with a small lasting beige head. Aroma of blackberry, strawberry, chocolate and malt. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Light body, watery texture, average carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2017 at 11:13


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

Cask (handpump) @ Kings Head, 42 Magdalen Street, Norwich, Norfolk, England NR3 1JE. [ As Shortts Farm Two Tone ].Clear dark red brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, sweet malt, butterscotch. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, roasted, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150803] 5-3-6-3-12

Tried from Cask on 22 May 2017 at 10:42


4.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Pale golden color with a thin white layer on top. Moderate intensity in the aroma. Medium gody and a soft carbonation level. Tad sweet and a moderate bitterness. Plain dull pale malt and mild fruity flavor. Short ending. Hopeless stuff.
[Cask at Kings Head in Norwich, England]

Brewery #1628

Tried from Cask on 06 Apr 2017 at 04:33


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Kings Head in Norwich, shared with friends. Filmy layer over a clear warm golden body. Moderate aroma of pale malts and some citric hints. Fruity taste profile, peaches and grassy hops. Mid-dry fruity endnotes. Watered in the mouth. Accepted (18.02.2017).

Tried from Cask on 03 Mar 2017 at 01:28


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

Cask at the Kings Head, Norwich. Pours golden amber with a small white head. Aroma of light hop, caramel, light malt. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Light body, carbonation is soft.

Tried from Cask on 20 Feb 2017 at 14:14


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Kings Head, Norwich. No head. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, malt, flowers and hops. Fruity finish.

Tried from Cask on 18 Feb 2017 at 13:21


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Kings Head, Norwich. Pours light golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, grain, hay. Flavor is light sweet, malty, grain, hay. Medium body, soft carbonation, light sweet finish. 180217

Tried from Cask on 18 Feb 2017 at 13:06


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask @ kings Head, Norwich. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and moderate hoppy - straw. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 180217

Tried from Cask on 18 Feb 2017 at 12:57


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Handpull cask at the Cambridge Blue. Dark brown with a bit of translucency and a ring of cream-coloured head. Chocolate and raspberry aroma with a vegetal note. The taste is sweet with some bitterness in the chalky finish. Oily body and some carbonation in the mouth. A really decent mild.

Tried from Cask on 08 Dec 2016 at 13:51


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

Cask at the Kings Head, Norwich, 20/11/16. Clear golden amber with a decent off white head. Nose is orange peel, straw, soft bread, peach. Taste comprises citric sherbets, soft bread, toasted grains, airy malts, lemon drizzle, orange pith. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a juicy hop rinse. Decent enough hoppy cask affair.

Tried from Cask on 28 Nov 2016 at 07:53