Modest Beer

Microbrewery in Randalstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Established in 2019

Contact
86 Clonkeen Road, Randalstown, BT41 3JJ, Northern Ireland
Description
A small independent brewery based in Northern Ireland with a belief in simplicity and a knack for brewing pretty good beer.

Like many good ventures, Modest Beer was born in a parent’s garage in Holywood, County Down when Chris Morris, a tax accountant by day, brewed a small experimental batch of Kölsch for a friend’s restaurant. Within two years we moved to a much larger brewery in Randalstown. We never set out to brew the best beer in Northern Ireland, but maybe someday we will.

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7.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can. Lightly hazed golden, big white head. Aroma of dank vinous notes, gooseberry, resinous. Taste is very resinous, strong Nelson presence with white wine and gooseberry, grapefruit, strong piney bitterness. Medium bodied. Solid westie.
Tried from Can from RAD Beer on 22 Aug 2025 at 22:21

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sample thanks to Grumbo. Good HZ hop presence, gooseberry, grapefruit with a prickly bitterness, good definition.
Tried on 20 Aug 2025 at 16:28

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Sample thanks to Grumbo! Pours a hazed dark brown, foamy beige head. Soft dry roast start with an emerging grainy chocolate undercurrent.. decent.
Tried on 20 Aug 2025 at 14:38

6.5/10
Tried from Can on 09 Aug 2025 at 18:49

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tried from Can on 09 Aug 2025 at 18:40

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
9/8/2025. Can shared at ITFC beer share. From Beer Central, Sheffield. Aroma is husky, citrus, gooseberry, white grape, light herb, rubbery edge. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, average carbonation. Drying finish. Nicely done.
Tried from Can from Beer Central on 09 Aug 2025 at 18:38

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
9/8/2025. Can shared at ITFC beer share. From Beer Central, Sheffield. Good pour. Nice creamy beige head. Aroma is ashy, chocolate, toffee, black treacle, charcoal. Moderate sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. A little thin, but otherwise quite likeable.
Tried from Can from Beer Central on 09 Aug 2025 at 13:09

6.5/10
Tried from Can on 09 Aug 2025 at 13:09

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Tried from Can on 09 Aug 2025 at 13:09

6/10
Magus, mõru, mehune, tsitrus, kuiv. Ok.
Tried from Draft on 03 Aug 2025 at 20:49