Ideal Day Family Brewery

Microbrewery in Saltash, Cornwall, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2021

Contact
Crocadon Farm, Saltash, PL12 6RL, England
Description
Ideal Day Family Brewery are focused on three things: family (it’s in the name), beer (also, kind of in the name) and regenerative agriculture (bet you didn’t see that one coming). We are based in the Tamar Valley in Cornwall which is an area of outstanding natural beauty. Our brewery is on Crocadon Farm near Saltash.

We make beers focused on where our ingredients, especially our grain, comes from and how it was farmed. Our brewing inspiration comes from Belgium farmhouse traditions, classic British beers and modern innovation. It’s what we love doing. We strive to create tasty beers while supporting farmers who are saving our soils and ecosystems with regenerative agriculture.

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

Biscuit citrus aroma.
Medium bodied, foamy dry & clean. Lemon, grapefruit, pithy & citrus tastes with a long bitter finish.
Very refreshing.

Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2024 at 21:25


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at the Cock Tavern - Hackney. Pours lightly hazed yellow-gold with a super tight, creamy white head. Light sweet flavour with subtle pale wheat, relaxed yeast expression, soft herbal notes, little citrus rind, grassy accents. Light bodied with active, massaging carbonation. Soft saison yeast in the finish, lemon peel, wheat biscuits. Nicely balanced and highly drinkable.

Tried on 14 Dec 2024 at 14:58


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Beer Stop Dronfield. Ugly muddy brown (must have been half an inch of trub in the bottle) with a very nice lasting thick off white foam. An appearance of two halves. Nose has nutty malts. Fallen leaves. Whiff of dark chocolate. Earthy leafy hop. Taste is semi sweet with some nutty dryness. Turns robustly bitter. Good depth of body with lively burp inducing carbonation. Nutty earthy finish. Looks wonky tastes great.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2024 at 19:24


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

Bottle. Beer Stop Dronfield. Light haze on a pale straw gold. Very decent soppy white foam. Nose has a Belgian like yeast vibe. Some soapy hop. Wheat. Light funk. Not as expected that’s for sure. Taste is dry and moderate bitter. Very clean and quenching. Brisk rolling carbonation. Dry and bitter finish. Nice one. Good shout adding it as a Belgian Pale, too.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Dec 2024 at 18:38


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Clapton Craft, OG. Pours mostly clear yellow-gold with a fluffy, white head. Light sweet flavour with bright yeast expression, strong floral notes, grassy bitterness, flakes wheat. Light bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Aggressively bitter finish, more grass, yeast notes, straw, grain husk, wheat. Nice but the bitterness is out of balance.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2024 at 21:35


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

Bottle at home. Hazed golden colour with a white head. Yeasty sweet to a fruity bitter finish. Medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2024 at 16:55


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

Bottle from the Beer Cave. Pours hazy golden orange with a thin white head. Estery nose as promised, some cereal grains. Taste adds light lemon. Spicy linger.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Sep 2024 at 06:36



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

Tried on 20 Aug 2024 at 14:14


7

Tried from Draft on 10 Aug 2024 at 13:12


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