8 Sail Brewery

Microbrewery in Heckington, Lincolnshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: 8 Sail Brewery Tap And Shop

Established in 2010

Contact
Heckington Windmill, 4 Hale Road, Heckington, NG34 9JW, England
Subsidiaries
8 Sail Brewery owns 1 brewery:
Description
The unique eight-sailed windmill at Heckington near Sleaford in Lincolnshire is the sole survivor of only seven of the type ever built in Britain. Heckington’s eight-sailed windmill owes its survival to John Pocklington (1865-1941) who combined the machinery from Skirbeck with the tower at Heckington in 1892. He kept the mill in working order even when it became obsolete and was commended by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings for his restoration of 1933. Kesteven County Council (later absorbed into Lincolnshire County Council) purchased the mill in 1953 and the building has been administered by the Friends of Heckington Mill since 1982.

Tony Pygott set up the six barrel brewery in the adjacent former grainstore in June 2010 and the first brew took place on 22nd June. Having built up a distribution network, 8 Sail Brewery cask and bottled-conditioned beers can be found in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire and further afield.

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6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - deep orange with a nice fluffy head. Nose - orange and resin. Some pine. Taste - orange again, a bit dank this time. Green notes too. Palate - light to medium bodied with a tangy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - Nose better than taste but still good.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2016 at 07:20

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
500ml bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. From Beers of Europe. Pours hazy golden orange with a thick white head. Aromas of resin and orange, light sherbet. Taste is sharp zesty orange, marmalade sweetness, light dankness. Not bad for the strength.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Nov 2016 at 07:19

Bottle from real ale store, Newark. Golden colour with a thick white head. Aroma malty yeast. Taste light bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2016 at 00:00

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
500ml bottle: BB Jan 17, poured into a UK pint sleeve at home on 28th Sep 16. Slight haze to the golden body, large and lasting white foam blanket on top. Yeasty and hoppy with light biscuity malts pushed back by the overall bitterness of the piney hops. Over chilled, it had very little aroma until it began to warm a little in the glass, the hops then giving off their resinous nature, mild floral and citrus esters too, but not much.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Sep 2016 at 08:12

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from steep hill wines. Hazy golden colour off white head. Citrus fruity aroma. Taste slight acidic, sweet, then bitter finish. Medium body. Weird brew this one.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2016 at 23:00

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle from The Real Ale Store, Newark. Amber colour white head. Lively. Fruity sour edge. Sweet to light sour finish.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2016 at 23:00

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tried a few times but rated from cask at the local JDW. Pale Amber colour with a white head. Aroma fruity sweet, taste mid sweet with a light bitter.
Tried from Cask on 08 Aug 2016 at 23:00

9.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 10 Texture 8 Overall 9
Tradycyjny angielski bitter. To prawda i w dodatku niefiltrowany mocno metny ze sporymi fragmentami nieaktywnych drozdzy. Piwo jest gozkie i to bardzo w zapachu suszony chmiel. Kolor ciemno bursztynowy, smak to krolestwo goryczy. Do tego w ladnej etykiecie stylowy Bitter. Polecam. Al Pacino says: William Shakespeare still Alive in her Heart.
Tried on 06 Aug 2016 at 12:41

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Maidenhead Beer Festival, July 2016. A pale amber pour with a loose white head; sweet floral aroma with some Kentish hops; soft and sweet in the mouth with a barleysugar taste; then drier with a light touch of warming spice betore a lingering barleysugar finish.
Tried from Cask on 29 Jul 2016 at 10:19

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle from the real ale store, Newark. Amber to ch stunt colour with a thin off white head. Aroma is malty a caramel. Taste has a long bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2016 at 23:00