8 Sail Brewery
Microbrewery
in Heckington,
Lincolnshire,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: 8 Sail Brewery Tap And Shop
Established in 2010
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.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Millwright Mild from 8 Sail Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled (from Beers Of Europe). Very deep amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is mild roasted malts, some mild chocolate, some smoked wet wooden notes as well. Flavour is roasted malts, mild chocolate, some smoked wooden notes as well as dark cold coffee and some slight
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Lincolnshire Gold from 8 Sail Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle (from Beers Of Europe). Hazy yellow colour with a mediumsized foamy/creamy white head that leaves quite much lace. Aroma is fruits, some honey and quite mild herbal notes as well. Pleasant. Flavour is fruits, some mild tart wooden notes as well as mild earthy and herbal notes. Not sure if the tartness is from an infection or not, but still pleasantly dry due to the tartness.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed 8 Sail Ale from 8 Sail Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled (from Beers Of Europe). Golden colour, small foamy head. Aroma is fruits, floral and pleasantly nectary notes along with mild earthy and wooden notes. Flavour is fruits, some floral notes as wooden and some maltyness.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Damson Porter from 8 Sail Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled (from Beers Of Europe). Very deep ruby colour, close to black, with a small brown head. Aroma is mild sour wood, soem slight toasted notes, toffee and also quite strong on raisins/plum. Flavour is much the same with also some quite bitter notes.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Victorian Porter from 8 Sail Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled (from Beers Of Europe). Rubyish red colour, small white head. Aroma is coffee, some fruits, mild sourness and some herbs. Mild toasted notes as well. Flavour is coffee, mild sourness, more coffee as well as some mild wooden and nutty notes.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Winter Sail from 8 Sail Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled (from Beers Of Europe). Aroma is spices (clove and cinnamon). mild berries and some slight floral notes. Flavour is spices, some wooden and grassy bitterness. Nice.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Elderberry Porter from 8 Sail Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle (from Beers Of Europe). Very deep ruby colour with a mediumsized beige head. Aroma is nutty, chocolate, some berries, mild notes of earth and some toasted notes. Flavour is berries, chocolate, some toasted notes as well as some mild nutty notes. Quite bitter and mild wooden sourness as well.
yespr (55501) reviewed Elderberry Porter from 8 Sail Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
50 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is dark roasted malty and toffee. Lingering toasted malty and caramelish. Slight bitter and herbal finish.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Elderberry Porter from 8 Sail Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle 500ml.Clear dark brown red colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dusty coffee, elderberries. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110622]
Pinball (15907) reviewed Elderberry Porter from 8 Sail Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
hazy very dark brown, smooth light yellow head. roasted aroma, very roasted, charchoal, burnt painted wood. flavor is roasted and charchoal malts, faint fruitiness, very roasted brrew, but the roast flavor is more like charchoal or burnt industrial wood. not very delicate.