Brewster's Brewery

Microbrewery in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 1998

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5-6 Burnside industrial Estate, Turnpike Close, Grantham, NG31 7XU, England
Description
Following in the footsteps of thousands of women who have brewed through the millennia, Sara Barton founded Brewster’s Brewing Company and the first beers flowed in 1998.

Over eons and through civilisations, women had brewed beer as naturally as they baked and nurtured their families. In recent centuries though, a woman’s role within the brewing craft had changed. Old fashioned societal norms and industrialisation had turned women away from being the natural brewers of beer. In modern times things have been changing and thankfully the world is different now; the new age of the Brewster is dawning.

After equipping herself with a Masters degree in Brewing and Distilling from Heriot Watt in 1989, Sara was to join the tiny band of female pioneers working in the brewing world and then in time she took the step to lead her own brewing company.

Sara took the name Brewsters for the brewery as it was an old English word for a female brewer. In the mid nineteen nineties when Brewster’s brewery was started it was a term seldom used or even understood.

Brewster’s brewery is now a 32 hectolitre (or 20bbl if you are old school) single infusion brewhouse located in Grantham, Lincolnshire. Cask conditioned ales predominate but brewery conditioning is developing to be an important element for the brewery and allows other beer styles such as kegged beers and canned small pack to develop. The small batch size gives scope for great variety in styles.

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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at Fat Cat, Kelham Island - Jet black, thin tan head. Roasted notes, light chocolate, nuts and bit of burnt toast.

Tried from Cask at Fat Cat (Kelham Island) on 02 Jan 2026 at 15:51


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Deep golden colour with an off white head. Some pine and bitterness. Medium body.

Tried from Cask at The Strugglers Inn on 24 Dec 2025 at 13:21


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Hand pulled half pint in the Tiny Tavern, Lincoln on 29th November 2025. Dark brown body, beige crust. Malty and moody, some dark fruits and a hint of bitterness below the heavy malt bill.

Tried from Cask at Tiny Tavern on 29 Nov 2025 at 21:20


6.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Golden Acorn, Glenrothes. Fife train/bus jaunt. Pours crystal clear golden amber with a thin white head. Looks the part. Aromas of light malt, cooked orange and light spice. Taste is a little thin, softly wassy, all flavours a bit muted. Slightly soapy finish. Started well...

Tried on 15 Nov 2025 at 12:03


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

Cask at the Strugglers Inn, Lincoln. Pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are light sweet and slight tropical. Light body.

Tried from Cask at The Strugglers Inn on 02 Aug 2025 at 12:24


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6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask. at the Struggler Inn, Lincoln. Pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are fruity sweet and slight wheaty. Medium body.

Tried from Cask at The Strugglers Inn on 02 Aug 2025 at 11:30


6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

440ml can at home on 4th July 2025. A gift from my mate 'Mog', poured into a Foster's UK pint sleeve. Clean and clear golden body, white crown. Not a lot going on in the nose but there is a definite malty bias in the taste. Smooth and soft feel to the body, it's an easy drinking Lager and very pleasant.

Tried from Can on 04 Jul 2025 at 18:00


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

440ml can, a gift from Mog. Drank at Auntie Sue’s on 27th June 2025. Misty bronze body, white crust. Hedgerow berry nose and taste. Bitter hop feel throughout. Second beer of the session, three to go.

Tried from Can on 27 Jun 2025 at 15:59


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6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

4/6/2025. Cask at Hamilton Hall, London Liverpool Street. Pours clear golden amber with a small frothy white head. Well poured and good looking pint. Aroma is hoppy, floral, malty, citrus, grainy, light caramel. Nicely balanced bittersweet taste. Medium body, soft carbonation. Drying finish. Solid pint.

Tried from Cask at Hamilton Hall on 04 Jun 2025 at 16:53


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Tried from Can at Draper’s Arms on 30 May 2025 at 08:23