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.
Deanso (15673) reviewed Dragon Street Porter from Brewster's Brewery 10 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Pint on cask at the Red Lion JDW.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate.
Deanso (15673) reviewed Rutterkin from Brewster's Brewery 10 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample at the red lion jdw.
Medium creamy white head. Clear pale golden pour. Light bitterness
Martinsh (3610) reviewed Rutterkin from Brewster's Brewery 10 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Cask at Square Bottle, Chester. Pours golden yellow with minimal off-white head and good lacing. Citrus is the mainstay of the aroma plus hints of kiwi and grapefruit. In the mouth it is quite bitter but with some underlying sweetness. Floral hops and summer fruits to the fore in the aroma with traces of grapefruit and bitter lemon coming later. Finish is slightly sticky. This is reasonable and quite refreshing. The citrus isn’t too prominent.
Jow (8309) reviewed Decadence from Brewster's Brewery 11 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask NERAX. Clear gold frothy white noggin. Nose of pale malt some floral hops tastes perfume, melon, sourdough, cracker, popcorn. Light bodied.
jjsint (8631) reviewed IPA from Brewster's Brewery 11 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
440ml can at the William Wygston (JDW), Wigston. Bright brownish orange, clear with a full off-white head. Aroma of marmalade, caramel, iced tea, spiced orange. Taste is... whoa. Way, way, way too sweet. However as I drink I get used to it and find notes of toffee and pine, maybe a little cinnamon. Ooh, this is too weird to be good. It's one of those 'craft' beers that trad brewers do, often coming off badly. Brewsters have good beers. This isn't one of them although I've had worse.
Reubs (35480) ticked Persephone from Brewster's Brewery 11 months ago
Spoons Spring Fest 2025 - citrusy fruity and malty aroma and taste, light grapefruit and lemon, zesty citrus peel, doughy bready malts, bitter lightly floral hpppy finish. Refreshing. Nice one.
Hermod (17967) reviewed Persephone from Brewster's Brewery 11 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Cask, half pint.
Poured almost clear and light golden in color.
Nice citrusy hop flavors. Ends decently bitter, dry, marmaladey.
Deanso (15673) reviewed Persephone from Brewster's Brewery 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Sample on cask at the red lion jdw.
Thin white head. Clear pale golden pour. Light bitterness
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Persephone from Brewster's Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Gold with a white head. Lemon and orange flavours, but also sadly a touch of plastic. Quite crisp and clean though. Ok overall.
Martinsh (3610) reviewed Persephone from Brewster's Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Cask at Shrewsbury Hotel, Shrewsbury. Pours golden amber with a small foamy off-white head and excellent lacing. The aroma is a mix of hops with some added citrus. In the mouth it starts off sweet but bitterness gradually creeps in until it becomes dominant. Flavour has citrus, tangerine and marmalade with some hints of tropical fruits and peel coming later. Finish is bitter and fruity. This is decent.