B&T Brewery

Client Brewer in Shefford, Bedfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 1982

Contact
The Brewery, 3E-3F St. Francis Way, Shefford, SG17 5DZ, England
Description
B&T began brewing as an independent brewer in 1982 under the name Banks & Taylor's, with the aim to produce traditional cask ales using only the finest raw materials.

In 1994 Banks & Taylor's became B&T Brewery Ltd and continues to produce top quality, award winning cask ales today. Using traditional methods and a combination of pale, wheat, crystal and roast malts along with Challenger, Golding's and Cascade whole hops, B&T are able to produce over 30 different beers, each with their own distinct character and flavour.

Seasonal specials are produced to celebrate or commemorate the many different traditions, folk laws and historical events that have taken place locally.

In 2020 the Brewery was shut down and beers contract brewed at 3 Brewers.

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

3rd February 2011
Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Loads of beers shared with ChrisO and Harrisoni - Cheers! Clear pale gold beer. Residual white suddy head. Light malt. Sweet beer! Fruit salas sweets flavour with raspberry just dominating. Sweet fruity beer!

Tried on 13 Feb 2011 at 08:01


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Counting House, JDW. Clear golden colour, off-white head. Aroma is flowery and vegetables. Flavour is light malted, a bit fruity. Slightly dry finish, light bodied. Not good at all.

Tried from Cask on 06 Feb 2011 at 04:52


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, sweet malt, light roasted and caramel malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sharp malt bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100805] 6-2-5-3-11 Cask (handpump) @ Hillsborough Hotel, 54-58 Langsett Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S6 2UB.Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, burnt caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, light plastic bitter - sharp. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111021] 6-3-5-3-11

Tried from Cask on 31 Jan 2011 at 13:54


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask, handpull at The Swan & Castle, JDW, Oxford 08.01.11 This was really quite smokey in the mouth although the aroma didn’t suggest that it we be like this. Amber in colour with a slight haze. In the mouth there is some bitterness to support the smokiness, aroma a touch clinical/chemical though in fairness it seemed to be served in pretty good nick as did the Mordue beer I also had. It’s fine but not as good as the Mordue Headmasters Xmas sermon. A5 A3 T7 P3 Ov12 3.0

Tried from Cask on 09 Jan 2011 at 03:29


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask handpull at New Wheatsheaf. Gold slight haze. Some discetyl, some citrus orange fruit. Diacetyl though.is relatively mild. Still, a slightly buttery golden ale.

Tried from Cask on 29 Dec 2010 at 06:48


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

Cask gravity at GBBF 2010. Brown with hints of red. Thin white head. Some rich biscuit, some fruit in mouth. It’s quite decent. Like most B&T beers, well made. Fruity and biscuit is good.

Tried from Cask on 29 Dec 2010 at 06:00


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

Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 4th December 2010. Almost jet-black with thin partial head of off-white foam. Mild aroma of fruit, and malty in-mouth with berry fruit, some citric notes and a little background bitterness at rear of mouth. Easy-drinking and refreshing, but not bursting with flavour.

Tried from Cask on 13 Dec 2010 at 10:17


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (handpump) @ Nags Head, 5 Russell Street, Reading, Berkshire, England RG1 7XD.Clear medium yellow to orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, fruity, citrus - lemon notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, citrus, lemon. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100428]

Tried from Cask on 27 Nov 2010 at 09:35


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

From cask. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark roasted malt and liqourice. Liqourice and roasted malty flavoured. Caramelish and slight spiced. Smooth and dark roasted dark malty. Hoppy and fruity into the far finish.

Tried from Cask on 21 Nov 2010 at 04:31


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From cask. Pours clear and golden dark brown with a deep orange glare and a tan head. Aroma is dark roasted malty and slight tarish. Dry malty. Heavy to hard roasted. Mild liqourice and slight tarish. Dry and roasted tarish finish.

Tried from Cask on 21 Nov 2010 at 04:28