Firebrand Brewing Co.

Microbrewery in Launceston, Cornwall, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Beer Cellar

Established in 2012

Contact
Unit 2 Southgate Technology Park, Pennygillam Ind. Estate, Launceston, PL15 7ED, England
Subsidiaries
Firebrand Brewing Co. owns 1 brewery:
Description
We forged Firebrand in 2012 in a converted milking parlour on the untamed edge of Bodmin Moor, North Cornwall. The idea was born from our passion for beer made from all-natural ingredients, Cornish spring water, and American hops.

We brew beer that we love to drink and pride ourselves on our craft. Whether it’s a Hazy Vegan IPA or a Barrel Aged Imperial Stout, we regularly refine and tweak our recipes to brew the best beer we can.

Originally launched because the co-owner and head brewer of Penpont Brewery Joe Thompson wanted to brew a more modern style so Firebrand Brewing Co. was created.

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6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
33cl bottle from beer52.com. A slightly hazy amber pour with a fast fading white head; spicy hop aroma; pleasant hoppy taste with a sweet malt body; and some gently warming spice to finish.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2015 at 06:45

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Tasted in the 5% ABV version. Cornish (litterally) IPA with thin, irregular, snow white head retaining around the edges of the glass but quickly losing volume in the middle, over a hazy light orange blonde robe. ’Dank’ but not too complex aroma of blood orange, pine wood, pink grapefruit flesh, honey, mango, toasted bread, bitter herbs. Taste begins with restrained but still quite vivid fruitiness, dried apricot, red apple, sourish touch, relatively soft carbo for the style, minerals, citrussy freshness, with an equally citrussy hop bitterness already present in an early stage and gaining strength towards the finish, supported by a light, toasted and slightly nutty malt body, which actually feels a bit thin for a 5% ABV beer; finish is aromatically and bitterly hoppy, dry, resinous, subtly piney and subtly citrussy, long, with a peppery ’sting’ to it without becoming as abrasive as many American equivalents of our day and age; a minerally flavour and a very lightly malty taste linger as well. In all: a pretty straightforward, quenching, ’simple’ but flawless IPA, enjoyable on a hot day and hoppy enough to qualify for the ’American’ substyle of the genre.
Tried from Can on 13 Jun 2015 at 18:39

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Bottle from Terre de Boissons Calais. Earthy malty beer. It has a little spice a little white chocolate. It’s fine. Tasty enough. Hard to have this after Plateau that was almost perfect. It’s fine.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2015 at 13:22

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at 6 Degrees North. Pours black, nose is roasted malts, chocolate, toffee, taste is sour, chocolate, light roast.
Tried from Cask on 08 Jun 2015 at 03:15

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
11th May 2015
The Three Johns. Keg. Opaque black - brown beer, good pale tan head. Palete is airy and semi dry and crisp. Fine minerals. Cocoa dusted dark malts, well integrated vanilla that isn’t that sweet. Touch of dark fruits. Overall pleasantly tangy dark malts with a nice touch of vanilla.
Tried on 07 Jun 2015 at 09:12

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Tap at six degree North... Dark black.. Thin tan lacing... Soft Dry chocolate roast.. Light blackcurrant nose.. Dark chocolate.. Dark roast.. Big malts.. Soft spice roast... Dark heavy chocolate roast
Tried from Draft on 06 Jun 2015 at 11:38

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On tap at the Bath Brew House, Bath. Dark brown colour thick off white head. The aroma is roast malt, fruit and a touch of spiciness. The taste has a bit of chocolate and coffee, i didn’t get from the aroma. Decent is slightly fizzy body.
Tried from Draft on 26 May 2015 at 13:20

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at New Inn Canterbury. Clear gold lasting white head. Hoppy nice drinkable. Some malt. Little bit of bitterness. Decent
Tried from Cask on 22 May 2015 at 16:38

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Shrewsbury Beer Festival 2014. Light fruitiness, light maltiness. Rather inoffensive but a pleasant quaffer.
Tried from Cask on 20 May 2015 at 07:42

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap. @El Lúpulo Feroz, Oviedo 10/05/2015 Color amarilo, aromas y sabores cítricos, cuerpo ligero.
Tried from Draft on 14 May 2015 at 05:18