Summerskills

Microbrewery in Plymouth, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 1983

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Unit 15 Pomphlett Farm Industrial Estate, Broxton Drive, Plymstock, Plymouth, PL9 7BG, England
Description
We produce a range of cask and bottle conditioned “real ales” from ingredients sourced as locally as possible. All of our recipes use whole leaf English hops mainly from Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The fermentation yeast is “wet” reducing the amount of waste yeast from each brew and allowing the strain to develop its own distinctive characteristics. Our spent grains, the remains of the malted barley after mashing, are collected by a local farmer and fed to his cattle. Our beers can be found in pubs, shops and restaurants in Plymouth, West Devon, the South Hams, Torbay and Cornwall who are passionate about local produce. The brewery was founded in 1983 by Adam Summerskill and has been here in Plymstock since 1985.

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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is herbal hoppy, grassy too. Bitter, herbal, grassy and dry flavoured. Bitter and herbal dry finish.
Tried from Cask on 31 Aug 2013 at 02:34

6/10
28/8/2013. Cask at The Dove Street Inn Summer Beer Festival.
Tried from Cask at Dove Street Inn on 27 Aug 2013 at 23:00

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask. Deep golden colour with some haze and a small white head. Aroms is sweet malts, some fruity and floral notes along with some slight nutty and wooden notes. Flavour is overall quite sweet, with some wood, malts, fruits and mild nectar to it. Also mild nutty and slightly toasted notes. Quite a good thirst quencher with a pleasant bitterness.
Tried from Cask on 30 Jun 2013 at 11:36

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 8 Overall 5
Mid brown ale with a small but complete head. Nice bitterness and smooth to drink.
Tried on 17 Feb 2013 at 11:24

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Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Mid chestnut with a loose cream head; floral aroma; light sweet malty taste; and a decent amount of herbal bitterness to finish. A good, well-balanced bitter.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jan 2013 at 09:40

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask handull at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Mid brown colour lasting beige head. Decent best bitter. Some malt some character some hop on finish. Its fine. Good condition
Tried from Cask on 03 Jan 2013 at 10:27

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at JDW Sutton Coldfield - a very malty ale, sweet and a bit sickly, but a good meaty body giving it some substance.
Tried from Cask on 17 Nov 2012 at 16:32

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ JDW Elgin 181012
Dark amber, clear, thin dense white head, some lacing
Aroma - soft toasted malts, light caramel malt
Taste - soft roasted malts, caramel, some yeast (getting a wee hint of GK), background of english hedgerow hops, some fruity malts
Palate - soft carb, medium body, bit viscous. Finish as main flavour, little dry, light yeasty caramel malts, soft bitter english hops
Overall - Quite a decent traditional bitter
Tried from Cask on 19 Oct 2012 at 10:06

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Hazy chestnut with a thin beige head; and a caramel aroma; smooth, creamy and full-bodied with some sour fruit flavours at first, then some earthy malts and nutty caramel; follwed by some gentle bitterness from leafy hops; which leave a dry finish. Rather good.
Tried from Cask on 16 Oct 2012 at 10:50

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
cask at standing order ... amber ... creamy white head ... soft sweet toffee malt nose... sweet malt fruits ... light berry .. ok
Tried from Cask on 20 Sep 2012 at 08:32