Gun Brewery

Microbrewery in Heathfield, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Gun Brewery Saffrons Taproom

Established in 2015

Contact
Hawthbush Farm, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 0JY, Heathfield, TN21 0JY, England
Description
We brew at Gun Hill, on a beautiful 140 acre organic mixed farm in the Sussex Weald. The farm has a history of hop growing and some survive to this day in the hedgerows. It’s a lovely place to be and a lovely place to brew.

We spent a year refitting the barn, and installing all the equipment ourselves, before selling our first pint in January 2015. In making our beer we aim to tread lightly on our surroundings. We generate much of our own power from a 15kw solar array; heating from a wood powered boiler and our spent grains keep the local livestock happy.

All the water used for brewing comes from our own spring source deep below the organically farmed land. The water is microfiltered and UV treated to ensure its purity without the need for chemicals. It’s delicious and great for brewing.

Five years on from launch, plenty of awards and some 2 million pints later, by 2020 we were a team of 9 and when we started moving fermenters outside, it was obvious that to keep moving forward, we were going to need a bigger boat. We couldn’t expand in our current building, and really didn’t want to move away from the spring water and the farm. Both of which are part of our DNA. So we looked into the idea of actually building Brewery 2.0 from scratch here.

In August 2020 we were granted planning permission and began building in September. All being well, we hope to move in December 2021.

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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared at the 2015 edition of the chriso Pre-GBBF tasting - London. Cheers! Pours clear brown with a tan, cream head. The nose holds roasted malts, coffee and earth. Medium sweet flavour with notes of toasted and grainy bread, mellow earthy bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Moderately sweet at the ending, with further earth, cocoa. Nice overall.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2016 at 02:37


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can at home in London - picked up at Kris Wines. Pours clear yellow-gold with a creamy white head. Relaxed pithy citrus on the nose, with undertones of dried pale malts. Light sweet flavour with understated piney notes, pale bread, pith, faint minerality. Light bodied with average carbonation. Clean and crisp on the finish, nicely balanced, with further pithy citrus, lemon rind, grapefruit. A very drinkable, good all around APA. Quite moreish. (27 January 2016, score: 3.7)

Bottle shared at the 2015 edition of the chriso Pre-GBBF tasting - London. Cheers! Pours hazy yellow with a creamy, white head. Pithy citrus in the nose. Light sweet flavour, fairly bitter, with minerals, pine. Light bodied with average carbonation. Dry and pithy on the finish, with grassy bitterness, flinty minerals. Just so so. (August 2015, score: 3.1)

Tried from Can on 27 Jan 2016 at 18:56


5

Tried on 25 Jan 2016 at 13:43


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

Bouteille 50cl, BB 12/2015, merci Pierre T. Couleur dorée, col fin vlanc crémeux. Arôme offre un bouquet citronné, vert houblonné léger mais plaisant, retrouve un mat caractère pils plus en retrait. Palais est malté moyen avec un houblonné bien citronné qui ajoute un petit zeste. Le tout est sec, voire terreux avec une levure qui reste quant à elle bien présente. Le tout est finement amer, épicé et un rétro grains n’est pas en reste.

Tried on 06 Sep 2015 at 08:41


7

Tutti-fruity, papaya and grapefruit. Nice. Half at Ale House

Tried on 05 Sep 2015 at 00:36


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

Bottle@Chris and Ruth’s Pre-GBBF 2015, London - fuzzy golden coloured pour with medium white head. Tropical fruity hoppy and malty aroma and taste, grapefruit, pineapple, peachy, lemon, hoppy bitter finish. Nice!

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2015 at 12:32


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

Bottle@Chris and Ruth’s Pre-GBBF 2015, London - pours black with beige/tan head. Sweet and roasted malty aroma and taste, with prominent chocolate, some coffee, caramel, sweet roasted finish.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2015 at 12:29


10

Tried on 24 Aug 2015 at 15:46


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at Chris & Ruth’s pre-GBBF shindig, 2015 from the Bison Beer Craft Beer Shop, Brighton. Cloudy gold pour with a white head. Soft sweet fruit nose, lots of pineapple and pear in there. Flavours of pear, baked apple, sweetcorn and citrus. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2015 at 10:48


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at Pre-GBBF Shindig 2015. It pours cloudy amber-gold with a thick white head. The nose is soft, juicy, estery, apple, pear, candied stuff and sherbet. The taste is smooth, toasted grain, doughy malts, spice, straw, cereal and lemon parfait with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Perhaps a touch sweet, but not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2015 at 13:12