Quantock Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Bishops Lydeard,
Somerset,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Quantock Brewery Shop & Taproom
Established in 2007
Contact
Westridge Way, Broadgauge Business Park, Bishops Lydeard, TA4 3RU, England
Description
Quantock Brewery was set up in December 2007 in Wellington Somerset. However it was born out of the love of brewing by our head brewer Rob Rainey. Rob purchased his first home brew kit from Boots but when this didn’t produce the quality of beer he wanted, Rob, a former nuclear engineer, built his own kit from scratch, and the rest is history.
Rob’s philosophy was to brew the highest quality ales using the best natural ingredients. He wanted all the beers to be brewed entirely from the highest quality grain and whole hop cones, the only other ingredients being yeast and water. No chemicals or sugar are added to the beers to ensure flavour is pure. Rob stives to produce quality beers that have flavour and character, far different from the mass-produced beers traditional found in pubs across the UK.
Our brew house is an 8-barrel size with 8 fermenters allowing us to produce 5 brews per week and over 2300 pints per brew. Currently we can produce over 160 casks or 11500 bottles per week. Recently the brew house has started producing kegged beer supplying over 40 key kegs a week. Our brewhouse also features our new HOPGUN. This exciting piece of kit replaces the traditional dry hop brewing process and allows our brewing team to infuse a more intense level of flavour and aroma directly into our new craft beers.
In an industry of endless possibilities, we will always continue to explore new ideas and add to our ever-growing range of beers crafted in the heart of Somerset.
Rob’s philosophy was to brew the highest quality ales using the best natural ingredients. He wanted all the beers to be brewed entirely from the highest quality grain and whole hop cones, the only other ingredients being yeast and water. No chemicals or sugar are added to the beers to ensure flavour is pure. Rob stives to produce quality beers that have flavour and character, far different from the mass-produced beers traditional found in pubs across the UK.
Our brew house is an 8-barrel size with 8 fermenters allowing us to produce 5 brews per week and over 2300 pints per brew. Currently we can produce over 160 casks or 11500 bottles per week. Recently the brew house has started producing kegged beer supplying over 40 key kegs a week. Our brewhouse also features our new HOPGUN. This exciting piece of kit replaces the traditional dry hop brewing process and allows our brewing team to infuse a more intense level of flavour and aroma directly into our new craft beers.
In an industry of endless possibilities, we will always continue to explore new ideas and add to our ever-growing range of beers crafted in the heart of Somerset.
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from Flavourly. Pours hazy golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light malt and lemon. Taste is more of the same. Light sweet finish.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Dec 2022
at 17:14
Tried
on 11 Nov 2022
at 13:01
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from the brewery. Pours hazed pale yellow gold with a white cap. Sweet fruity aroma. Moderate sweet taste with lighter bitterness, tooti frooti sweets & pineapple. Soft mouthfeel. Medium body with soft carbonation. Perhaps a bit sweet but very flavoursome.
Tried
from Can
at
Quantock Brewery Shop & Taproom
on 05 Nov 2022
at 11:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Harp. A translucent yellow straw coloured pour with a sticky white head. Aroma is nice mellow dank, floral citrus, flory wheat, marmelade, coconut. Flavour is composed of, semi sweet, coconut wheaty grains, grass, tangerine, dill. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, moderate carbonation. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Nov 2022
at 16:24
3.7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask half at the source. Described on the pump clip as an amber ale. Pours pale amber with an off-white cap. Very light in character, pale malts, hints of caramel & citrus. Light sweet & bitter. Light body with soft carbonation. Not much to this really.
Tried
from Cask
at
Quantock Brewery Shop & Taproom
on 30 Oct 2022
at 09:27
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from the brewery. Pours hazed pale yellow with a foamy white cap. Aroma: citrus, floral. Taste: light to moderate sweet & light bitter, orange hop, light grapefruit, grassy. Light to medium body with foamy carbonation.
Tried
from Can
at
Quantock Brewery Shop & Taproom
on 29 Oct 2022
at 21:57
Tried
on 30 Sep 2022
at 13:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@The Great British Beer Festival 2022 (Days 1&2) - Citrus fruity and pale malty, notes of straw, hay, medium body, piney bitter edged hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2022
at 13:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Murky as all hell, piney, hoppy, citrusy & fruity with a lovely West Coast bitterness
Tried
from Cask
at
Tap and Can
on 03 Sep 2022
at 13:40
Tried
on 30 Aug 2022
at 07:20