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.

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7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 9
Tap at The Hive Crowthorne, 24th July 2021. Pours a dark and murky orange. Aroma is earthy, citrus and pith. Taste is deep, earthy, pretty bitter and citrus with pine. I liked the bitterness
Tried from Draft on 29 Jul 2021 at 20:16

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
440ml can. Pours very hazy lemon gold with a small head. Aroma is bitter stone fruit, papaya and sherbet lemon. Taste has peach and papaya to start with a bitter sherbet lemon finish.
Tried from Can on 28 Jul 2021 at 21:31

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can as gift. Pale yellow golden with a white head. Aroma and taste are light grassy citrus. Slight sweet to dry. Medium body.
Tried from Can on 16 Jul 2021 at 17:34

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Pours a golden orange with a small white head. Thick cut chunky marmalade in the nose. Initially sweet, malty and fruity in the mouth with oranges and some grassiness. Later on some floral hops and traditional bitterness come through. Finish is dry and bitter. This is quite nice.
Tried from Cask on 02 Jul 2021 at 22:04

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Large foamy white head left a good cover on a pale straw coloured body. Pine, tobacco & citrus aroma. Medium bodied, nicely carbonated with a clean back. Bitter citrus, pine, peach, confectionery & white wine tastes. Very refreshing
Tried on 09 Jun 2021 at 19:50

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
440ml can. Pours hazy gold with a medium head. Aroma is sweet and grassy papaya. Taste is a little yeasty with grassy papaya.
Tried from Can on 05 Jun 2021 at 18:58

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
440ml can. Pours hazy lemon gold with a small head. Aroma is cocnut, lemon and tropical fruit. Taste has cocnut and straw to start with a dry bubblegum finish.
Tried from Can on 08 May 2021 at 19:55

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Appearance is golden, with a huge thick white head. Aroma is grassy hops, citrus fruit, pineapple hints, orange juice. Taste is hop bitterness, orange peel, pineapple hints, bit of wheaty malt, grassy hops. Hints of apple and spices.
Tried on 08 May 2021 at 05:34

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
44cl can from Flavourly.
Thin white head. Very hazy golden pour. Nice bitterness.
Tried from Can on 06 May 2021 at 21:42

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44cl can from Flavourly. Medium creamy white head. Hazy golden pour. Light bitterness. Easy drinking.
Tried from Can on 05 May 2021 at 18:45