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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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On gravity at White Cliffs BF 2015. hazy amber dark lasting white head. bit of nettle hop. Its kinda an ok premium bitter with some malt sweetness and some hop. Ok beer.
Tried on 06 Feb 2015 at 09:58

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Tried on 09 Sep 2014 at 13:14

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Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; golden amber pour with smooth off white head, floral and fruity hop aroma, taste sweet malt taste along with some citrus hop and a hint of biscuits, a moderate bitter finish. Session IPA candidate.
Tried from Cask on 20 Feb 2014 at 05:38

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Hand-pulled pint in The Shrewsbury Hotel, a Wetherspoons place in Shrewsbury on 27th Jan 2014. Slight haze to the amber body, a deep creamy head sat on top. This leads with a hop bitterness and finishes in the same vain. It isn’t one dimensional though, there are malty bits within the flavours, it has a fruity centre and some biscuit crumbs to find in the taste. I enjoyed it, the 4.3% ABV sat nicely and I’d have another if it came my way again.
Tried on 11 Feb 2014 at 13:27

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Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. A slightly hazy amber pour with a ring of white head that leaves lots of lacing on the glass; straightforward grapefruit aroma; a sharp grapefruit bitterness in teh mouth; and a long finish with some honey providing a touch of sweetness. Very drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 14 Jan 2014 at 12:59

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Cask at the Bird in Hand, Knowl Hill. Golden amber with a ring of white head; biscuity aroma; sweet malty taste with a fresh herbal bitterness giving a long finish. An excellent ordinary bitter.
Tried from Cask on 10 Jan 2014 at 14:15

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Cask at The Playhouse, Colchester. Poured a clear light amber with a frothy white head and lots of broken lace. The aroma is floral hop. The flavour is medium to strong bitter with a grassy floral aromatic slightly pepper palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. It smells and tastes like a liquidised flower arrangement!
Tried from Cask on 03 Jan 2014 at 13:53

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10th September 2013
Market Porter. Cask. Lightly hazy pale gold beer with a small white head. Good fine carbonation. Light dry malt. Distinctly lemon hops with a whisper of herb. Finishes dry and crisp. The crispness and the lemon make for a refreshing and pleasant cask beer!
Tried from Cask on 11 Sep 2013 at 01:43

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ambrato scarico non molta schiuma agrumata buona intensita secca morbida finale citrico
Tried on 19 Aug 2013 at 05:56

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330ml bottle. Really nice clear reddish glowing copper colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Malty aroma has notes of caramel and toffee, slightly herbal hoppy overtones, vague hints of alcohol. Taste is initially terribly herbal and bitter, later tolerable, in the finish even with a nice, subtle toffee note. But meh, too late for reconciliation.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2013 at 11:02