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.
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
The ginger is apparent in aroma and flavours, but is not overbearing, hops are also evident in the aroma.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2012
at 14:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Six Bells Woodchurch. Yes some ginger on this. Clear pale amber colour. Quite light on the ginger. Some bite on finish. Ok. Nothing of great remark here.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2012
at 05:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and light caramelish. Sweet malty and caramelish. Sweet and lingering fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2012
at 11:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
clear amber, small offwhite head. aroma is slighty fruity, flowery. flavor is flowery, malty, bitter malty, dry, english.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2012
at 09:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A hazy dark amber beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, over ripe fruits, caramel, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, alcohol, over ripe fruits, and malt, leading to a dry alcoholic finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2012
at 08:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours amber with a slight haze and a small off-white head. Greasy British hops in the nose and some caramel. Rich body, oxidized caramel malts and a little wood. Warming alcohol. A very decent British Barley Wine. 260412
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2012
at 07:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask@Pigs Ear Beer Fest 2011. Hazy orangeish amber colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is fruits, alcohol, glue and some maltyness. Flavour is zesty, fruity, a bit gluelike sweetness, some caramel and mild tropical fruit juice concentrate like notes. Overly sweet and a bit off balance.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2012
at 02:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Tuckers Maltings. Rusty orange pour with a beige head. Toffee apple, caramel and orchard fruit aroma. Rich flavours of sultanas, oranges, baked apple and pear. Rich, warming fruity-malt finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2012
at 12:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml.Clear dark red brown colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, shoe polish, horse blanket - leather, light coffee and chocolate. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20111125]
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2011
at 11:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled, from Pig’s Ear Beer Festival, London. Muddy amber, no head. Intense pear like nose from hops and alcohol. Full bodied, sweet, very caramelly. Salty with fruit esters. Long warming finish with resiny bitters.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2011
at 12:58