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.
6.4/10
LCI. Slightly sweet almost caramel malt notes.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Apr 2025
at 19:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Can at home picked up from the brewery. A clear amber coloured pour with a small off white head. Aroma is jammy orange, marmelade, pine, jammy fruit, toasted malts. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty malts, jam on toast, some grassy pine. Good malt and hops balance. Palate is semi sweet, mellow carbonation, rounded.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2025
at 20:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Dark brown colour with small head.Aroma is sweet and mild with flavour of coffee and toffee caramel even mild hint of berries and toasted malt mild and smooth finish.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2025
at 08:07
6/10
Citrus fruity and pale malty, notes of straw, hay, medium body, piney bitter edged hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2025
at 11:39
8/10
Dark roasted malty with chocolate and some coffee roast, sweet caramel and dark toffee, some rich bourbon throughout, full body, bourbon infused malty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2025
at 06:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can at the Standing Order. Pours hazy yellow with a thin white head. Aromas of sweet orange. Taste is more orange, tangy and bitter finish.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2025
at 17:00
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can at the standing order. Pours hazy golden, nose is orange sherbert, floral, taste is juicy citrus, toffee, creamy. 7/7/7/7/7
Tried
on 18 Mar 2025
at 16:05
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Not bad, fairly dry and roasty, a little ash and earth, mild warmth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2025
at 23:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
13th March 2025
CBJ tasting. Bottle. Near clear dark brown beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Smooth palate, mildly dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Soft dark malts, mellow dark chocolate, abundant smooth espresso coffee. Mellow dark fruits. Smooth finish. Not bad.
CBJ tasting. Bottle. Near clear dark brown beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Smooth palate, mildly dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Soft dark malts, mellow dark chocolate, abundant smooth espresso coffee. Mellow dark fruits. Smooth finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2025
at 21:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2025
at 21:10