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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a reddish brown with a small off-white head. Roasty nose. Light body, hard roast and chocolate with a light malt bitter finish. 261111
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2011
at 15:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. It pours a small, beige head over a dark brown body with a reddish hue. Dried fruits, coffee, some chocolate and berries on the nose. Roasted flavor with coffee, chocolate and dried fruits. Lacks on bitterness all the way. Full-bodied and dry, a bit hard on the carbonation. Far from bad, but not a winner in my book. Too one dimensional. 111125
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2011
at 15:11
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ FOneFan. Very dark brown/red with small beige head. Aroma is . Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, little coffee, bitter, little sweet, little water and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2011
at 15:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Ulfborg Winter Tasting Part ?, (Late 2011). Pours dark brown nearly black with a creamy bubbly head. Vague roast, ashes and caramel. Medium bodied. Decent and tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2011
at 15:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Volunteer Arms, GBBF 2011. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with hoppy hints.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Nov 2011
at 06:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask gravity @ The 3rd Stortford Beer Festival, Bishops Stortford CM23. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Fruity roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Oct 2011
at 01:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 2. Pours rich brown with a mild tan head. Roast and actually some nice, piney hops in the aroma. Flavor is kind of so so. Roasty with light chocolate and mild sweetness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Decent roasted malt character in the finish with just light sugar. Not bad, pretty straight-ahead stuff. (August 2011, score: 3.5)
Cask at the Pembury Tavern, Hackney, during the February Festival 2011. Pours brown with a light, tan foam head. Raw coffee bean nose, mild smoke, roast. Great flavour, with plenty of smokey malts, light minerality, some charred wood. Just lightly sweet with the faintest hints of fruit. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with light sugary notes, charcoal, further smokey accents. Pretty solid. (February 2011, score: 3.8)
Cask at the Pembury Tavern, Hackney, during the February Festival 2011. Pours brown with a light, tan foam head. Raw coffee bean nose, mild smoke, roast. Great flavour, with plenty of smokey malts, light minerality, some charred wood. Just lightly sweet with the faintest hints of fruit. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with light sugary notes, charcoal, further smokey accents. Pretty solid. (February 2011, score: 3.8)
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Sep 2011
at 07:59
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Stortford Beer Festival 2011. A hazy amber beer with a bubbly white head. The aroma has notes of malt, phenols, and fruit. The flavor is sweet with notes of fruits and malt, leading to a dry phenolic finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Sep 2011
at 12:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Stortford Beer Festival 2011. A black beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of roated malt and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt and chocolate.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Aug 2011
at 10:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask@3rd Stortford Beer Festival, Bishops Stortford. Deep rubyish black colour, small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, some mild ashes, mild liquorice and some grassy notes as well. Flavour is roasted malts, liquorice, some slight smoked wet wood, toffee and sweet malts. Tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2011
at 23:00