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.
6.2/10
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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
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
From cask. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted dark malty and slight breadish. Dark roasted malty, tar, bitter and roasted malty flavoured. Bitter and dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2011
at 22:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
14th July 2011
Chelmsford Beer Festival. Opaque brown beer, small tan suddy head. Smooth low carbonation palate. Good darkish malt with a little coffee. Well integrated hoppy fruit. Well balanced stout! Tasty!
Chelmsford Beer Festival. Opaque brown beer, small tan suddy head. Smooth low carbonation palate. Good darkish malt with a little coffee. Well integrated hoppy fruit. Well balanced stout! Tasty!
Tried
on 09 Aug 2011
at 14:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF, 2011. Brown pour, no head. Roasty chocolate, coffee aroma. Chocolate malt and coffee flavour. Quite pleasant.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Aug 2011
at 13:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the GBBF 2011. creamy off white head. Very dark amber pour. Quite a decent stout
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2011
at 16:54
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@Rose And Crown, Oxford. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is wood, some caramel, mild floral notes as well as some toffeeish notes. Flavour is being quite much the same.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2011
at 04:03
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask (gravity) @ 27th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2010, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, EnglandUnclear medium orange - amber colour with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, smoke - plastic, alcohol, smoke. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, plastic smoke, overriped fruit, phenol. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20101203]
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jul 2011
at 23:11
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium to dark amber orange colour with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, fruity, toasted - caramel, apple, light to moderate hoppy, citrus - apple, ripped apple. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, rubber - smoke, apples. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110615]
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2011
at 09:39