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
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Butcher's Hook, Thornbury 28/6/2024. Golden in colour and hazy, with a tight, white, head. Citrus fruits, floral hops, rich tea malts and a lingering, dryish, finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jul 2024
at 05:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Brit Bar, Weston Super Mare, 29/5/2024. Golden in colour, with a slight, white, head. Light citrus fruits, some rich tea malts and grassy hops leading to a moderately bitter finish.. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 May 2024
at 09:28
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2024
at 17:19
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Apr 2024
at 14:21
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Apr 2024
at 14:32
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
440ml can: BB 29th July 2024, drank at home on 5th February 2024. Poured into a UK pint glass that is vase shaped. Hazy lemon colour, pale; the head a large snow white blanket of soft bubbles. Lemon and grapefruit in the aroma and taste, other non-sweet citrus fruit flavours may well also play a part. Idaho 7, Simcoe and Talus hops doing their thing!
Tried
from Can
on 05 Feb 2024
at 16:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
440ml can: BB 20th June 2024, drank at my parents on 31st December 2023. Large white head on a misty yellow body. Citrussy nose and taste, almost sour (might have been 'off') in nature, everyone else mentions it's sweet, well mine wasn't sweet at all.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2023
at 17:57
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity poured half-pint in The Etsome Arms, Somerton on Sunday 12th November 2023. Clean amber body, off-white wispy head. Semi-sweet malty molasses tempered with some bittering hop action, decent enough, but lacked oomph and depth.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2023
at 23:28
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Cask at the Hare On The Hill, Bristol, 06/10/23. Copper to deep golden pour with little in the way of a head. Nose is biscuit, grass, grains, straw, stewed fruits. Taste comprises caramel wafer, grains, straw, biscuit. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Average at best.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2023
at 11:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Bank, Bristol 15 September 2023. Golden in colour and Hazy, with a moderately-sized, white, head. Citrus hops, some pineapple and tangerine fruits, biscuity malts and a moderately bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Oct 2023
at 07:23