Forest Road Brewing Co.

Microbrewery in Bermondsey, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2015

Contact
Unit 1A, Industrial Estate Juno Way, Bermondsey, SE14 5RW, England
Description
With Forest Road, what you see is what you get. We don’t have big investors. We’re not owned by a multinational corporation. We started on a tiny kit in an East London backyard, and we’ve grown through hard work.

What we work hardest at is the quality of our beer. When we heard that one of the world’s greatest breweries - Russian River in Northern California - was selling its brewhouse, we knew we had to get our hands on it. We worked night and day to raise the cash, sailed it through the Panama Canal and now it has a new home, here in London.

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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From tap. Pours clear and golden yellow. Small white head. Aroma is fruity, slight citric. Bitter, dry and slight herbal. Bitter. Medium dry. Slight herbal. Bitter and hoppy. Grassy and slight herbal finish.

Tried from Draft on 08 Mar 2018 at 13:27


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Keg at Forest Road. It pours hazy yellow with q massive foamy white head. The aroma is fresh, bright, sweet, loads of banana candy, toasty grain, some creaminess and candy. The taste is soft, sweet, foamy banana candy throughout, straw, toasty grain, grass with a drying finish. Medium body and fine, foamy carbonation. Perhaps a touch sweet, but well rounded. Decent.

Tried from Can on 17 Feb 2018 at 19:50


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at The Brewery. It pours jet black with a decent tan head. The aroma is big hit of coffee beans, fresh, roasted malt, earth, bit of unami, spice and toasted nut. The taste is dry, bitter, toasty maltage, loads of coffee throughout, resin, toasted nut, umami, liquorice and a touch of tannin with a drying finish. Light+ body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Packs plenty of flavour into the abv. Decent gear.

Tried on 17 Feb 2018 at 19:32


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Keg at Forest Road. It pours jet black with massive tan head. The aroma is earthy roast, umami, meatiness, cacao nibs, liquorice and a bit of rocky road. The taste is dry, bitter, earth roast, toasty, bitter, liquorice, peppery spice and coffee grounds with a dry, toasty finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Decent Schwarz by all accords.

Tried on 17 Feb 2018 at 19:21


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Keg at London Brewer's Market. It pours clear yellow - gold with a thick white head. The aroma is quite sweet, grass, leaves, twig and cracker. The taste is crisp, dry, soda water, pithy lemon, soap, grass, leaves and straw with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Not so bad for a lagerbier.

Tried on 26 Nov 2017 at 14:40



6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Keg at the London Brewers' Market. Pours crystal clear gold, lightly effervescent, with a dense, creamy, pure white head. The nose has lots of biscuits, a little hay, hints of dough. Light sweet flavour with grassy bitterness, husky grains, more crispy biscuits. Light bodied with average carbonation. Decent balance on the finish, more biscuity character, grass and cereal, light bitter hay. Nice simple lager.

Tried on 25 Nov 2017 at 06:49


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Keg at the London Brewers market. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a lasting frothy white head. Aroma is semi sweet buttery malts, cereal, grassy hop. Flavour is composed of cereal, light butter, cereal grains, grassy leafy hop, little veg. Palate is light, semi sweet, frothy carbonation, light grains. Meh.

Tried on 25 Nov 2017 at 06:39


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle at the Ale House, Chelmsford. Pours hazy golden to amber with a frothy off-white head. Aroma of hop, caramel, malt, yeast, flowers, fruit and biscuit. Light to moderate sweetness, medium plus bitterness. Medium to full bodied, slight sticky texture, soft carbonation. Biscuity, hoppy, bitter finish. Nice brew.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2017 at 11:09


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pours clear pale blonde. Small white head that fades rather quickly. Smell is malty, tad crisp, overall pretty weak. Taste is pretty standard lager-style maltyness. tad crisp, but bit clingy as well ( maltsyrup ? ) more bitter than the average international pale lager, perhaps, and too much gas to me. OK. a bit of a downer after I was so impressed by their WORK.

Tried on 30 Oct 2017 at 06:03