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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Malty, caramel, light

Tried from Draft on 07 Feb 2025 at 19:35


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

[33cl can from Beer52.] A bright golden amber pour with a scattering of white head, and good lacing on the glass; malty aroma with a touch of caramel; smooth malty body with nuts and caramel; then a grassy bitterness and a touch of warming spice to finish.

Tried from Can from Beer52 on 17 Jan 2025 at 19:24


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

330ml can via Beer52: Drank at home on 14th January 2024. Poured into my 'Good People' (of Birmingham, Alabama) US Pint sleeve glass. Off white crust on a clean amber/reddish body. Malty, semi-sweet, floral/fruity tones, some herbal influences too. Interesting compared to a few I've tried in this style, like a hybrid Alt and Dunkel.

Tried from Can from Beer52 on 14 Jan 2025 at 22:50


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can from Beer52. This has been brewed and canned at Forest Road and looks like they have changed a Santa Monica recipe. Would be a new brewery for me if re-labelled - I'll wait and see as unsure of rules! Pours a mostly clear gold with white head. Aroma of orange, apricot, pine. Quite a drying beer with some lime, pineapple, grapefruit, pine, grain notes. Fruit salad and resin finish but lacks a punchy bitterness.

Tried from Can on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:07


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

pours dark amber/brown with a slight haze, light tan head which subsides quickly A - cocoa, nuts F - chocolate and nuts fairly soft mouthfeel, and slightly bitter finish Its fairly light and refreshing, I'm not a fan of most lagers but this is good.

Tried on 27 Dec 2024 at 23:26


7

Tried on 22 Nov 2024 at 23:23


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

1/2 pint @ Forest Road brewpub Hackney.
Dorée présentant un léger voile, col épais crémeux blanc.
Arôme est frais houblonné surfant entre agrumes et tropical aux accents NZ, reste sur une IPA de soif bien ficelée, grains en rétro-nasal en support mais avec un parfum délicat.
Palais est léger sur le malt - pâle et pils, retraiut houblonné sur effet infusion de thé vert, herbacé assez sympa - notes vertes, soutien malté assez sur l'approche américaine/Zélandaise, fini sec. Je retrouve aussi des notes tropciales voire de pêche et de goyave.

Tried from Draft at Forest Road Brewing Co. - Taproom Hackney on 20 Sep 2024 at 09:31


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask at Hole in the Wall, Waterloo. Aroma has Mt's a d tobacco. Clear amber. Thin foamy white head. Light fruit and malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Not much going on.

Tried from Cask on 07 Sep 2024 at 19:40


Tried from Can on 12 Aug 2024 at 16:53


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

Cask at The Smithfield, Derby, Monday 1st April 2024 in the company of Dad and Pauline. Pours pale straw edging towards light gold good clarity with a white head, nice crispness, good bite, lengthy bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 01 Apr 2024 at 14:49