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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7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Pours hazed blonde. Small white head. Scent is fruity, citrus and tropical. Taste is fairly bitter, a sweet touch, malty, bit tropical, tad citrus. Easy but very gentle SIPA. Decent.

Tried on 03 Jun 2023 at 22:31


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can at Woodys. Pours a near clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of grass with a bit of straw and some light pine coming through. Flavor has grain and light flora with a bit of citrus and earthy grass supporting.

Tried from Can on 25 Apr 2023 at 16:46


7
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6

From cask at The Royal Albert, New Cross, London, with Terje at a jazz quintet concert Sunday 23.04.23. Clear golden. Dense and persistent off-white head. Decent aroma and taste of pale malt, succade, and various citrus. Slightly harsh bitterness in aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel.

Tried from Cask on 23 Apr 2023 at 20:05


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can at home in Hackney - picked up from the taproom. Pours clear honey-gold with a small, foamy white head. Medium sweet flavour, nice oily pine, orange peel, moderate bitterness, nips of grass, sun-kissed malts. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Pretty well balanced finish, especially for the ABV, more piney resin, soft grass, dried citrus peel, hearty malts. Quite dry though. Great throwback-style gear.

Tried from Can on 22 Apr 2023 at 19:58


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

Can at home in Hackney - picked up from the taproom. Pours clear yellow with a small, foamy white head. Lightly sweet, clean and pithy, notes of lemon peel, grapefruit, flowers, mellow bitterness. Light bodied with massaging carbonation. Dry finish, more floral hops, rindy bitterness, crisp pale malts. Very drinkable.

Tried from Can on 21 Apr 2023 at 15:33


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

Can at home in Hackney - picked up from the taproom near Netil Market. Pours totally clear honey-gold with a small, foamy white topping. Light sweet flavour, fairly clean and floral, some semi-dried citrus peel, orange, mellow pine needles, sun-kissed pale malts. Light bodied with average carbonation. Pretty well balanced finish. Drinks pretty good.

Tried from Can on 18 Apr 2023 at 23:18


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

Can at home in Hackney - picked up from the taproom. Pours just slightly hazy yellow with a small, creamy white head. Quite dry and floral, some pithy grapefruit, lemon peel, dry pale malts. Light bodied with average carbonation. Pretty clean finish, light minerality, drying, more zesty and pithy citrus, grass, flowers. This one grew on me.

Tried from Can on 16 Apr 2023 at 18:12


6

Tried from Draft on 26 Jan 2023 at 18:03


27/04/2019. SOURCED MARKET, 28a/b St. Pancras International Station, LONDON, NW1, England

Tried on 30 Nov 2022 at 12:30


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

From tap at New Cross House with Goldsmiths Dep of Psychology PhD students Thursday 27.10.22. Clear pale golden. Head is diminishing to nothing. Decent aroma and taste of pilsner malt and citrusy and grassy hops.

Tried from Draft on 27 Oct 2022 at 18:27