Tonbridge Brewery

Microbrewery in Tonbridge, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2010

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19 Branbridges Industrial Estate, Bainbridges Road, East Peckham, Tonbridge, TN12 5HF, England
Description
Tonbridge Brewery are an independent brewery based in the ‘Historic Heart of Kent’s Hop Growing Area’, supplying cask conditioned ales to Pubs and Clubs throughout Kent, that includes us in Historic Rochester! and also South East London, and Eastern parts of Sussex and Surrey. Established in 2010, Tonbridge Brewery produce a widerange of distinctive real ales in cask and a small range of keg ales. They use only malted barley, leaf hops (predominately Kentish) and yeast. Tonbridge Brewery ales are brewed with a live yeast that originates from the Barclay Perkins brewery of Southwark, south east London, which provides these beers individual character. The regular cask conditioned ales are all clearly differentiated and the range offers a choice of lighter, darker, hoppy, malty, weaker and stronger ales.

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

Cask at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Dried fruit & toffee apple nose. Malty sweet taste. Earthy malty sweet with a lingering bitter edge.

Tried from Cask at Rusty Bucket - Eltham on 04 Jul 2025 at 12:22


Cask handpull at Fuggles Cafe Tonbridge. Clear ruby colour lasting tan head. Pleasant red ale. Plenty of spicy rye flavour. Some sweetness. Full in the mouth. Very decent. OK condition.

Tried from Cask at Fuggles Beer Cafe (Tonbridge) on 14 Jun 2025 at 11:13


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

Cask by stillage at the River Ale House, Greenwich on 5th May 2025. Clear, pale amber with shallow white foam and scant lacing. Grassy hoppiness in aroma. Citrus notes and grasses in-mouth. An emerging bitter finish. Light to medium bodied with a zingy mouthfeel.

Tried from Cask at River Ale House on 05 May 2025 at 20:00


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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Aromas of orange marmalade, apricot jam, peach. Flavours of orange marmalade, peach, mango, more apricot jam. Rich flavoursome brew. Very nice.

Tried from Cask at Rusty Bucket - Eltham on 03 May 2025 at 09:45


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7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Nose is caramel, black pepper, dried fruit. Taste is caramel, toffee, candied peel. Sharp bitter aftertaste.

Tried from Cask at Rusty Bucket - Eltham on 26 Apr 2025 at 13:10


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Bottle/Can at RB London tasting -
Clean crisp with notes of lemon, straw, hay, grass, light spice, sweet bready malts, light to medium body, grassy bitter finish.

Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:40


7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Cask handpull at The Coopers Arms Rochester. I checked with the landlady and asked if this was a re badge of another Tonbridge beer and she said it was brewed for the pub. Clear amber colour lasting off white head. Nutty bitter. Great condition. Good bitter finish. English fruity yeast. Good.

Tried from Cask on 21 Mar 2025 at 17:40


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7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Cask at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Nose is gooseberry jam, grapefruit, orange peel. Taste is much the same. Easy drinking citrusy action. Nice bittersweet aftertaste. Good stuff.

Tried from Cask at Rusty Bucket - Eltham on 14 Mar 2025 at 22:57


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

Cask gravity at Tonbridge Rugby Club. .Clear gold lasting white head. Good hops at the start. Good English German hop aroma and flavour. Excellent condition. I thought a good English style pale ale. Good white flowers white pepper. Decent bitterness on the finish.

Tried from Cask on 01 Feb 2025 at 14:13


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Cask gravity at Tonbridge Rugby Club. Clear gold colour lasting white head. Aroma of German hops. Some light white flower aroma. More of the same in the mouth. Clean in the mouth. Light bitterness on the finish. One of the best uk kolsch. The best UK kolsch I've had.

Tried from Cask on 01 Feb 2025 at 13:47