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

Keg @ Chapel, Broadstairs. Clear golden with a head. Session IPA and quite a hoppy one as well. Also crisp from the keg.

Tried on 25 Sep 2022 at 09:21


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

Cask by stillage at One Inn The Wood, Petts Wood on 26th August 2022. Clear coppery amber with minimal foam and scant lacing. Nutty malts aroma. Malty and bitter in-mouth, and a lasting finish of sweet malts and some bitterness. Zingy mouthfeel and a fair amount of body.

Tried from Cask on 29 Aug 2022 at 22:27


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can from Crafty Merlin's, Darlington. Gluten Free. Dark amber colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of resiny hop, fruity, floral, herbal. Taste is malt, caramel, toffee, sweet fruity, with some grapefruit, pine, and herby resinous earthy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry hoppy bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Can on 13 Aug 2022 at 20:07


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

440ml can from Crafty Merlin's, Darlington. Gluten Free. Golden colour, foamy white head leaving lacing and aroma of citrus, hop. Taste is malt, caramel, biscuit, fruity, with orange citrus, hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry citric bitter finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Can on 13 Aug 2022 at 18:11


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

440ml can from Crafty Merlins. Gluten Free. Deep orangey amber colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, toffee, citric. Taste is malty, caramel, biscuit, with some earthy citric bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish. Quite drinkable

Tried from Can on 13 Aug 2022 at 13:16


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

Gravity cask at One Inn The Wood, Petts Wood on 13th May 2022. Clear coppery amber with off-white ring-and-film, affording partial lacing. Malty aroma with leafy hop notes. Biscuit and caramel malt in-mouth with sweetened peel. A bitter finish. A smooth, engaging mouthfeel and a medium body.

Tried from Cask on 31 Jul 2022 at 21:28


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

From cask at The Long Pond, Eltham, London, after doing the 4A and 4B legs of the Green Chain Walk. Chestnut amber. Some off-white head and lacing. Fine aroma and taste of pale malt, grains, dried fruits and meadowy hops. A good bitter. Very quaffable.

Tried from Cask on 16 Jul 2022 at 21:30


Tried on 27 May 2022 at 16:10


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

Sample at RB Watford tasting (10/12/2021) - Clean crisp with notes of lemon, straw, hay, grass, light spice, sweet bready malts, light to medium body, grassy bitter finish.

Tried on 05 Feb 2022 at 08:27


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

Can split at the XmasKracker tasting, picked up in Bottlneck Broadstairs, Watford 10/12/21. Clear golden with a good sized white head. Nose is tangy orange, grass, grains, straw, cereals, pale malts. Taste comprises grass, lemon rind, pale malts, grains, breads, subtle herb. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid logger.

Tried from Can on 13 Dec 2021 at 08:52