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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7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

16/1/2019. Cask at the Radnor Arms, Folkestone. Pours mid to dark brown with a foamy domed off-white head. Aroma of milk chocolate, dark fruit, malt, hops and caramel. Moderate sweetness, medium roasted bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Dry finish, with a gentle kick of bitterness developing. Decent drop.

Tried from Cask on 16 Jan 2019 at 19:38


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Cock Tavern - Hackney. Pours clear cola brown with a frothy, light khaki head. Notnbad, has some dry ashy roast, burnt earth, coffee grounds. Light bodied with fine carbonation; alright condition. Strong bitter finish, almost harsh, some charred grass, more earth and ash, bitter cocoa. So so overall.

Tried from Cask on 10 Dec 2018 at 19:00


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

Cask handpull at Fuggles Beer Cafe Tonbridge. Good best bitter some earthy hop some good malty flavour. Some tea tannin. Good condition and flavour

Tried from Cask on 08 Jun 2018 at 15:31


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Tried on 19 Mar 2018 at 19:44


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask gravity at Harbour Arms Margate. Clear mid brown colour lasting beige head. Excellent condition. Good malt hop balance. Broen fruity malt and a good pepper hedgerow hop finish. Blackthorn. Good best bitter.

Tried from Cask on 30 Dec 2017 at 05:56


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

5% fullbodied apa chinook cascade cascade and apollo hops provide a distinct refreshing citrus finish. Clear brown amber coliur lasting white head. caramel malty aroma. More malty in mouth. Caramel. Decent lime and lemon finish. Good malt base. Likeable enough malty apa.

Tried on 19 Sep 2017 at 09:39


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

Cask at Claret & Ale, Croydon. It pours clear amber with a well - appointed off-white head. The aroma is fresh, rather juicy, elderflower, elderberry, grapefruit, peach, white bread and cereal. The taste is crisp, rather bitter, toasted grain, resin, grapefruit, orange peel, bread, biscuit malt, elderflower with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Great cask condition. Good level of bitterness and fruit. A solid cask ale.

Tried from Cask on 11 Jan 2017 at 07:08


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at The Thomas Tallis Canterbury. Gold lasting hoppy aroma. Too much hop comes across as cheesy. Not much malt. All about the over the top hop.

Tried from Draft on 22 Oct 2016 at 06:30


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

5 Liter keg ’ randomly found’ by lucho . Pours clear dark amber, ok white head. Smell is bit malty, light metallic, bit sweet. Taste is malty, quite aromatic, earthy, some caramel, mild cocoa. nice, but nor really bitter so perhaps not really the right style here on Ratebeer ( bitter )

Tried on 29 May 2016 at 03:06


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

Cask at the Claret. It pours clear copper with a decent off-white head. The aroma is bready, malt loaf, fruit cake, earth and toffee. The taste is bitter, earthy, light spice, wood, toffee, fruit cake and leather with a dry wood finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty flavoursome and quaffable. Good stuff.

Tried from Cask on 22 May 2016 at 06:59