Glastonbury Brewing Co.

Client Brewer in Somerton, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2002

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Park Corner Farm, Somerton, BA6 8JY, England
Description
Founded in 2002 as Glastonbury Ales. In 2018 the plant was sold to Parkway Brewery but Glastonbury continue to brew there. In 2019, they relocated and renamed.

We set to work back in 2006, bravely challenging the traditional values of the UK beer market. At the time, real ale was under-represented and largely unexciting. We brought unique and flavoursome ales to local pubs and shops. Working with local chefs, farmers and herbalists we expanded our horizons. Soon word spread. Before long, we were working evenings and weekends to meet demand.

In 2008 we took the leap and moved the brewery to a larger site. More space and better equipment enabled us to experiment and diversify. We continued to deliver a broad range of real ales, but expanded into the territory now known as craft beer – small batch, highly experimental brews that ignore the rules to focus on flavour.

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5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Rochdale Beer Festival 2016. Amber with a light fruity-sweet taste and an easy-drinking character. Has a light bitter finish.
Tried on 13 Jan 2017 at 09:06

6.5/10
Nice easy drinker
Tried on 13 Oct 2016 at 19:57

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask at GBBF ’16, day one, 09/08/16. Golden blonde topped with a white head. Nose is juicy citric peel, straw, melon, soft bread. Taste comprises toasted grains, Mandarin, orange pith, pale malts, bread dough. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough offering.
Tried from Cask on 11 Sep 2016 at 03:19

6/10
Pale ale, middle of the road
Tried on 08 Sep 2016 at 19:42

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask@CP&K, London - Amber pour with white frothy head. Toasted malty and sweet tropical fruity, notes of grapefruit, pineapple, lemon, some caramel malty sweetness, pine, hoppy bitter finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried from Cask on 25 Aug 2016 at 09:03

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Sampled @ GBBF day 1. Quite clear yellow golden color, small white head. Smell and taste malts, lightly hops, medium bitterness, lightly butter. Low to average body and carbonation. Meh.
Tried on 15 Aug 2016 at 09:06

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Gbbf. Fast klare dunkel goldene Farbe. Geruch mild zitronig, helles malz. Geschmack trocken zitronig hopfig, nussig, sehr hopfig bitter.
Tried on 09 Aug 2016 at 12:43

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap. Fast klare orange goldene Farbe. Geruch mild zitronig hopfig, leicht grasig. Geschmack sehr hopfig bitter, Kräuter, leicht hefig, minimal säuerlich.
Tried from Draft on 05 Aug 2016 at 13:09

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
new label, 500ml, golden chalice, 4.8%, Real Ale. quite hazy orange with a white head. Aroma of malts, hop, yeast, citrus, orange, straw. Taste of citrus, slightly acidic, malts, pilsener/lager, caramalts, biscuit, orange, quite some fruit flavors, still yeasty and bitterness as base, medium body, slightly sour finish, a lot of yeasty notes over-all. --- Beer merged from original tick of Golden Chalice on 25 May 2018 at 10:19 - Score: 6
Tried on 31 Jul 2016 at 08:22

6/10
Tried on 30 Jul 2016 at 12:23