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Thurstons Brewery was formed at the Crown in Horsell in October 2012 with a 3/4 barrel plant in the kitchen. The original plan was to produce an occasional brew for the Crown, but we were asked if we would supply Woking Beer Festival with our first beer, Stedmans Ale, a request that we gladly agreed to. The result of the Festival was our first award - third overall. Now we had the bug. More beers followed starting with Maltway, then Festival, Milk Stout, Horsell Gold and Horsell Best!!!!

The VanHorsell Gold and Horsell Best soon become our mainstay beers, and along with Milk Stout and Festival Ale, keeping up with demand soon became a problem. In November 2013 we returned to Woking Beer Festival with two beers this time - Horsell Gold and Milk Stout, and were delighted when both beers won their class, Gold took first overall and Milk Stout took second. Milk Stout also went on to win the Gosport Winterfest. Subsequently, plans were hatched to install a 4.5 barrel plant next door to the pub at 102c High Street.

Work started in January 2014 and on the 7th February we removed part of the roof and lowered the copper and mash tun into the building. The fermentation vessels didn’t arrive until 31st March, but as we had had these made for us, they were oval in shape and so were able to fit through the window with the help of a few of the regulars from the Crown. After much wiring, plumbing and swearing and a few dry runs, the first brew was completed on the 9th May 2014.
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jerseyislandbeer (6316) reviewed
Horsell Gold from Thurston's Brewery
1 year ago
6.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Half pint from the cask at The Crown brewpub in Horsell. Pours clear golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, caramel, hints of spice, hops & pale malt. Moderate body. Light bitter finish. Enjoyable
Tried from Cask on 14 Jan 2025 at 20:26
jerseyislandbeer (6316) reviewed
Un-American Pale Ale from Thurston's Brewery
1 year ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Half pint from the cask at The Crown brewpub in Horsell. Pours clear golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, citrus, caramel, herbs, pine & English hops. Medium body. Dry bitter finish
Tried from Cask on 14 Jan 2025 at 16:46
jerseyislandbeer (6316) reviewed
Chobham Treacle from Thurston's Brewery
1 year ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 7
Half pint from the cask at The Crown brewpub in Horsell. Pours brown with a white head. Aromas & tastes of dark fruits, caramel, toffee, raisins, spice, treacle & malt. Moderate body. Dry slightly sweet finish. Enjoyable
Tried from Cask on 14 Jan 2025 at 16:41
jerseyislandbeer (6316) reviewed
Milk Stout from Thurston's Brewery
1 year ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6
500ml bottle from Squires Garden Centre, Horsell. Pours black with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of coffee, chocolate, plum, vanilla & roast malt. Medium body. Sweet finish. Enjoyable
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2025 at 20:58
fonefan (86114) reviewed
Un-American Pale Ale from Thurston's Brewery
1 year ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6

Cask (gravity) @ #NRHBCF 2019 - Day 3 [ The 44th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival (The 12th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], 🇬🇧 Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.

[ As Thurston's Un-American Pale Ale ].
ABV: 4.6%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy - fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt - biscuit malt, light hoppy, citrus, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, pale malt, fruit, citrus, fruity hops, light sweet malt - biscuit malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20191011]
6-3-6-3-12
Tried from Cask on 10 Oct 2024 at 09:52
BeardedAvenger (10099) reviewed
Davsberg from Thurston's Brewery
2 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at The Crown, Horsell. Aroma is fruity of low key. A grainy, slightly metallic edge. Clear gold. Thin foamy white head provides 50% coverage. Very fruity. Syrupy. Bitter metallic edge. Some citrus sourness. Light. Thin if slick. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Lager? I guess it was layered but ultimately to me may as well be a Golden Ale.
Tried from Cask on 15 May 2024 at 15:55
Theydon_Bois (48345) reviewed
Porter from Thurston's Brewery
3 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF'23, day two, 02/08/23. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a beige cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is toffee, brown bread, light roast, cocoa sprinkle. Taste comprises dried fruit rinds, mellow roast, biscuit, brown bread, dates, liquorice, cocoa powder. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Okay porter.
Tried from Cask on 21 Aug 2023 at 16:54
madmitch76 (41486) reviewed
Porter from Thurston's Brewery
3 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
2nd August 2023
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Almost clear dark brown beer, small tan head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, modest fine carbonation. Mellow chocolate malts, a little cream and a trace of coffee. Smooth semi dry finish. Pleasant little porter.
Tried from Cask on 02 Aug 2023 at 13:21
Taboada (9307) reviewed
Milk Stout from Thurston's Brewery
3 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask, third pint. @CAMRA GBBF Winter Festival 2023, Burton-On-Trent (UK). 17/02/2023 [#5.865 Global - #642 England - #1 3 Thurstons Brewery (My English Brewery #210)] Pours dark chestnut brown with a small head. Aroma: lactose milk chocolate and coffee beans. Taste: watery coffee and chocolate malts. Mild sweet. Next one please!
Tried from Cask on 07 Mar 2023 at 12:20
eurosoba (19741) ticked
Horsell Hop from Thurston's Brewery
3 years ago
27/10/2018. CROWN, 104 High Street, Horsell, WOKING, Surrey, England (STAR (Heineken UK))
Tried on 08 Feb 2023 at 08:46