About
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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madmitch76 (41486) reviewed
Milk Stout from Thurston's Brewery
12 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
12th August 2014
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Almost clear dark brown beer. Residual pale tan head. Light dry dark malts. Mild tangy dark chocolate. Whisper of dark fruits. Trace of dry malt cream. Light dry finish. Okay.
Tried from Cask on 31 Aug 2014 at 08:47
Sledutah (12649) reviewed
Milk Stout from Thurston's Brewery
12 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF
Dark Brown, no head or lacing. Aroma of roasted malts and chocolate. Flavors of roasted malts, sweet malts, chocolate with a dry finish
Decent
Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2014 at 18:17
Benzai (25102) reviewed
Milk Stout from Thurston's Brewery
12 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Sampled @ GBBF. Black color, small beige head. Smell and taste malts, a touch of sweet malts, quite roasty, a hint of chocolate. Decent body and carbonation, velvety mouthfeel. Quite nice, well done.
Tried on 18 Aug 2014 at 11:00
Theydon_Bois (48345) reviewed
Horsell Best from Thurston's Brewery
12 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at EBF ’18, 07/08/14. Chestnut brown with a good sized light beige covering. Nose is earthy, biscuit, toffee, mellow fruits. Taste comprises caramel, bread pudding, mellow fruit, ligh spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a bitter linger. Solid bitter.
Tried from Cask on 17 Aug 2014 at 08:04
Ferris (26019) reviewed
Milk Stout from Thurston's Brewery
12 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask - Dark roast and some slight chocolate. Jet black with almost no head. Dark roast malts and some chocolate notes. I don’t quite get any milk or sweetness.
Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2014 at 09:53
Fergus (32001) reviewed
Milk Stout from Thurston's Brewery
12 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the 2014 GBBF. Opaque dark brown pour with a scummy grey head. Aroma is nutty, choc and dried fruits,. Flavour is sweet lactose sugars, earthy choc and hint of ashy roast. Some berry fruits. Decent.
Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2014 at 09:22
Scopey (25563) reviewed
Milk Stout from Thurston's Brewery
12 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2014. It pours near black with a decent light tan head. The nose is bitter-sweet, coffee, candy, cocoa, Rocky road and lactose. The taste is smooth, bitter-smooth, milk chocolate, earth, wood, coffee, mocha and twig with a very drying finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Alright.
Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2014 at 07:35
Ferris (26019) reviewed
Horsell Best from Thurston's Brewery
12 years ago
6.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask - Toffee and some nutty notes with a touch of bitterness. Clear copper with a bubbly white head. Toffee, light nuttiness and an easy clean finish. Very drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2014 at 10:31
Ferris (26019) reviewed
Horsell Gold from Thurston's Brewery
12 years ago
6.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Craft - Herbal almost skunky hops with some grain sweetness. Clear gold with a thin head. Tastes much like it smells, fairly light though.
Tried on 07 Aug 2014 at 04:00
fonefan (86114) reviewed
Horsell Best from Thurston's Brewery
12 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ EBF17 2014, 17th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE. [ As Thurstons Horsell Best ].Clear medium to dark red - brown amber color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, vomit notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, caramel, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140417]
Tried from Cask on 25 May 2014 at 14:02