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Rudgwick Brickworks, Lynwick Street, Rudgwick, Rh12 3UW, England
Description
We are an award winning craft brewery, producing an impressive selection of delicious Craft Beer.
Born in 2013, Firebird was created by Bill and Richard who re-established an old friendship which began at The University of Birmingham’s Brewing School. Both studied for an M.Sc in Brewing Science and Technology and on completion went their separate ways. Bill to join and eventually run family firm King and Barnes in Horsham and Richard to continue his career with Courage and then a move into the Wines and Spirits Industry.
On making contact again in 2012 it didn’t take too many beers to realize that a joint venture in brewing was the only sensible thing to do! Soon a site was found in an old converted brickworks in Rudgwick and a brewing plant was purchased and installed. The first commercial beer Heritage XX was sold at the end of June 2013. 10 years later Firebird produces a large range of award winning beers and has a thriving shop and bar as well.
Born in 2013, Firebird was created by Bill and Richard who re-established an old friendship which began at The University of Birmingham’s Brewing School. Both studied for an M.Sc in Brewing Science and Technology and on completion went their separate ways. Bill to join and eventually run family firm King and Barnes in Horsham and Richard to continue his career with Courage and then a move into the Wines and Spirits Industry.
On making contact again in 2012 it didn’t take too many beers to realize that a joint venture in brewing was the only sensible thing to do! Soon a site was found in an old converted brickworks in Rudgwick and a brewing plant was purchased and installed. The first commercial beer Heritage XX was sold at the end of June 2013. 10 years later Firebird produces a large range of award winning beers and has a thriving shop and bar as well.
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from Inn at Home, Newbury. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are grass, malt, hops, straw and has a light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2019
at 08:49
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Inn at Home, Newbury. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sweet malt, grass, straw, hops and has a nice clean grassy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2019
at 08:45
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Inn at Home, Newbury. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are grain, bread, malt, hops and little fruits. Bready and light bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2019
at 09:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Growlers and Cans, Guildford. Sour fruit and malt aroma. Dark opaque cola brown. Creamy light beige head. Immediate sweet edged light sour hit, followed by a bitter streak. Advertised as chocolate and malt but for me it's sour berries that are most prominent. Chocolate only comes through in the finish. Light-medium bodied. Thin but slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. It's fine I guess. Keeps thing interesting but edging towards sickly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2019
at 06:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Growlers and Cans, Guildford. Resinous aroma. Hazy orange. Thick and long-lasting foamy white head. Pretty bitter. Quinine. Described as a NEIPA but the juice is obscured by the bitterness. Kind grainy into the finish. But as I drink more it gets fruity. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average carbonation. Dry slightly astringent finish. Looks good but is somewhat basic.
Tried
from Can
on 11 May 2019
at 18:48
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask @ Scarbrough Hotel, Leeds. Golden with a head. Has a hoppy session texture and the lack of gluten here is very evident.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Apr 2019
at 22:32
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask handpull at John Logie Baird JDW Hastings. Clear dark chestnut dark brown beer. Lasting beige head. Good dark beer. dark malts and lots of dark berry fruit. touch of tar dark fruit skin tannin. good condition and temperature. damson BlackBerry. really good dark fruit. some burnt raisin. good.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jan 2019
at 11:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can at home in Hackney - picked up at an offie near Dalston Junction. Pours brown with a creamy beige head that fades a bit. Fairly sweet, has a lot of milky coffee, smooth chocolate, mellow toasted brown bread, earth. Light bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Soft roast in the finish, more milk chocolate, background ash, mellow coffee. Drinks pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jan 2019
at 22:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can at home in Hackney - picked up at an offie near Dalston Junction. Pours clear gold with a foamy, white head. Has some basic bready pale malts, a little dough, lemon meringue, soft rind bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Alright balance in the finish, more pale bread, sun-kissed pale malts, mild bitter lemon and tangerine rind. Drinks alright, to be fair. But it is a little simplistic.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jan 2019
at 22:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at the Haymarket. Appearance - golden amber and hazy. Neat head. Nose - mango and canteloupe melon. Light grassy note. Taste - more ripe mango and melon. A touch of resin around the edges. Palate - light to medium bodied and creamy. Balanced finish. Overall - good beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jan 2019
at 22:34