Musket Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Maidstone,
Kent,
England 🏴
Owned by
Grainstore Brewery
Established in 2013
Closed in 2025
Contact
Unit 7, Loddington Farm, Loddington Lane, Maidstone, ME17 4AG, England
Description
A family business producing fantastic Real Ales using the finest malts and Kentish hops and are now selling in more than 350 pubs throughout Kent.
Musket Brewery and taproom ‘The Armoury’ presents quality real ales brewed in the traditional manner, with carefully selected blends of malts, hops, and barley, captivating the best the Garden of England has to offer.
Trying to find a way to spend more time together and realising they had a mutual passion for beer, father and son duo Tony & Rhys Williams, started brewing in an old mushroom shed on the back lots of Loddington Farm in Kent in 2013. What set out as an activity for the father and son to bond over soon developed in to something more. The recipes they brewed in that old mushroom shed were just too good to keep to themselves and they wanted to share their passion and the chance for other people to be able bond over their fine beers.
Closed October 2025. Purchased January 2026 by Grainstore Brewery, with the brewing equipment relocated to Oakham.
Musket Brewery and taproom ‘The Armoury’ presents quality real ales brewed in the traditional manner, with carefully selected blends of malts, hops, and barley, captivating the best the Garden of England has to offer.
Trying to find a way to spend more time together and realising they had a mutual passion for beer, father and son duo Tony & Rhys Williams, started brewing in an old mushroom shed on the back lots of Loddington Farm in Kent in 2013. What set out as an activity for the father and son to bond over soon developed in to something more. The recipes they brewed in that old mushroom shed were just too good to keep to themselves and they wanted to share their passion and the chance for other people to be able bond over their fine beers.
Closed October 2025. Purchased January 2026 by Grainstore Brewery, with the brewing equipment relocated to Oakham.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Cask - Pale biscuit malts and some honey with a bit of grass. Pale clear gold with a thin head. Pale malts and a light bitter finish. Pretty plain.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Aug 2014
at 08:33
4/10
Tried
on 06 Aug 2014
at 20:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Firkin Ale House Folkestone. Clear russet colour lasting beige head. Slightly smokey slightly spiced. Some malt. Ok but not quite perfect. Little bit watery on the finish
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Feb 2014
at 11:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity dispense at EBF XVI, 07/11/13. Clear golden with a thin off white covering. Nose is bready, orange, summer fruit, light caramel. Taste comprises bread dough, hint of citric fruit, orange, grassy. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, light bitter notes in the closure. Whelming bitter!
Tried
on 18 Nov 2013
at 11:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at Firkin Ale House Folkestone. Clear mid brown colour lasting beige head. Earthy malty aroma. Some yeast. Some hop on the finish. Some biscuit. ok
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Nov 2013
at 06:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Firkin Ale House Folkestone. Gold clear lasting white head. It’s an ok golden ale. Some hop on the aroma. Touch of pale malts. Touch of tingle on the finish. Ok for a first brew.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Nov 2013
at 06:24