Bays Brewery

Microbrewery in Paignton, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2007

Contact
Yalberton Industrial Estate, Aspen Way, Paignton, TQ4 7QR, England
Description
Multiple Award Winning Family-run Brewery based in Torbay, Devon!

Bays Brewery began in March 2007 when Will Freeland, Mark Salmon and Peter Salmon joined forces and signed a lease on an old 5000 square foot steel fabrication unit in Paignton. The transformation began towards the end of March and by the middle of June, after some considerable construction and installation works, it was running its first brew through the 20 barrel brew plant.

With Will Freeland’s experience as the head brewer at Skinners Brewery in Truro for ten years, Bays Brewery was quickly able to establish an efficient and consistent brewing regime.

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5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
500ml bottle. Pours clear golden with a white cap. Aroma: light citrus, toffee. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, sweet malts, light hoppy, orange citrus on the finish. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Not much to this.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2020 at 22:13

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg at the Harbour Seafood Restaurant, Plymouth. Clear gold with a large white head and a middling fizz. Lemon and grass; crisp, clean and refreshing. As lagers go this was unusually enjoyable, especially when served with decent seafood and overlooking a moonlit Plymouth harbour!
Tried on 31 Oct 2020 at 20:13

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask pint, hand-pulled on 6th Dec 2019, The Panniers, a Wetherspoon pub in Barnstaple. Dark amber body, off-white/beige head. Malty with a fruit cake spicy feel, lightly hopped. Not the best Christmas Beer I've come across.
Tried from Cask on 09 Dec 2019 at 17:37

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours clear amber with a medium-sized head. Aroma is sweet malt, faint spicey hop. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, fruity. Light bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2019 at 08:57

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF '19, day one, 06/08/19. Golden amber with a well presented off white cap. Nose is dusty fruits, brown bread, grass, light herb. Taste comprises biscuit, fruit slice, grass, light spice, crackers, grains. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough bitter.
Tried from Cask on 10 Nov 2019 at 15:44

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Hand-pulled half-pint in the Fortescue Hotel, Plymouth on 2nd Nov 2019. Decent clean looking amber pour, beige topping. Light malty nose and flavour, balanced by some bittering hop action. Easy drinking Bitter that isn't going to excite or bore your senses.
Tried on 06 Nov 2019 at 09:49

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
33cl bottle from Factory Foods. medium creamy white head. Slightly hazy golden pour. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2019 at 21:10

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5

Draught @ Old Fire House, 50 New North Road, EX4 4EP Exeter, Devon, England.

[ As Bays Devon Rock Craft Lager ].
ABV: 4.5%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, sugary, fruity malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, pale malt, fruity malt, sugary, hop bitter notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20190726]
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Tried on 26 Jul 2019 at 12:28

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask @ Bell Inn, Launceston. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, malt, hops, little sour but not off. Fruity finish.
Tried from Cask on 13 Jul 2019 at 12:34

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at Royal Seven Stars Hotel, Totnes. Nil aroma. Pale gold. Creamy white head. Light bitter with hints of citrussy sweetness. Low key maltiness. Light bodied. Slick. Average carbonation. Dry finish. Passable. Refreshing.
Tried on 17 Apr 2019 at 11:08