Utopian Brewing

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

Established in 2019

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Unit 4, Clannaborough Business Units, Bow, EX17 6DA, England
Description
At Utopian Brewing our mission is simple: to celebrate incredible British lager.

From our independent brewery in picturesque Devon we brew in a traditional way but with our own interpretations of classic styles, using only 100% British grown ingredients.

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6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg at Brewdog Outspost Waterloo. Opaque amber. Thin foamy translucent white head l. Aroma has low key carmal. Flavourwise it has a bitter streak over a chewy carmal and doughy base. Develops a citrus edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-flat carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Pleasent enough if somehow too dry.
Tried from Draft at BrewDog Waterloo on 01 Nov 2025 at 15:15

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Tried from Draft at BrewDog Clerkenwell on 29 Oct 2025 at 17:10

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at Brewdoge Clerkenwell, Collabfest '25 ticking mission II, 29/10/2025.
Deep copper topped with a lasting just off white head.
Nose is biscuit, grains, light caramel wafer, straw.
Taste comprises grass, bitter orange, biscuit, caramel, stewed fruits.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Solid for the style.
Tried on 29 Oct 2025 at 00:00

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can. Clear amber with a dense beige head. Aroma of biscuity and toffee malts. Taste is rich and malty, caramel, toffee, biscuit, toasted bread, sweet-ish with a hint of bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied. Beautiful Märzen.
Tried from Can from RAD Beer on 22 Oct 2025 at 19:02

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can, 2025 version, appears to be identical to 2024 with no recipe change this time.
Clear pale golden with a white head. Aroma of bready malts, straw. Taste of pale and bready malts, grains, a bit of straw and grass, light sweet with a drying bitterness to finish. Medium bodied. A very nice Helles.
Tried from Can from RAD Beer on 22 Oct 2025 at 18:16

8.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Can from House Of Trembling Madness. Clear amber body with an off-white head that holds well. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of brown bread and dried leaves. Flavour of caramel and sweet tea. Medium body with a slick mouthfeel. Light fizz. A rich and beautifully balanced lager from arguably the UK’s best lager brewery.
Tried from Can at House Of The Trembling Madness (Lendal) on 20 Oct 2025 at 22:29

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Canned, from Systembolaget. Black, small beige head. Chocolatey nose with burnt toast. Mid sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Dark chocolate and dark bread. Mid bitter finish.
Tried from Can from Systembolaget Beställningssortiment on 20 Oct 2025 at 20:38

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
On the edge of gushing to huge, ragged white head over clear metallic, finely carbonated golden beer. Faintly spicy malts, bit peppery, faintly leafy. Dusty. Very fresh, (green) leafy flavour, dry cookies. Very faint pineapple ester. Finish is sweetish. Light body, in the end soft carbonation. OK, nothing special. But! It has a blue passport, halleluia! Txs to Stef!
Tried from Can on 19 Oct 2025 at 08:37

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 7
440ml can sold to me by djoeye. A bubbly fawn-coloured head leaving crocheted lacing on the glass, coal black body. Cocoa and dark bread on the nose, lightly roasted, inviting. Brown malt-driven taste character, hints of cocoa and bread, lactose beneath. Roasted bittersweet ending, a bit short. Quite alright overall. (Tromsø, 18.10.2025).
Tried from Can from Systembolaget Luleå - Storheden on 18 Oct 2025 at 17:08

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can. Clear golden, big white head. Aroma of grains and biscuity malts, light grassy hop. Taste is the same, grainy and biscuity malt flavours with a bit of grassy hop and peppery spice, good bitterness that lingers, very crisp, clean, and a light-medium body that's better than expected for a 3.9% lager. Very good.
Tried from Can from RAD Beer on 04 Oct 2025 at 14:58