About
Based in Swindon and nearby Cricklade, the Hop Kettle Brewing Co. was founded by Tom Gee.
With over two decades of experience in hospitality, we have the insider’s understanding of the drinks industry, and the technical knowledge required to create one-of-a-kind brews. Rather than seeing beer as an established product in an established industry, we see it as a drink with no end of potential and variety. Hop Kettle Brewing Co. represents our means of exploring the possibilities of brewing, using a diverse range of ingredients to create beers with unique flavour profiles.
With over two decades of experience in hospitality, we have the insider’s understanding of the drinks industry, and the technical knowledge required to create one-of-a-kind brews. Rather than seeing beer as an established product in an established industry, we see it as a drink with no end of potential and variety. Hop Kettle Brewing Co. represents our means of exploring the possibilities of brewing, using a diverse range of ingredients to create beers with unique flavour profiles.
5/10
Tried
on 08 Oct 2016
at 18:26
5/10
Tried
on 08 Oct 2016
at 18:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Busaba Eathai Bloomsbury - London. Pours clear yellow with a slight, foamy white head. The nose has a lot of lemongrass and zesty lime. Light sweet flavour with some pale bread, rindy and zesty citrus, lemon and lime, tangerine, grassy bitterness. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with moderate grassy bitterness, a little bready pale malt, pale bread sugars, faint honey, more zesty lime and lemongrass. Novel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2016
at 09:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Gryphon, Bristol 4/3/2016. Dark brown, with a decent, beige, head. Plain chocolate, toasty malts, leafy hops and a creamy edge before a dryish finish. Easy drinking and enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2016
at 13:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask on gravity at Swindon Beer Festival, 22/10.2015. Golden in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Citrus hops, solid, biscuity malts, and a lingering, dryish, finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2015
at 15:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask on gravity at Swindon Beer Festival, 22/10.2015. Deep gold in colour, with a slight, off-white, head.Big citrus hop and apricot fruit character, crisp, biscuity malts, and a dryish finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2015
at 15:03
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask on gravity at Swindon Beer Festival, 22/10.2015. Golden in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Hedgerow hops, some stone fruits, a flinty mineral edge, crisp malts and a dryish finish. Enjoyable drinking.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2015
at 14:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask on gravity at Swindon Beer Festival, 22/10.2015. Hazy gold in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Light stone fruits, porridge malts, some leafy hops and a gentle finish. Unusual and ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Nov 2015
at 14:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Caramel colour, white head. Aroma of caramel, straw, malts. Bitter flavour, straw, malts and root vegetables. Malty finish, caramel and straw.
(from draught -cask- @ GBBF ’14, London)
(from draught -cask- @ GBBF ’14, London)
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Oct 2015
at 11:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Hop Kettle North Wall Bitter ].ABV: 4.2%. Clear medium to dark brown amber color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, nutty, caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, caramel - roasted - toasted, nutty notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140812]
Tried
from Cask
on 16 May 2015
at 04:20