Tillingbourne

Microbrewery in Shere, Surrey, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Tillingbourne Brewery

Established in 2011

Contact
Old Scotland Farm, Staple Lane, Shere, GU5 9TE, England
Description
When the brewery equipment of the former Surrey Hills Brewery.housed at Old Scotland Farm came up for sale in July 2011, it proved the perfect opportunity for chief brewer Steve to fulfil his lifelong dream of owning his own brewery.

In partnership with an old school friend Lee the purchase was completed in September 2011 and then the major task of cleaning, decorating and upgrading the brewery began…

On 19th November 2011, the first Tillingbourne brew was finally underway. With over 20 years’ experience, moving from brewing 120 pints for private consumption to nearly 5,000 pints commercially was always going to be a challenge. But under Steve’s strict quality control, we did it and without compromise.

Our reputation for quality grew as quickly as our reputation for being hop fanatics. Our passion for infusing our beers with copious amounts of hops has also become our signature.

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Inn at home. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, flowers, malt, citrus and hops. Nice bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2018 at 11:00


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at the Sun, Redhill. Pours golden with a small white head leaving good lacing. Aroma of hop, grass, citrus and caramel. Medium sweetness, light bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 24 Jan 2018 at 21:23


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at PoW, Farnborough. Low key malty aroma. Light brow or dark amber. Thin, slightly blotchy, white head. Light bitter. Underlying hints of sweetness - caramel. Herbal edge, almost a salted caramel element. Thin bodied and on the light side. Fizzy carbonation. Abrupt finish. Better than expected - a lively refreshing bitter.

Tried from Cask on 18 Jan 2018 at 06:29


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at GBBF’17, day one, 08/08/17. Lightly hazed golden with a decent off white covering. Nose is floral hop, lemon rind, orange peel, tangerine, straw. Taste comprises tangy citric shreds, tangerine, melon, soft breads, straw. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy hop bitterness. Decent hoppy pale.

Tried from Cask on 31 Dec 2017 at 07:38


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask @ 27th Egham Beer Festival 2017. Pours a slightly hazy yellow golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity sour citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity sour tart citric citrus flavor. Has a fruity sour tart citrus finish.

Tried from Cask on 31 Dec 2017 at 04:51


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at White Hart, Chobham. Floral aroma but it also has a musty malty element to it. Gold. Thin bubbly white head. Makes a poor first impression - light light bitter with a soda water taste to it. The light and thin palate fon't help. However it does gain hoppy bitterness and has a sweet finish. Low key fizzy carbonation. Long finish. Watery gold, some character but not great.

Tried from Cask on 28 Nov 2017 at 13:42


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Inn At Home, Guildford. Funky aroma, with a fruity buzz that makes me think of white wine spritzer. Light gold, with an orange tint. No head. Sour, gets stronger until it's increasingly tart into the finish. Apple juice. Thin bodied. Light. Low key carbonation. Abrupt dry finish. For a first sour from this brewery this is a decent enough attempt. A tad one dimensional and at first really overdoes the sour.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Oct 2017 at 15:57


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at White Hart, Tongham. Floral citrus and grass aroma. Malty too.. Medium amber. Splodgy white head. Light sweet, with a light bitter core. Sweet citrus fruits plus grapefruit. Malts. Light bodied but slick with soft carbonation. Abrupt finish. Pleasant if not overly exciting.

Tried from Cask on 23 Oct 2017 at 10:38


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at White Hart, Chobham. Low key floral citrus aroma, honey and caramel. Medium gold. Frothy, slightly blotchy, white head. Light - medium bitter. Malty. Some sweetness into the finish. Medium bodied. Thin. Soft carb. Long if a tad muted finish. Enjoyable enough standard gold.

Tried from Cask on 12 Sep 2017 at 10:45


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

8th August 2017
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Light haze on this gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has reasonable fine carbonation, Smooth malts, some malt cream. Sweet floralness. Floral lemon and orange citrus. Pith and peel bitterness builds toward the smooth finish. Citric peel linger. Pleasingly floral - citric.

Tried from Cask on 13 Aug 2017 at 12:00