Tillingbourne
Microbrewery
in
Shere,
Surrey,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Tillingbourne Brewery
Established in 2011
Contact
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.
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.
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Sampled @ GBBF. Clear yellow golden color, average sized white head. Smell and taste lightly malts, lightly hops, a bit vegetables, plant like, lightly bitter. Average body and carbonation.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2014
at 00:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask (Nags Head, Reading) - Amber in colour. Grapefruit, tea, peach and lychees in the aroma. Hoppy and moderately bitter taste with peach, grapefruit and a slightly earthy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2014
at 23:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at Tonbridge Siba 2014. Clear amber lasting beige head. It’s fine. Quite a fruity drinkable bitter with enough biscuit malt and some English hops on the finish. Yep it’s a bitter and quite a decent one at that.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jul 2014
at 04:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gravity dispense at the brewery and a 2 pint carry out at home whilst watching England vs Honduras ... Christ on a bike 2 pints of the same beer !!! 07/06/14. Clear golden with a good sized off white head. Nose is juicy citrics, orange pith, tangerine, light pine, grapefruit. Taste comprises soft bread dough, citric sherbets, orange pith, straw, pale malts. Medium bodied, little in the way of carbonation - on the flat side, grassy hop bitterness on the close. Solid GB, great aroma for 3.3%, taste falls away a little but still a decent drop.
Tried
on 07 Jun 2014
at 13:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity dispense at the 15th Kingston BF, 16/05/14. Clear golden with a small off white head of bubbles. Nose is caramel, straw, light bread dough, bitter orange. Taste comprises citric rind, caramel, bready malts, orange pith. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. So so GB, not a patch on their Evolution No.4!
Tried
on 01 Jun 2014
at 09:47
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity dispense at the 15th Kingston BF, 16/05/14. Clear golden with a moderately appointed head of off white bubbles. Nose is juicy hops, citric peel, tangerine, straw, mango. Taste comprises orange pith, bread dough, peach, subtle hops, toasted malt. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Solid GB, nice juicy citrics throughout, if only they were all like this !
Tried
on 01 Jun 2014
at 09:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2013, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Tillingbourne Black Troll ].Clear dark red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark malt, caramel, moderate roasted, coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, caramel, dark roasted, roasted, dry, wood. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130813]
Tried
from Cask
on 26 May 2014
at 05:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask@The Mute Swan, Surrey - golden pour with small white head. Fruity light citrus aroma and taste, prominent lemon and grassy notes, refreshing and very easy drinking. Lovely stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 May 2014
at 14:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask gravity at Reading BF 2014. Excellent low alcohol pale ale. Good tropical fruit good condition good grapefruit. Some bitterness. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2014
at 07:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask gravity at Reading BF 2014. Clear gold lasting white head. Floral peach aroma. Aroma is lovely. Continues but slightly less so in the mouth. Good. Like the hops decent balance. Lovely peach apricot tropical hop flavours. Excellent balance. Loved it.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 May 2014
at 07:43