Colchester Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Colchester, Essex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2011

Contact
Unit 16 Wakes Hall Business Centre, Wakes Colne, Colchester, CO6 2DY, England
Description
Located in the semi-rural location of Wakes Colne in the borough of Colchester, the brewery was formed in late 2011.

All funding came from the 3 founding directors and their friends and family.

1st February 2012 saw the first brew on the 10 brewers’ barrels (about 1600 litres) kit, with this being the beer that remains our best-seller, namely Colchester No1.

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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
17/01/2020. Cask at the 11th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Pours clear amber with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of malt, fruit, straw, hops, caramel and citrus. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Decent beer.
Tried from Cask on 19 Jan 2020 at 18:32

2/10
Tried on 30 Dec 2019 at 08:57

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6

Cask (gravity) @ 36th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2019, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England.

[ As Colchester Also Known As ].
ABV: 3.7%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, spicy, perfume, lemon, honey. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, lemon, honey, sweet malt, fruity malt, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20191205]
5-3-6-3-12
Tried from Cask on 29 Dec 2019 at 17:55

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5

Cask (gravity) @ 36th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2019, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England.

[ As Colchester 16/884 Porter No.3 ].
ABV: 6.0%. Clear dark dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate - coffee, dark malt, light burnt. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, roasted, chocolate, dark malt, dark roasted, chocolate - coffee - roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20191205]
7-3-7-3-13
Tried from Cask on 29 Dec 2019 at 17:05

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
13/12/2019. Cask at the Fat Cat, Ipswich. Pours clear golden with a small just off-white head. Aroma of citrus, grapefruit, hops, caramel and flowers. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Moderate body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Pretty decent beer, and a great pump clip!
Tried from Cask on 13 Dec 2019 at 14:58

2/10
Tried on 08 Dec 2019 at 08:33

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
30/11/2019. Cask at the Dove Street Inn Winter Beer Festival. Pours clear amber with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of citrus, hops, malt, caramel and grapefruit. Medium sweetness and light bitterness. Light body, slight watery texture, soft to flat carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 30 Nov 2019 at 15:39

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tried at the Nottingham Beer 2019. Off black colour with a full head. Aroma and taste synthetic and sweet coffee. Full body.
Tried on 11 Oct 2019 at 08:50

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at the Pig's ear beer festival 05/12/2017. A murky golden orange coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is doughy wheat, spiyc citrus, wit yeast notes. Flavour is composed of flabby doughy yeast, grassy, zesty citrus, lemongrass,light yeast. Palate is flabby wheat, moderate carbonation ok.
Tried from Cask on 20 Jul 2019 at 19:23

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Smooth mild dry beginning. Malt there, caramel with typical Ale bitterness. Very nice and round, refreshing and smooth, rich and deep with a nice bitter malty ending. Nice one. --- Beer merged from original tick of Number One on 09 Jun 2019 at 22:22 - Score: 7. Original review text: smooth bitter, malty with a dry Ale aroma. Bitter Ale typical finish, caramel, very dry, round and great!
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2019 at 20:21