NorthDown Brewery

Microbrewery in Margate, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2018

Contact
Westwood Industrial Estate, Unit J1C/A Channel Road, Margate, CT9 4JS, England
Description
NorthDown brew award winning beers with a focus on hop forward modern ales, producing a variety of beers spanning cask perfect best bitters, modern hazy pale ales and flavour forward IPAs.

Founded in 2018 by Husband & Wife duo Jonny & Katie Spanjar who were drawn to Margate for its coastal vibes, embracing community and bountiful history. Their hard work truly paid off with recent industry gongs for their two most loved beers - The ‘Taste of Kent Awards’ taking home Best Kent Beer 2020 for ‘Pale Ale Mary’ Pale Ale and winning praise from the cask ale aficionados CAMRA with a medal for ‘Merry Margate’ Golden Session Ale in the Kent CAMRA festival 2019.

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6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
7/2/2025. Cask at the 15th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Pours clear very dark brown with a small bubbly tan coloured head. Good looking beer. Aroma is musty, woody, port wine, chocolate, vanilla, sour cherry. Medium sweetness, light roasted bitterness, touch tart. Medium body, slightly oily, soft carbonation. Dry woody finish.
Tried from Cask on 07 Feb 2025 at 18:34

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 5 Overall 6.5
7/2/2025. Cask at the 15th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Pours clear very pale gold with a small bubbly/frothy off-white head. Aroma is citrusy, lightly tropical, piney, malt, passion fruit. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness, light tartness. Moderate body, oily/watery, soft carbonation. Lacked some body but otherwise good.
Tried from Cask on 07 Feb 2025 at 18:10

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Cask handpull at The County Hotel JDW Ashford. Clear golden brown colour. Lasting white head. Some malt flavour in the mouth. Some Engliah style hedgerow hops. Condition is just about ok. Not much of a finish. A bit dull and uninteresting to be honest. Glad I only ordered a half.
Tried from Cask on 22 Jan 2025 at 17:32

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6
330ml bottle found at Biere Atelier in St Helier, Jersey & drunk at home once chilled. Pours golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of grapefruit, passion fruit, apricot, grass & malt. Moderate body. Light bitter finish. Enjoyable
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2025 at 18:46

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330ml bottle from The Offy, Whistable. Pours a hazy golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, grapefruit, pine & hops. Medium body. Light bitter with a aftertaste of perfume
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jan 2025 at 21:47

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Cask at The Wellington, Birmingham. Near black, hint of ruby red in a certain light, small beige head. Smoky and malty in aroma. Taste of dark malt, dark chocolate, bread, booze soaked berries, smoke and hint of meaty woody notes. Medium bodied, slick, drying finish. Interesting stout.
Tried from Cask on 02 Jan 2025 at 03:07

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tried on 08 Dec 2024 at 08:52

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Tried on 07 Dec 2024 at 21:18

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Tried on 07 Dec 2024 at 15:58

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft at The Crown, Hastings. Poured a clear yellow golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a crisp, somewhat light, mineral, earthy, light citrus, light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation. A rather simple beer.
Tried from Draft on 02 Nov 2024 at 15:44