New Lion Brewery

Microbrewery in Dartington, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: New Lion Brewery Bar - Out of business

Established in 2013

Contact
Meadowbrook Community Centre, Shinner's Bridge, Dartington, TQ9 6JD, England
Description
In 1926, after 75 years brewing, The Lion Brewery in the heart of Totnes ceased trading. At its peak, this successful brewery owned 26 pubs.

In 2013, a passionate group of Totnesians brought history back to life with the launch of the New Lion Brewery, a business that once again crafts award-winning beers and boosts the local local economy and in 2019 New Lion Brewery became 100% community owned. We began with trial brews and we’ve now got a state-of-the-art brewery that can produce 45 barrels a week, in our new home at Webbers Yard, Dartington.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
bottle from Totnes. Deep black, beige-brown head. Chocolate, freshly ground coffee, not too dry overall.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Aug 2016 at 13:35

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bottle from Totnes. Deep golden amber, tall off-white head. Malty base, slightly grainy, biscuity, delicious aromatic hops in the finish, fruity and slightly resiny.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Aug 2016 at 13:34

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bottle from Totnes. Golden with small white head. Artoma of fruit and tea. Light-bodied, shy malty background, fruity hops and tea. Unusual but quite nice summer beer.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Aug 2016 at 13:12

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Bottle shared at Chris and Ruth’s pre GBBF shindig; hazy golden yellow pour with a thin off white head, aroma has lemon, taste has zesty citrus, sweet malts.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Aug 2016 at 16:30

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Sampled @ ChrisO Pre-GBBF Shindig. Hazy yellow color, averge to medium sized white head. Smell and taste malts, quite floral, some hops, a bit sweetish. Decent body and soft carbonation. Ok beer.
Tried on 12 Aug 2016 at 06:11

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at Chris and Ruth’s pre-GBBF Shindig, 2016 (Sunday sesh.). Hazy orange pour with a white head. Apricot, vanilla and tangerine aroma. More of the same in the flavour. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2016 at 09:05

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Pre-gbbf-shinding. Leicht trübes dunkel goldenes Bier mit mittelgroßen beigen Schaumkrone. Geruch grasig frisch, sehr hopfig, leicht trocken. Geschmack floral hopfig, Gewürze, trocken, leicht nussig.
Tried on 07 Aug 2016 at 13:58

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Cask gravity at Reading BF 2016. Clear deep gold lasting white bubbly head. Big pink grapefruit aroma. Some sweetness. Sweet pink grapefruit not much bitterness. Ok . Ok fruit. Fine.
Tried from Cask on 29 Apr 2016 at 07:38

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Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at the Tucker’s Maltings Beer Festival, 15/4/2016. Near black in colour, with a decent, beige, head. Aroma of milk chocolate and roasted malts. Rather thin in the mouth, with more flavours of chocolate, some berry sweetness and toasty malts, before a dryish finish. Good.
Tried from Cask on 24 Apr 2016 at 14:36

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Cask gravity at the Watford beer festival 2014. Golden orange coloured pour with a light haze and no real head. Aroma is floral lemon, honeysuckle. Little bit of resin and grapefruit. Flavour is balanced base malts, little bit of honey and nice fresh floral hop. Lingering lemon citrus. Very session able and well balanced. Palate is medium light and moderate carbonation.

Bottle shared at the pre GBBF chriso’s tasting day 2 07/08/2016. A mostly clear golden yellow coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is nice floral lemon hop, lemon drop, pear. Apple, pollen. Palate is grainy, semi sweet, moderate carbonation. Flavour is composed of light grains bramble, hedgerow hop. Grainy. Decent.
Tried from Cask on 07 Nov 2014 at 12:18