Partizan Brewing

Microbrewery in Thorpe Langton, Leicestershire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2012

Contact
Grange Farm, Welham Road, Thorpe Langton, LE17 7TU, England
Description
Our journey began with the end of founder and owner Andy Smith's former career in fine dining. An avid home-brewer, Andy sought to make fresh exciting beer that was difficult to find here in the UK. A move from his home town of Leeds to London soon presented the opportunity to work with Andy Moffat at Redemption Brewing in Tottenham. Here he studied and learned to ply his trade as a professional brewer whilst making many friends and contacts in the fast growing UK beer scene. In 2012, one of these friends, Evin O'Riordain of The Kernel Brewery kindly offered to pass on their original brew kit as the Kernel embarked upon expansion. A short time later, some premises secured just down the railway line, and Kernel and Partizan were established as neighbors; so the brewery was born.

The brewery relocated late 2017 from Almond Road to its current location.

Today

Ten years later and much like other small breweries across the UK Partizan has faced tough trading conditions; namely the lasting effects of the pandemic, soaring inflation and increasing rent. To both protect Partizan and avoid chasing inflation and increasing prices, the brewery moved its production out of London in 2023 to a farm in Market Harborough in rural Leicestershire, locating it at long-time friends, Langton Brewery.

We are now expanding the brewery here, on the farm. By Spring 2024 we will have a new fermenter hall and a greater capacity than we ever had in London which will allow us to brew exciting new beers and to collaborate with old friends and new. Despite the draw of the countryside our roots are still in London and we will continue to meet the demands of our customers in the city that we still call home.

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5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up at BMT. Pours clear honey-gold with a big, frothy white head. Not great overall, has oppressive herbal notes, botanicals I guess, unbalanced grassy bitterness, some oily lime peel, background yeast, dandelions. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Oily and strongly grassy bitter finish. Lingering grassy notes on the palate, but not in a pleasant way. Not the best.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2019 at 20:40


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

In einem Restaurant in London, Flasche. leicht trüber goldener Körper mit wenig Schaum. Aroma: leicht malzig, Heu, Brot. Geschmack: Moderat Süß, Malz, Heu, ein wenig fruchtig (Pfirsich?).

Tried on 06 Oct 2019 at 08:03


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

Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up at BMT. Pours clear honey-gold with a small, foamy white head. Strong white wine vinegar character, a little buttery chardonnay, touches of lemon, salt, mellow acidity. Light bodied with spritzy carbonation. A little sharp and acetic in the finish, more white wine vinegar, sweat. Lots of character, but not necessarily in the right direction. OK overall.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2019 at 18:31


7

Bardziej jak jakis przyprawowy saison noz pale ale... ale w sumie fajny nawet ten saison, chalny, przyprawowo owocowy, ma ciut goryczki, nie jest slodki. Smaczy raczej. 3.4. W tle foty wycieczka z hameryka, czemu tak sie dra?

Tried from Draft at Jabeerwocky on 26 Sep 2019 at 15:17


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Burnt caramel, chocolate, booze dark fruit, rich. Good stuff. Dubbel like. Interesting. Rich.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:05


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tap at the brewery a while ago. Nice herby aroma, cheese and chive as usual. Taste is decent, bit funky, maybe a bit more thick than expected, lots of undiluted tropical squash, bit soapy. Not as IPA-ish as I'd hope but it's nice.

Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:05


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

Keg at Craft Clerkenwell. Initial lively cherry flavour but then it fades into something a bit weird. Guess that's the saison part. Feels weird to have the cherry without the sourness. Can't quite describe it, but it's starts well but then it's a bit strange.

Tried from Can on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:04


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tap at Hanging Bat. Fruity, cherry, cola, sweet. Interesting. Dry. Blackberry. Nice. --- Beer merged from original tick of Abbey Red on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:05 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Tap at Hanging Bat. Fruity, cherry, cola, sweet. Interesting. Dry. Blackberry. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:03


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle at brewery. Nice. Brown, light sweetness. Westmalle style, dark fruit. Little bit of sweetness. Ovaltine malty. Nice

Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:03


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Keg at brewery. Light belgian element. Malty. Wheaty. Light excitement. Little bit of sweetness.

Tried on 09 Sep 2019 at 16:03