Island Brewery (Isle of Wight Brewery)

Microbrewery in Newport, Isle of Wight, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Island (Isle Of Wight Brewery Ltd)

Established in 2010

Contact
Dinglers Farm, Yarmouth Road, Shalfleet, Newport, PO30 4LZ, England
Subsidiaries
Island Brewery (Isle of Wight Brewery) owns 1 brewery:
Description
It had always been an ambition of Tom Minshull to start a brewery, having been involved a while back with Burt's Brewery due to its links with his company, Island Ales. Tom was only prepared to start this venture when the time was right and only if it was done properly and with attention to detail and above all, to be able to produce a first class product.

When Chris Coleman agreed to come on board as the brewer, the ability to produce a first class product was in place. Chris brings a wealth of experience, expertise and respect, which has been gained over many years as a brewer of some distinction.

Following extensive research and site visits to mainland breweries by Steve Minshull and Chris Coleman it was decided not to use second hand equipment but to use a company called Johnson Engineering, a company specialising in brewery manufacture based in Bolton, Lancashire, to make for us a brewery to our specifications.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tried at the Newark beer festival 2022. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are light malty and slight citrus to bitter. Light body.
Tried from Cask on 26 May 2022 at 11:34

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are light crisp and citrus. Slight sweet. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2022 at 19:07

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pours a clear golden colour with a small bubbly white head that settled. The aroma is grainy malt and grassy hops. A similar taste, grainy malt, grassy hop bitterness and a drying finish.
Tried on 31 Mar 2022 at 13:22

7/10
Bottle from a stall at Tulleys Farm, Crawley. Pours an almost clear golden/amber colour with a thinnish white head. Aromas of citrus, floral, bread and toffee. Taste has more notes of citrus and floral with fruit salad sweets with a long citrusy bitter hop on the finish. Thin to medium body, average carbonation and very smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Quite a nice refreshing beer.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2022 at 20:05

7/10
Bottle from a stall at Tulleys Farm, Crawley. Pours a hazy dark amber colour with a thinnish off white head. Aromas of caramel, nuts, bread and citrus orange. Taste has more of the same notes again with some added biscuits, toasty bread, some spice and a nice mellow hop bitterness on the finish. Nicely balanced. Thin to medium body, low carbonation and smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Very festive. Nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jan 2022 at 18:56

7/10
Bottle from a stall at Tulleys Farm, Crawley. Pours a clear copper/deep amber colour with hardly any head. Aromas of toffee, caramel and toasty bread. Taste has more toffee and caramel, with burnt bread, biscuit and a fair amount of roasted malt on a bitter earthy hop finish. Medium body, fairly low carbonation and smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Decent Best Bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2022 at 17:11

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask: Poured a dark brown with some orange edges, head was frothy tan. Nose is light fruit. Taste is rich malts, bitter fruit, molasses and woods.
Tried from Cask on 21 Oct 2020 at 16:04

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask: Poured a deep brown black with a tan head. Aroma is roasty malty. Taste is fruity, roasted malts, chocolate, little bitter greenness.
Tried from Cask on 12 Oct 2020 at 19:26

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle thx to Grumbo 2020-05-11 Goteborg AR: heavy roasted dark brown chocolate AP: black, weelid F: : heavy roasted dark brown chocolate, over bitter
Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2020 at 22:04

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle shared at Cotteridge Convention 23/06/18. Many thanks! An amber orange coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is nutty,. sweet biscuity malts, christmas spices. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty malts, cinnamon, apple , spices. Palate is semi sweet, silky, lowish carbonation, hot.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Mar 2020 at 17:52