Bowness Bay Brewing Co

Microbrewery in Kendal, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2011

Contact
Unit 10, The Factory, Castle MIlls, Kendal, LA9 7DE, England
Subsidiaries
Bowness Bay Brewing Co owns 2 breweries:
Description
In a region renowned for delicious local produce and divine taste experiences, Bowness Bay Brewing have been producing a range of hand-crafted traditionally made beers using the famous Lake District water to create the freshest, cleanest beers around.

First brewed March 2012 initially based in Winster, Windermere. The brewery moved to its site in Kendal in Summer 2016, since then expanding several times.

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5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Loose white head on an unclear pale golden coloured body.
Pale malt, newspaper & cigarette aroma.
Medium bodied, foamy & soapy with a cloying back.
Pale malt, grain, bready, stone fruit tastes with a tangy peppery finish.
Boring.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jan 2026 at 21:09

gave a cheers!

6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask pint at the Tap and Vine, Penwortham. Pours clear pale gold with a thick white head. Aromas of light citrus and bread. Taste is floral hop and cereal grains. Light bitter finish.

Tried on 18 Sep 2025 at 17:49


9.3
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

500ml bottle at Grasmere Tea Gardens, in Grasmere, England. From the bottle. Pours a mostly clear yellow-gold color with a white head and good retention. Great lacing too. Pale malt and light bread aroma. The taste follows the nose: Smooth and clean pale maltar and a nice bready finish. I'm not getting any of the apricot or lime or peach notes that the label mentions, but it's still a very good golden ale. Medium body and medium carbonation. Low bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2025 at 12:47


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

Cask at the Cardinals Hat Lincoln. Glden colour with a white hed.. Some malt and citrus. Light sweet. light body.

Tried from Cask at Cardinals Hat on 16 Aug 2025 at 13:55


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6.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Technically there's actually only one lake in the Lake District, so this one is misnamed. Golden colour with a head. Gentle easy enough drinking with a light lager character. Ordinary but a little better than the macro stuff.

Tried from Draft at The Barrel House - Bowness Bay Brewing on 09 Aug 2025 at 12:45


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6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

As coincidence has it, this blonde coloured ale, with a dry texture is named after the Lake District bus I am waiting for whilst drinking - to take me to Kendal for more beer! -Sweet in both aroma and taste and easily sessionable.

Tried from Cask at Crafty Baa on 09 Aug 2025 at 11:15


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

Cask at The Strugglers Inn, Lincoln. Very pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty and honey floral and sweet. Light body.

Tried from Cask at The Strugglers Inn on 19 Jul 2025 at 11:19


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

Deadication beer to Australian Rugby League player Ian Moir - he would have felled a few runners in his time, was born on this day in 1932. Traditional blonde ale in colour and flavour with a traditional bottle-conditioned texture and taste. Nice hoppy character without being anything exemplary.

Tried from Bottle from Booths Supermarket (Various Locations) on 17 Jul 2025 at 22:34


5
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

Gold with a white head and an obvious fizz. Sweetish with some lemon sharpness and custard creams behind. Too fizzy for me, and there's something in the flavour that I don't like.

Tried on 29 Jun 2025 at 18:27


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

500ml bottle. Pours a clear pale golden with medium carbonation and a small white head. Aromas & tastes of flora, citrus, biscuit & pale malt. Light to moderate body. Slightly sweet smooth finish.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Mar 2025 at 21:19