Florence

Brewpub in Herne Hill, Greater London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2007

Closed in 2018

Contact
131-133 Dulwich Road, Herne Hill, SE24 0NG, England
Description
The Florence Brewery first sold beer in September 2007. Later in 2010 its offshoot the Head in the Hat Brewery started activities. The Florence was during 2016 rebranded as Craft Academy and was used intermittently, primarily as a training facility for its owners, with some beers sold in the pub, although Craft Academy beers sold more widely through the Greene King estate are from the main facility in Bury St Edmunds. By the end of 2018 it seems even these activities had ceased, but the brewhouse remains in place.

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5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Gravity dispense at the LBA fest at Le Gothique, 24/07/14. Hazed orange amber with a moderate off white covering. Nose is light citric, bready, musty, green apple. Taste comprises green apple, bready malt, light spice, caramel, musty. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, seemed a little tired despite this being the first day of the festival!
Tried on 26 Aug 2014 at 12:16

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask handpull at The George on The Strand. Clear gold thin bubbly white head. It’s an ok golden ale. Not too exciting. Some peach and apricot flavours. Not in great condition but its got some hop sting. It’s fine even quite likeable. Ok bitterness on the finish.
Tried from Cask on 11 Aug 2014 at 06:24

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask handpull at The George on The Strand. Clear chestnut. Ok best bitter. Ok malt and hop and yeast. Straight up best bitter. Bit of pepper hop on the finish. Ok.
Tried from Cask on 11 Aug 2014 at 06:11

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Cask handpull at The George Aldwych. Hazy gold lasting white head. It’s a light gilden ale bit of body some lemon and fleshy citrus on the finish. Not great nick but flavours are ok in a lemon lime kiwi thing.
Tried from Cask on 11 Aug 2014 at 06:04

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask gravity at the Wandsworth summer beer fest. Pale golden straw colour pour and lasting loose white head. Aroma is grassy, fatty, grainy, dirty citrus. Flavour is burnt grass, dirty citrus, some English yeast. Palate is dry, grainy tanin, wet grass. Big flavour but too rough.
Tried from Cask on 24 Jul 2014 at 12:59

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Ins Glas ergießt sich ein leicht trübes goldenes Bier mit ordentlicher Schaumkrone. Geruch fruchtig, malzig, leicht hopfig, blumig. Geschmack süß malzig, leicht hopfig, Obst, leicht bitter.
Tried on 21 Jul 2014 at 13:08

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
330ml bottle from Selfridges, Trafford Park. One of two purchases I made in the entire shopping trip. Very fruity, hoppy taste with a rather off-putting sweetness not unlike a strange Laos lager I had once. Could only just manage a bottle of this.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2014 at 12:54

4/10
Tried on 11 Jun 2014 at 21:16

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Barely clear, orangey golden to amber colour with small to average, thick, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Floral hoppy, minimally herbal aroma; no more precision available (not a lack of words, but rather of comparable flavour experience). Taste is floral and fruity hoppy, hints of gooseberry, a bitter herbal, hoppy note, juniper and laurel approximately. ’Nice and interesting’; the meaning is like the beer, 50% with positive, 50% with pejorative connotation.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2014 at 14:54

1/10
Nasty!
Tried on 31 May 2014 at 17:50