Mersea Island Brewery

Microbrewery in East Mersea, Essex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2004

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Mersea Island Vinyard, Rewsalls Lane, East Mersea, CO5 8SX, England
Description
Mersea Island Brewery was first established in 2004. We produce 5 core beers in both cask and bottle conditioned, including our award-winning Oyster Stout.

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Tried on 05 Sep 2016 at 16:21


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

23rd July 2016
Almost certainly the same beer as Farmers Ales Biere Champagne (which is not on RB but is on untappd), as that beer was out about the same time and was ’Champagned at Mersea vineyard’. Added this as English Strong but it’s hard to find the right style for these big champagne beers. Not really Saison, Belgian Strong or Barleywine - so compromised on English Strong,

Bright clear gold beer, big fluffy pale cream colour head. Palate is light, fairly dry and nicely crisp. Light sweet malt base, trace of cream. Nice champagne vibe in the mid with the gentlest savoury edge. Mellow fruits on the back end that turn a little sharper toward the light crisp finish. Hides the abv completely. Drank the whole 750 and enjoyed every mouthful. Lovely stuff. If they could add new world hop character, it could be exceptional.

Tried from Draft on 30 Aug 2016 at 13:06


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at GBBF Saturday, 13/08/2016. A opaque black coloured pour with a lasting fading tan head. Aroma is sweet toasted nuts, milky roast, berries. Flavour is composed semi sweet and milky roast, nutty, milky faint fruity berry. Palate is rounded semi sweet, decent cask condition, tangy finish. Ok.

Tried from Cask on 13 Aug 2016 at 05:52


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

Mermaid May Day Weekend Beer Festival 2016, St Albans. Clear copper-red in colour. Has an extremely light roasted malt, fused with some nut notes, which are most prominent in its nose.

Tried on 03 May 2016 at 17:03


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

5th April 2015
Mersea Island Beer Festival. Cask. Almost clear gold beer, bubbly white head. Palate is light and crisp. Nice condition. Light floralness. Nice suppressed citrus, little peel. Mild bitterness. Crisp finish. Clean and very drinkable.

Tried from Cask on 14 Jun 2015 at 10:40


5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Mersea Island Mud ].Clear dark red brown color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, sharp, grass - leather. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration, roasted, thin. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140813]

Tried from Cask on 13 Jun 2015 at 07:54


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

Draft at the Great British Beer Festival 2014, Day 3 - London. Pours clear amber with a frothy, yellow-beige head. Nice rounded brown bread character, some tangy dark fruits, dirt. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Gritty earth on the finish with undertones of dry chocolate. Fair.

Tried from Draft on 01 Feb 2015 at 15:16


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From cask. Pours dark brown to black with a small off white head. Aroma is toasted malty and light roasted malty. Sweet malty, caramelish, bitter and toasted. Nutty and caramelish, toasted finish.

Tried from Cask on 30 Dec 2014 at 09:53


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask @ GBBF 2014. Pours a dark amber brown color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma. Roasted malty chocolate flavor with hints of caramel. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate finish.

Tried from Cask on 08 Dec 2014 at 02:22


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

Sampled @ GBBF day 2. Dark amber to red brown color, small off-white head. Smell and taste malts, a bit medicinal (only in the aroma) slightly leaves, slightly metallic, lightly bitter. Interesting, things I like about it and thing I don’t like about it.

Tried on 19 Aug 2014 at 09:44