Iron Pier Brewery

Microbrewery in Gravesend, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2017

Contact
Units 6 & 7 May Industrial Estate, Northfleet, Gravesend, DA11 8RU, England
Description
We produce both cask and keg beer to the highest standards. From traditional best bitters, fermented in our open topped vessels, to hoppy IPA's fermented in our conical vessels, we aim to achieve the highest standards possible. We run a small lab in the brewery to ensure our beer is fermented cleanly, and is of the same high standard every time it comes to you. Our lab information is available to all our customers, from forced fermentation results and fining levels in cask beer to carbonation levels and yeast counts in keg beers. The Taproom at our brewery, located just off Perry Street, is designed to invite the community in Gravesend and beyond to come and see what we're up to on a regular basis, and see how we create and package our beer. The whole team share a passion for good beer, well cared for and well served. It is the aim of Iron Pier to provide great beer in the best condition we can.

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8.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
From cask at The Dog & Bell, Deptford, London, 30.08.22. Shiny dark copper. Fine beige head and lacing. Excellently balanced aroma and taste of pale malt, medium dark malt, rye bread, tawny marmalade, dark berries and noble English hops. Well balanced. Appropriately uncarbonated. Served in excellent nick.
Tried from Cask on 30 Aug 2022 at 22:57

6.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg at the Dog & Bell, Deptford. Dark brown with light notes of translucency. A film of tan head with some lacing. Light earthy, almost muddy aroma, some yeast extract and a hint of molasses. Bittersweet taste with a menthol character… maybe some tobacco… Dunhills menthols spring to mind. Some gravy and bitter chocolate round off the bitter finish. Kinda weird and messy as hell but honestly I do like it well enough.
Tried on 27 Aug 2022 at 14:32

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 19th August 2022. Deep ruby brown with pale tan foam and full lacing. Sweet malty aroma with fruitiness. Berry fruits and toasty caramel malts in-mouth, and a finish of juicy English fruits. Full bodied with a zingy mouthfeel.
Tried from Cask on 19 Aug 2022 at 17:15

9.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9.5
Cask at GBBF '22 day 2, 03/08/22. Almost clear golden blonde with a good sized white cap that retains well. Nose is citric sherbets, grass, pale malts, melon. Taste comprises melon, tangerine, airy malts, light breads, papaya. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come grassy hop bitterness. @Beese fantasy land ... too light for what ? You expecting the body of a 10.5% imperial stout ... get a palate man FFS ! I scored this 3.4 but sticking in a 4.6 to level things up for the brewer who has supplied a competent cask session beer ... sorry it wasn't aged on unicorn testicles or whatever you might have been expecting !!!
Tried from Cask on 13 Aug 2022 at 21:57

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2022, Olympia, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a decent beige head on top. Rich, roasty, malty, chocolate, coffee taste & aroma. Decent stout.
Tried from Cask on 04 Aug 2022 at 09:10

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Cawk at EBF Summer 22. Low key malty fruity aroma. Clear marmalade orange. Thin bubbly translucent white head. Light-medium bitter. Spice. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Dry finish. A tad bland.
Tried on 30 Jul 2022 at 14:18

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Gravity cask at the 31st Ealing Beer Festival, Walpole Park, 15/07/22. Clear golden with a good sized just off white head. Nose is melon, tangerine, grass, soft malts. Taste comprises light breads, melon, tangerine, juicy citric flesh, grass. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close spliced with balanced light juicy hop bitterness. Decent sessioner.
Tried from Cask on 25 Jul 2022 at 15:05

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
From cask at the wonderful Dog & Bell, Deptford, London, 19.07.22. Clear pale golden. White head is diminishing to nothing. Aroma and taste of sweet pale malt, grains, ripe papaya, overripe mango and old citrus fruits. Low bitterness.
Tried from Cask on 19 Jul 2022 at 19:02

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Gravity Cask at the Tankerton Arms, Tankerton. Poured a clear yellow golden colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is malt, light citrus fruits. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a fresh, smooth, light citrus, light pepper spice, floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Refreshing.
Tried from Cask on 10 Jul 2022 at 13:36

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the Tankerton Arms, Tankerton. Poured a clear medium amber colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is malt, woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, malt, earthy, mineral, light toffee, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. A solid bitter.
Tried from Cask on 10 Jul 2022 at 13:35