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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7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the 34th Ealing Beer Festival 2025, day one, 09/07/2025.
Hazed orange topped with an off white cap that retains well.
Nose is orange peel, grass, light breads.
Taste comprises melon, bitter orange, grass, citric tinged straw.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with mellow hop bitterness.
Decent enough cask pale.
Tried on 09 Jul 2025 at 16:36

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at Shirkers Rest. Clear copper gold. Thin frothy foamy white head doesn't provide full coverage. Bitter. Very much so. Quinine and herbs. Light. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Punchy but uninteresting.
Tried from Cask at Shirker's Rest on 04 Jul 2025 at 05:06

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6
Keg at the Magnet, Broadstairs, 03/07/2025.
Moderately hazed golden orange topped with a lasting white cap.
Nose is orange zest, grass, melon, straw.
Taste comprises citric tinged straw, light mineral bite, grass, tangerine.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with mellow hop bitterness.
Passable pale ... rather pedestrian in its approach.
Tried on 03 Jul 2025 at 10:45

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
On tap at Board Room Folkestone harbour arm. West Coast flavour. Dirty golden brown colour. Decent enough. Some white stone fruit.
Tried from Draft on 20 Jun 2025 at 14:30

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
[Cask at the Nags Head, Reading.] A hazy pale straw coloured pour with a loose white head; leafy aroma; dry floral taste to start, then a herbal bitterness kicks in. A tasty summer beer, different to the usual citrusy offerings.
Tried from Cask at The Nags Head on 09 Jun 2025 at 12:53

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask gravity at K&ES railway BF 2025. Hazy dirty gold colour lasting white head. A little odd on aroma. OK condition. It's fine. Nothing special. OK golden ale. Not much bitterness. Ok
Tried from Cask on 06 Jun 2025 at 20:24

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Cask at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Aromas of orange marmalade, apricot. Bitter citrus taste, quite herby. Herby bitter finish.
Tried from Cask at Star & Garter on 06 Jun 2025 at 08:13

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Gravity cask at the Old Star, Shoreham. Dark gold and hazy with a small loose white head. Big dirty malt notes with some orange and grassy character. Sweet taste with a little bit of bitterness. More fruit here, including a touch of apricot. Light and slightly oily body. Flat. Not bad but not one of my favourite Iron Pier beers.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jun 2025 at 18:34

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
On tap at Board Room Folkestone. Black beer lasting tan head. Cocoa chocolate aroma some charcoal character. Quite dry. Belgian chocolate truffle flavour though not as sweet or cloying due to the dry charcoal. Decent enough. OK nitro stout.
Tried from Draft on 31 May 2025 at 11:35

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6
On tap at Board Room Folkestone. Pale gold colour some haze lasting white head some yeast character other aroma. Decent pale ale. Not much malt. Light hops light esters. Some peach flavour in the mouth. OK.
Tried on 31 May 2025 at 11:26