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Westerham Brewery, Tap Room & Shop

A dog friendly brewery serving food with Sky TV in Westerham.

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Established in 2004 by Robert Wicks, the Westerham Brewery Company is proud to bring brewing back to the historic town of Westerham. With a rich brewing heritage, Westerham can once again be proud of locally brewed, top quality real ales.

Producing exceptional craft beer for the local market, we support the initiative to reduce food miles in the supply chain. Many ‘national brands’ are transported long distances and suffer from poor storage and handling.

Westerham Brewery Company has revived many of the much-loved flavours of the old Black Eagle Brewery, which closed in 1965 following the catastrophic consolidation by the ‘Big Brewers’ in the 1950’s.

WATER
The local water, which percolates through the Lower Greensand Ridge to the North of Westerham, is excellent for brewing pale bitter beers for which Westerham was once famous. The Vale of Holmesdale has over the years supported many breweries on account of the water including at one time two breweries in Westerham, the Swan and the Black Eagle. We have our own borehole 90m drilled down into the Hythe beds of the Lower Greensand.

MALT
We use only the finest English winter malting barley. Our malts are supplied by Crisp Malting of Fakenham in Norfolk and our coloured malts are produced by French and Jupps of Ware in Hertfordshire. Our beers contain up to seven different malts to produce a wide range of beer styles and colours.

HOPS
We are mad about hops, specifically, Kent hops. Why be a small brewery in Kent and not use the wonderful hops grown by our valiant hop growers. We have developed a particularly close working relationship with Ian Strang who farms the Scotney Castle Estate in Lamberhurst and the Finchcocks’ hop gardens in Goudhurst. 96% of the hops we use are grown in Kent and we use 9 different Kent hops in the Spirit of Kent. Our suppliers are Lupofresh (Finchcocks’ and AC Hulme), Botanix (Scotney) and Charles Faram (Non-Kent hops).

YEAST
We have re-cultured the yeast from the Black Eagle Brewery. After the takeover first by Taylor Walker in 1948 and the subsequent takeover of Taylor Walker by Ind Coope in 1959, the head brewer deposited freeze-dried samples of their yeasts with the National Collection of Yeast Cultures, no doubt sensing that it might be lost forever. Now, 50 years later, we have revived these yeast cultures. Westerham Brewery has acquired the sole rights to these yeast strains from Carlsberg UK.

With water from the same aquifer that served the old brewery, the same yeast strains and some of the old recipes, we hope to capture the essence of what made Westerham’s ales famous.

Beggars Lane, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1QP
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01732 864427

[email protected]

http://www.westerhambrewery.co.uk/

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Drinks

	Drink	%
	100th Brew India Pale Ale	4.8
The Westerham Brewery Company is launching a single brew of a traditional India Pale Ale at 4.8%. Brewed only with pale ale malt and hopped with WGV and Bramling Cross, this golden ale is a rich blend of malt flavours and hops. Tasting Notes:
	1965 Special Bitter Ale	4.8
A premium ale to commemorate the year 1965 when the Black Eagle Brewery closed, Winston Churchill passed away and Robert Wicks was born. Brewed to a similar recipe that Bill Wickett used for his last brew at the old brewery on 3rd March 1965. Tasting Notes: Kent Northdown hops give a clean, refreshing full bodied flavour for which English ales are famous. Finished with Finchcocks’ Kent Goldings for flavour and aroma.
	Audit Ale	6.2
A strong ale, brewed to the 1938 strength and using the same ingredients as the original best selling bottled beer of the Black Eagle Brewery. Made with pale and crystal malts and huge charge of Kent Goldings hops. Tasting Notes: Aroma: Port, Raisins, Molasses Taste: Complex Fruits, Smooth, Warming
	Bohemian Rhapsody	5.0
Straw yellow lager hopped with Czech grown Saaz noble hops with a distinctive hop aroma and bitterness usually found in Bohemian pilsners. Tasting Notes: Brewed with the finest English lager malt and fermented with a lager yeast and then cold conditioned for 4 weeks. Pilsners are traditionally quite bitter and this version is no different.
	Bonfire Bitter	4.0
Exploding with Cascade hops, loaded into the Hop Rocket and launched. Light blue touch paper and stand well back. A true hop bomb! Tasting Notes: Aroma: Hop Sack, Floral, Grapefruit Taste: Dry, Marmalade, Malty
	British Bulldog	4.3
A rich, full bodied best bitter in the traditional Kent style. Tasting Notes: Finest Maris Otter pale ale malt and crystal malt for colour and richness. Hopped with local Kent Northdown and Finchcocks’ Whitbread Golding Variety and finished in the Hop Rocket with Progress hops from Scotney Castle and Goldings from Finchcocks hop garden for a full flavour and aroma. Also available in bottles.
	Double Stout	5.5
First brewed in 2009 to the style and strength of the Black Eagle Brewery’s famous Double Stout 1938 gyles. Made with a blend of coloured and roasted malts. Tasting Notes: Late hopped with Kent Goldings. The pumpclip design is inspired by the 1930s and 1940s bottle labels of the Black Eagle Brewery.
	Family Stout	4.5
In the 1930s one of the Black Eagle Brewery’s bottled beers was a single stout named Family Stout. Westerham have reprised this Family Stout at the same strength of as the original. Tasting Notes: Aroma: Chocolate, Coffee, Dried Fruits Taste: Mocha, Rounded, Sweet
	Finchcocks Original	3.5
A session beer made using hops exclusively from the Finchcocks hop garden in Kent. Tasting Notes: Aroma: Sweet, Citrus, Fresh Hop Taste: Fruity, Peardrops, Dry Finish
	God's Wallop	4.0
A traditional Old Ale style beer made with pale ale malt, dark crystal and chocolate malts and 5 types of Kent hops. Tasting Notes: The beer, which is a deep amber colour, has a fruity note and complex hop flavours. These are balanced by smooth caramel flavours from the malts. There is a slight sweetness that is balanced by a moderate but mellow bitterness.
	Grasshopper Kentish Bitter	3.8
A dark, malty bitter with nutty, roasted notes from the chocolate malt. This session bitter is hopped with Kent Target hops from the National Trust’s hop farm at Scotney Castle and Finchcocks’ Kent Goldings. A satisfying and flavoursome pint. Tasting Notes: Aroma: Malty, Toffee, Floral Taste: Full Bodied, Zesty, Dry
	Hop Rocket	4.8
A true India Pale Ale brewed with only Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt and no Crystal Malt. It is a deep golden ale with a thirst quenching bitterness. Tasting Notes: Hopped with First Gold, Fuggles, Bramling Cross, Progress and Goldings. Quadruple hopped in the copper, Hop Rocket® and dry hopped.
	Little Scotney Pale Ale	4.0
A pale ale originally brewed exclusively for the National Trust using hops from their hop farm at Scotney Castle. The Target hops provide a clean beer with an earthy and fruity backbone of hops that go right through the long finish. Tasting Notes:
	Otford Crown Ale	4.0
Malty and smooth. Goes down smooth while hiking the English countryside. Tasting Notes:
	Scotney Bitter	4.3
A best bitter originally brewed exclusively for the National Trust using hops from their hop farm at Scotney Castle. Deep mahogany colour from the crystal malt and wonderful lingering finish from the Target dry hops. Tasting Notes:
	Scotney Green Hop	4.0
Brewed in September to celebrate the hop harvest, this best bitter is hopped with undried green hops from the National Trust’s hop garden at Scotney Castle. Tasting Notes: A mild tasting, mid gold best bitter, it has a wonderful sappy flavour of the undried green hops.
	Scotney Red Ale	4.6
A Red Ale brewed with 7 malts. This rich ruby red ale is hopped with experimental hops found at the Finchcocks Hop Garden and grown exclusively at Scotney Castle. Tasting Notes:
	Spirit Of Kent	4.0
Spirit of Kent celebrates the Kent Spitfire, a Mark IX Spitfire housed at the Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar. Tasting Notes: Tasting notes by Adrian Tierney-Jones, author of the Big Book of Beer: “There was a distinct swing of the compass about the nose, as it touched all points citrus sweetness (mandarin), earthiness and pungent hop sack. The palate carried a refrain of similar mandarin sweetness (orange jelly for adults), a muscular earthiness (think big Burgundies), a slight note of almond and a dry bitter finish. A Spitfire garnishes the pump clip and I can think of no better analogy for this beer than the purring beauty of that aircraft’s Merlin engine when in full flight"
	Summer Perle	3.8
The perfect summer refresher. Our No 1 selling beer Tasting Notes:
	Tackle	4.0
Available during the 2016 Six Nations Championships from 6 February – 19 March. A delicious quaffable ale made with 100% English Barley, 100% English hops grown in Kent and 100% English love of beer and rugby. Tasting Notes: Aroma: Floral, Fruity, Citrus Taste: Hoppy, Balanced, Dry Finish
	Taylor Walker 1730	4.0
Taylor Walker 1730 Special Pale Ale - Authentic, distinctive and packed full of character – a true taste of historical London has been encapsulated with the launch of this ale. Tasting Notes:
	Viceroy IPA	5.0
A true English IPA. The hops are Target and Progress grown from the National Trust’s Scotney Castle hop garden Tasting Notes: “Westerham’s bottle-conditioned beer has a honey colour with spicy hops, wholemeal biscuits and plum fruit on the nose. Tart and peppery hops, chewy malt and ripe plum fruit fill the mouth while the finish is bitter and spicy. Hops dominate but there’s a fine balance of juicy malt sweetness and tangy fruit. Malt: high. Fruit: high. Hops: high.” Beer of the Month – November 2009 – Roger Protz
	William Wilberforce Freedom Ale	4.8
Traditionally floor-malted Maris Otter pale ale malt, crystal malt and Kentish hops combine with Fairtrade Demerara sugar to produce a deep golden ale. It is characterised by its mellow bitterness and long hoppy finish. Tasting Notes: