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Leighton Buzzard Brewing Co Brewery Tap, Leighton Buzzard
Leighton Buzzard
LU7 4FF
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Reviews of Leighton Buzzard Brewing Co Brewery Tap (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Blue Scrumpy left this review about Leighton Buzzard Brewing Co Brewery Tap
Typical warehouse brewery tap on a trading estate away from Leighton Buzzard town centre. Opening times are extremely limited here. I believe it is 3-6 on a Friday and 1-6 on a Saturday. These hours appear to be slightly longer in the summer.
The taproom was very cold, despite there being a mobile heater. The concrete floor does not help. A TV was playing 80's music throughout our stop and the focal point is the dartboard.
3 of the brewery's beers were on - Bavarian Dragon, Restoration & X-Mash. All are brought straight from the back of the premises. I tried two of these and wasn't overly convinced about the quality. There may be more cask ales at busier periods of the year. Gwynt y Ddraig Happy Daze was the traditional cider and there are usually a couple of keg beers on too. The Restoration & Bavarian Dragon were available to take-away in bottles.
As brewery taps go, this one is fairly typical. On a cold day in January, it wasn't the most inspiring place to spend an hour but at least you get to sample beers as fresh as they possibly can be.
On 3rd January 2026
- rating: 5
[User has posted 3368 recommendations about 3366 pubs]
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The Chairman left this review about Leighton Buzzard Brewing Co Brewery Tap
Popped over on a Sunday lunchtime for the last session of the Leighton Buzzard Beer Festival, which was essentially an extended range of beers on sale. I sampled a number of beers (as you do) and was pleased with the quality of all of them. The only downside, and it's a trivial thing, was the use of a prepaid voucher system for payment with no change being given for unused vouchers. The brewery is on an unattractive industrial estate about 15 minutes walk from the town centre, and outside seating was fine on a pleasant summer day - I'm not so sure what it might be like on a cold and wet December evening.
On 2nd July 2024
- rating: 8
[User has posted 58 recommendations about 57 pubs]
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Leighton Buzzard Brewing Co Brewery Tap
We called in here last Friday lunchtime, where we met the new owner/head brewer. This friendly and likeable chap told us he had taken over the brewery seven weeks ago. The beer list was displayed on a board near the front entrance, which had a choice of four cask ales and three keg. We went for the Restoration X, which was slightly higher in ABV than the regular Restoration beer around 5.2%, what a fantastic beer it was. We also tried the Black Buzzard 5.8% a chilli smoky porter, which was amazing. The final beer we tried was the Captain Cook, an excellent session beer.
We stayed a lot longer than anticipated as their beers were so good. This brewery also had a choice of two ciders and a good selection of their bottled beers. They also have pop up food supplied by Miss Kavita's Kitchen, who cooks Indian food, chillies and also has pie and mash nights. The prices in here were also good, all the beers under 5.5% were £3 a pint.
On 4th November 2019
- rating: 8
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- Accommodation : No last updated 18 February 2019 by Gill Smith
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Beer Festivals : Yes last updated 18 February 2019 by Gill Smith
- Beer Garden : No last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Car Park : Yes last updated 18 February 2019 by Gill Smith
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 18 February 2019 by Gill Smith
- Darts : Yes last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Function Room : No last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Hot Food : No last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Jukebox : No last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Karaoke : No last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Live Music : Yes last updated 18 February 2019 by Gill Smith
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Micropub : No last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Pinball : No last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Pool Table : No last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Quiz Night : No last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 18 February 2019 by Gill Smith
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 18 February 2019 by Gill Smith
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
- WiFi : Yes last updated 03 January 2026 by Blue Scrumpy
