Quartz Brewing

on Oct 25 in Breweries, JOGLE 2010 by Sam

Quartz Brewing, We had heard a few good things about Quartz Brewing, but didn’t know what to expect really, having never tried the beers. The small brewery is located in Heart Of The Country shopping Centre, Lichfield. A Very strange place to locate the brewery and associated bar, as it is in the middle of nowhere and just off of a very busy dual carriageway (we love a good bit of dual)! The Heart Of The Country brewery is mainly used for brewing speciality beers and is visible to everyone from the bar. Both the bar and the brewery gave off a very clean and pristine appearance. We sampled a speciality beer that they had brewed recently as well as the Quartz Blonde. Both beers were very similar, having a very clean and pale colour and a very crisp, fresh almost lager taste, both seemed a bit tasteless to us and we were a little disappointed (no joke, but the women behind the bar said some people likened this beer to Tenants Lager, weird that she was even proud enough to tell us this!!) . It is clear that the brewery are trying to appeal to the larger drinkers and after a bit of a chat with the bar lady we learnt that that was the approach they were taking, even the name Quartz was chosen to give the brewery a clean and tidy appearance to match the beer they were brewing. Given that we are not Larger drinkers we found it hard to appreciate the beer on offer, but I’m sure some will like it, especially those who are not sure on drinking ales yet.

Anyway, we carried on the day to the lovely town of Stratford Upon Avon, finishing the day nice and early and having a couple of pints of UBU Purity.