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Leigh on Sea Brewery Tap (Brewery Tap)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Leigh on Sea - MayflowerExcellent2
Leigh on Sea - Bawley BitterGood1

Visits Details

06 Sep 2025 (Hogan Sampling)
5th stop on the outing: As coming back this way, it would have been a shame not to have popped back in and sample one of their two cask on. Once again, a warm welcome and friendly prompt service for this early evening pitstop. It was ticking over with other punters in but quiet now without the SE London CAMRA brigade who were heading back from The Bellhouse to Rayleigh Station by bus.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Leigh on Sea - Mayflower4.00ExcellentOnce again this Leigh on Sea amber best bitter came with very good head and lacing and lasting to the end. A good malty bitter first bite. A fruity hoppiness winning over my taste buds. A pleasantly hop-infused bitter dryness sailing off and still very moreish in its finale movement!
Leigh on Sea - Bawley Bitter3.40Not Tried
06 Sep 2025 (Hogan Sampling)
3rd stop on the outing: Despite having been before some 6 or so years ago, its exact location still presented a challenge to find. On this occasion it was found, with your back to Progress Road, down a long side passage to the right of a red metal shed marked "NUGS" and bordering Able Group's site. For my mid-afternoon visit, I met up with many of the SE London CAMRA branch who were visiting to award their certificate to Leigh on Sea Brewery for the beer voted most popular at SE London CAMRA's 2025 beer festival held in May at Dulwich Hamlet Football Club. Friendly prompt service at this brewery's taproom and I was met with a round of applause by the assembled branch members for making it.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Leigh on Sea - Mayflower4.00ExcellentThis Leigh on Sea amber best bitter, brewed especially for their friends at the Mayflower down in Old Leigh, presented very good head and lacing and lasting to the end. A malty bitter first hit. A fruity note or two veering up among its pervading hoppiness. A dry hoppy bitterness playing out. Very moreish!
Leigh on Sea - Bawley Bitter3.40GoodThis Leigh on Sea bitter came with very good head and lacing and lasting throughout. A dry bitter first bite. A mildly hoppy bitterness rising from its Bramling Cross and Brewer’s Gold hops emitting a spicy hedgerow fruitiness and blackcurrant flavouring. A hoppy bitter note playing out with a moreish dryness lingering. The bitter's name is in homage to the traditional small fishing boats used in the Thames Estuary to bring back cockles and shrimps.

About the Leigh on Sea Brewery Tap

Summary of Beer Scores

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Excellent2
Good1
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Website.

The pub is found in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 5PR.

Leigh on Sea Brewery was founded in 2017. Ian Rydings and Mark Springham shared an idea while on a pub-crawl in Old Leigh in December 2016 of how wonderful it would be to have beers made in Leigh, celebrating its history and landmarks. Its on-site brewery tap room is at 35 Progress Road, set back from the main road and almost opposite Cabinet Way on the other side of Progress Road, and features in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide. Two cask on handpumps and six KeyKeg lines. A small indoor seating area with bar top made of cockleshells and a covered and heated outside seating area. Regular live music and food pop-ups take place. Opening hours can change and so check its social media.

We have visited this pub twice, seen 2 different beers and tried both.

Map location

Postcode: SS9 5PR