In 1882, two German Immigrants, Ivan Levinstein and Otto Isler, set forth to brew lager beer in the UK. Later their company was acquired by Robert Graesser. He aimed his sights to the export market under the Wrexham Lager ‘Ace of Clubs’ brand. In 2000 brewing in Wrexham - in the meantime the company was acquired by Carlsberg - came to a halt and the brewery was demolished.
Martin Jones MP (South Clwyd), a local retiring civil servant and ex-employee (microbiologist) of Wrexham Lager appreciated what the brewery stood for and strived to keep its memory alive at his own expense, negotiating with Carlsberg for the ownership of Wrexham Lager Brewing Company and its subsidiary brands. He managed to procure the rights to all but the Ace of Clubs brand (sold off to Scottish & Newcastle, now part of Heineken) for the modest sum of £1 and with that he set his sights on building a brewery.
The Roberts family, who run a number of local businesses in Wrexham, were interested in investing in a microbrewery as a new venture and were considering brewing ale until they came across Martin in the most ironic of places, at the local pub! Soon a deal was struck and the Wrexham Lager brand was revived once again. With a new premises in the centre of Wrexham that opened in 2011, the ex-head brewer of Wrexham Lager, Ian Dale, at the helm of brewing operations with a state-of-the-art German brew house at his disposal and a new logo to modernise the brand, Wrexham Lager can now look to the future with the aim to re-establish itself as the pride of Celts once again!
[33cl bottle from Home Bargains, Bracknell.] A pale amber pour with a fast fading white head; grainy aroma; sweet grainy taste; and a biscuity finish with a trace of straw. A boring pilsner.
Bottle from Home Bargains, Byfleet. Aroma has light hops and a malty bread streak. Grainy. Light gold. Thin translucent white head is mainly bald spot. Light-medium bitter. A tart citrus edge. Bread. Long dry finish. It's nice enough. Not great. Not offensive.
Zwykly pils, ale mam wrazenie ze tamten lager co ostatnio pilem byl bardziej pilsnerowy, a ten pils jest bardziej lagerowy:) ot takie mam odczucia. Slodowe, malo chmielne, ale za to perfekcyjna stabilna i mocna piana, tak mocna niczym helmy przyslane przez niemcow do Ukrainy. Posmaku specjalnie zadnego nie pozostawia, malenki plusik za fajna etykiete.
Nic dziwnego ze to piwo zdobyło zloty medal w 2020 r we Frankfurcie. Zupelnie zasluzona nagroda. Piana spora trwala niczym przewaga Ukraincow nad zbrodnicza rosja (celowo napisane z malej litery). Jasna zlocista barwa, lekko chmielne, przyjemnie slodowe, cos jak dobry czeski lezak. Takie lagery mozna pijac z przyjemnoscia.
330ml bottle from Everyman's, Shrewsbury. Pours clear gold, no head or lacing to speak of. Aroma is pissy lagery sweet malt. Taste is better with a nice permeating buttery sweetness. Really quite a nice pilsner, latching onto the sweet malt characteristic of the Czech style. Not bad at all.
330ml bottle: BBE Aug 2022. Drank alongside it's brother 'Wrexham Export Lager' at home on 8th Nov 2020. Oh dear, this isn't great, much preferred the Export Lager to this bland and tasteless offering. Clear and golden, fast fading white head but nothing actually happening aroma or flavour wise.
330ml bottle: BBE Aug 2021. Drank alongside it's brother 'Bootlegger 1974 Pilsner Lager' at home on 8th Nov 2020. Much preferred this to the Bootlegger. Clean and clear golden body, fast fading white crown. Malty and slightly sweet.