Brains

Commercial Brewery in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Associated with 10 Venues

Established in 1882

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Dragon Brewery, Pacific Road, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF24 5HJ, Wales
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Description
At Brains we are proud to be Welsh & proud that we remain family owned.

Brains beers were brewed in the Old Brewery on St Mary Street from 1882 right up to 1999 when operating from such a tight city-centre site became unviable. Fortunately, the Cardiff Brewery behind Cardiff Central station was up for sale and Brains production moved to a new home. However exciting new redevelopments in the centre of the city have led to a further move and the building of the brand new state of the art Dragon Brewery in Cardiff Bay which was opened in March 2019.

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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle, 4.2%. Clear amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, caramel and hop. Flavour is malt, fruit, hop, caramel, little sweet and medium bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2012 at 09:27

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 500ml @ fonefan
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, herbs and grassy hops. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with an average herbs spicy finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2012 at 05:31

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. A clear, dark golden beer with a small, dense, off-white head. The aroma is bisctuity malty, with resiny, citrusy hops and some toffee-like hints. It’s a bit heavy on the carbonation, dry and medium bodied, with flavors of bitterness, biscuity malts and citrus peel. Rather bitter finish. A beer that doesn’t impress me in any way, but it’s sure drinkable. 120623
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2012 at 05:30

5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are malt, notes of butter, fruits and hops.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2012 at 05:30

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle, 4.7%. Clear deep golden/amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, hops, little bread and a little vegetable. Flavour is malt, medium sweet, hops, little bread, little citrus and medium bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2012 at 05:30

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tasted cask at Famous Three Kings, West Kensington, London on 18 May 2012. Slightly cloudy dark amber color, spongy small head with long retention, no specific aroma, roasted malt taste, medium carbonation, long finish. Surprisingly fine.
Tried from Cask on 11 Jun 2012 at 01:41

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tasted cask at Blackfriar’s London on 18 May 2012. Red-amber color, spongy small tan head, nuts aroma and flavor, low carbonation, abrupt finish.
Tried from Cask on 11 Jun 2012 at 01:34

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
cask at bishop’s arms cph, clear brown, smooth small white head. Very very mild aroma of dark caramel, malts , dried fruits, quite english. Flavor is malts, dark caramel, mild crisp hoppy balance, notes of dried fruit , wood. Quite flavorfull
Tried from Cask on 08 Jun 2012 at 06:15

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Has an ugly and unpleasant bitterness about it, which is not pleasant at all.
Tried on 31 May 2012 at 13:47

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
28th August 2009
Clear amber beer. Semi dry palate. Sweetish malt with a pleasing amount of banana ester. Liptons peach tea malts! Finishes dry and a little floral.
Tried on 27 May 2012 at 09:46