Brains

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

Established in 1882

Contact
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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Cask@GWBCF2011. Deep golden colour, not too much head. Aroma is fruits, mild alcohol, some slight toasted maltyness. Flavour is fruits, wood, alcohol and some slight spicyness and mild bitterness as well.
Tried from Cask on 17 Jun 2011 at 01:57

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@GWBCF2011. Golden colour, small head. Aroma is nuts, fruits, some nectary and wooden notes as well. Flavour is floral, fruity, wooden and bready malts along with some slight biscuity notes.
Tried from Cask on 17 Jun 2011 at 01:55

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Cask@GWBCF2011. Amber colour, small off-white head.. Aroma is fruity, wooden, mildly sweet malty as well as slightly nutty. Flavour is nutty, floral and mildly wooden. Wellbalanced and pleasant.
Tried from Cask on 17 Jun 2011 at 01:51

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at The Old Thameside Inn in Southwark. Pours dark amber with a creamy near-white head. A rather heavy fruit aroma. Near med body. It’s fruity - medium ripe light stone fruits. It’s barely bitter, but bitter enough to overcome the malt and fruit in the end. Very nice.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jun 2011 at 08:50

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15h April 2009
Clear but very dark brown beer. Malty with a streak of dark toffee. Minerals and slightly toasted malt in the mid. Smooth and not at all bitter. Good flavours for it’s modest abv.
Tried on 21 May 2011 at 10:46

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from the Cromwell Sainsburys. Pours light amber with a 3 finger creamy off-white head. Aroma of ripe light stone fruits over mild caramel with a hint of spice. Starts rather malty, but some fruit and bitter come out, turning it quite satisfactory.
Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2011 at 11:25

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Medium creamy offwhite head. Clear amber body. Light floral caramelly aroma with spicy vanilla notes. Dry-sweet floral fruity caramel taste with spicy notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dryish caramelly peppery aftertaste with spicy floral earthy notes. Nice, full of flavour, and highly drinkable. (0.25l cask at The Feathers, Westminster, London.)
Tried from Cask on 11 May 2011 at 09:58

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500ml bottle at 4.1%. Pours a dark ruby brown with a large head. Aroma is milk chocolate, roast malt and blackcurrant. Taste has mild roast to start, roast malt and berries on the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2011 at 13:12

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask from the Bitter End, Bromley. Reddish-brown pour. Berries, raisins, licorice and burnt caramel aromas. Raisins, plum jam flavours. Dark fruit malty action. Nice.
Tried from Cask on 24 Apr 2011 at 14:22

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cask at standing order ... copper brown ... thin tan head ... soft toffee malt nose ... light bitter ... light woody chocolate ... some fruits ... bitter and musty
Tried from Cask on 22 Apr 2011 at 04:12