Hopcraft Brewing

Microbrewery in Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Owned by Pixie Spring Brewery

Established in 2012

Closed in 2019

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Pontyclun, Wales
Description
First brewed in Spring 2010 as the Wheatsheaf Inn based at Wheatsheaf Inn, High Street, Llantrisant, Pontyclun. It was originally owned by Celt Experience. In 2011 it brewed for a short time using the name Korev, before settling on the current name in Spring 2012 when it separated from Celt Experience. It moved to its current address in Spring 2013 where an 11BBL plant was used. Experimental beers are produced under the Hopcraft banner. Brewing ceased in early 2019.

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at monties... Deep red black.. Thin tan lacing... Soft sweet caramel woody toffee chocolate roast malts nose... Rich sweet cherries chocolate roast malts...
Tried from Cask on 12 Oct 2017 at 09:31

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at montys. Pours clear golden, nose is floral, toffee, taste is sweet toffee, grassy, lemon.
Tried from Cask on 11 Oct 2017 at 02:46

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask handpull at Montys Edinburgh. Black beer lasting tan head. Porter some blackcurrant fruit. Good fruit. Not overly roasty. Good.
Tried from Cask on 06 Oct 2017 at 14:48

7/10
Tried on 04 Oct 2017 at 09:20

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2016 [ The 41th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 9th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Hopcraft Flag of Convenience ].Clear light medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, moderate hoppy, grass, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, fruity hops, grass, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161015] 7-3-6-3-13
Tried from Cask on 28 Sep 2017 at 04:25

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival, Cardiff 21/9/2017. Deep golden in colour with a slight, white, head and hint of a haze. Aroma of mango, pineapple and grapefruit. Flavour had more fruits, biscuity malts, and a suggestion of pine before a dry finish with a hoppy kick. Very good and my beer of the festival.
Tried from Cask on 25 Sep 2017 at 04:05

5/10
Bitter and dry.
Tried from Cask on 23 Sep 2017 at 14:21

10/10
Riesling-like goosebury notes on this exceptionally impressive new uk trial hop.
Tried at The Ale House on 22 Sep 2017 at 22:27

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 6
Golden amber.. Small white head... Soft cloves fruit nose... Light dry fruits.. Long soft clove
Tried on 31 Aug 2017 at 23:49

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Gravity poured half-pint at the 8th Annual Beer Festival at The Bridge End Inn, Ruabon on 25th August 2017. No head on the clear amber body, plenty of hop action though, Mostly a citrus aroma, mostly a piney resinous taste. Liked it.
Tried on 29 Aug 2017 at 03:19