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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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at CBC Clerko for the tap takeover. It doesn’t look like a session ipa. A nut brown copper coloured pour with a lasting loose greyish head. Aroma is citrus and bark, tobacco, amber malts, burnt orange. Flavour is composed of nutty malts with toasted toffee, rustic autumnal notes and assertive woody bark and pine needles hop.. Palate is medium bodied, ok condition, little chewy hop resin. Big lingering hop kick.
Tried from Cask on 25 Apr 2017 at 12:20

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at CBC Clerko for the tap takeover. A clear mid golden coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is sweet jammy citrus fruit, orange marmalade with hints of bark and pine. Flavour is composed of semi sweet Base malts, little biscuit, woody earthy citrus lemon, pine and. bark. Assertive hop bitterness palate is semi sweet, lowish cask condition. Good hoppy gear.
Tried from Cask on 25 Apr 2017 at 12:14

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2015 [ The 40th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 8th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Hopcraft Apapa ].Clear medium orange colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, old fruit, apple notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, orange, old fruit, pale malt, zesty notes, apple notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151009] 6-3-7-3-13
Tried from Cask on 24 Apr 2017 at 10:43

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at CBC, Clerkenwell on 23rd April 2017. Deep brown with tan decaying foam and no lacing. Sweet malts and nuttiness in aroma. Fruity, nutty and caramel malty in-mouth. Leafy hop and fruit in finish. Light body and mouthfeel.
Tried from Cask on 23 Apr 2017 at 16:11

10/10
Last night, Craft Beer Co. If this was Omnipollo everyone would be going nuts.
Tried on 23 Apr 2017 at 13:28

10/10
Superb English leaf-hop ale. Nice soft feel. Great pale malts. So easy to drink. Loved it
Tried at The Craft Beer Co. on 23 Apr 2017 at 11:38

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask handpull at Craft Clerkenwell. Clear pale gold colour lasting white head. Incredible fresh aroma. That is amazing in terms of the fruit. Fresh fleshy fruits. Grapefruit and lemon. Not much malt or yeast character but the hops are amazing. Fruity as hell. Some light bitterness. I mean it’s fun but does it need some malt to balance it? Good hops though.
Tried from Cask on 23 Apr 2017 at 10:05

Tried on 22 Apr 2017 at 20:59

10/10
Gyle 250. ..yay
Tried on 22 Apr 2017 at 19:21

6/10
Tried on 20 Apr 2017 at 11:03