Hopcraft Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Pontyclun,
Rhondda Cynon Taff,
Wales 🏴
Owned by
Pixie Spring Brewery
Established in 2012
Closed in 2019
Contact
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.
8/10
Tried
on 03 Feb 2017
at 10:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Sparrow Bier Cafe, Bradford. Clear golden with a head. Well hopped ale with a light tropical fruitiness in its aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Feb 2017
at 06:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the bow bar... Copper.... Small off white head... Soft sweet toffee fruit nose.. Dry zezty woody toffee fruit... Long woody fruit
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Feb 2017
at 09:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at the Stockbridge Tap. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - some floral and citrus notes. Taste - lemons and oranges. Light astringent malt. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - this might’ve suited keg methinks. Decent all the same.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jan 2017
at 15:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Stockbridge tap. Pours clear orange amber, nose is biscuity, floral, light fruit, taste is sweet, chewy, pineapple, herbal.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jan 2017
at 09:03
10/10
Banging apa. Huge hop juice and soft malts.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Ale House
on 28 Jan 2017
at 21:16
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
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 Mors Ex Supera ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, light to moderate hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, pale malt, citrus, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151007] 6-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jan 2017
at 11:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the hanging bat. Pours clear golden, nose is grass, passionfruit, orange, taste is juicy, sweet fruit, dry toffee.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2017
at 10:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Guildford... Golden amber.. Small white head.. Soft zezty orange lemon fruits nose... Peppery zezty citrus fruits big fruit
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2017
at 09:45
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 24th January 2017. Clear gold with thin off-white foam. Hoppy aroma with pungent spiciness. Intense zesty hoppiness in-mouth with solid orange and lemon peel. Zesty fruitiness in finish. Smooth mouthfeel and a full body.
Tried
from Cask
at
Southampton Arms
on 24 Jan 2017
at 21:00