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 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
On cask at the Stockbridge Tap. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - resin and oranges. Pine. Taste - plant stalks and pine. Geraniums. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - refreshing but the resin dominates any potential fruit notes.
Tried from Cask on 18 Nov 2016 at 01:29

7/10
Tried on 17 Nov 2016 at 19:12

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
. Cask at the Stockbridge tap... Copper... Thick tan head head... Long bitter fruit.. Dry bitter fruits... Dry fruits
Tried from Cask on 16 Nov 2016 at 13:29

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask in MacGregor’s Pie Howff. Amber with a lasting white head. Strong tropical fruit aroma, flavour is bitter tropical fruit with a hint of underlying caramel.
Tried from Cask on 15 Nov 2016 at 07:00

6/10
Cask at the Stockbridge tap. Pours clear golden, nose is toffee, pine, citrus, taste is similar, dry, bitter, thin.
Tried from Cask on 10 Nov 2016 at 09:35

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On cask at the Stockbridge Tap. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - interesting aroma. Initially something between boiled sweets and moth balls. Then oranges. Taste - orange barley sweets with a malt backdrop. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a nicely balanced finish. Overall - nice ipa.
Tried from Cask on 10 Nov 2016 at 07:53

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Stockbridge tap. Pours clear golden, nose is cheesy, mango, papaya, taste is tart juicy fruit, sweet, bitter.
Tried from Cask on 07 Nov 2016 at 10:22

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask gravity at the 2016 Watford beer festival 4/11/2016. A clear pale golden coloured pour with a lasting loose white head. Aroma is tangy pithy lemon, cif lemon, little soapy straw. Flavour is composed of semi sweet resinous pine and soapy lemon hops, lime zest, woody pine in the finish. Palate is semi sweet, sticky lowish carbonation, resinous hop. Lingering wood tannin. Not bad.
Tried from Cask on 04 Nov 2016 at 16:21

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Stockbridge tap. Pours clear golden, nose is toffee, pine, citrus, taste is similar, dry, bitter, thin.
Tried from Cask on 02 Nov 2016 at 12:12

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at cloisters. Pours clear golden, nose is fruity, pine, toffee, taste is dry, bitter, fruity.
Tried from Cask on 02 Nov 2016 at 12:11