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.
7/10
Cask at the hanging bat. Pours clear golden, nose is sweet toffee, cereal, light fruit, taste is peach, fruity, little thin.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Sep 2016
at 06:52
Session summer stunner! Mon the bloody hops! Smashing.
Tried
at
The Ale House
on 17 Sep 2016
at 22:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
As exchange of fluids 2, 4.8abv... Cask at the hanging bat... Amber... Small off white head... Soft sweet spicy fruit.. Light floral fruit... Dry fruit.. Light easy fruit...
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Sep 2016
at 10:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the hanging bat. Pours clear golden, nose is sweet toffee, cereal, light fruit, taste is peach, fruity, little thin.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Sep 2016
at 14:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the CP&K, 07/09/16. Light back with a decent tan head. Nose is tangy dark fruits, light peppery spice, charr, liquorice, toffee. Taste comprises bitter stewed fruits, lactic tang, fruit loaf, light cocoa, toffee, spice. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close with a lactic whisper. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Sep 2016
at 11:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the CP&K, 07/09/16. Amber to brown with a decent off White head. Nose is biscuit, straw, brown bread, toffee. Taste comprises biscuit malt, earthy hops, critic infuse, caramel, straw. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close peppered with earthy hop bitterness. Solid enough for style.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Sep 2016
at 11:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Snooty Fox. It pours clear golden with a medium, bubbly white head. The aroma is sweet, juicy, peach cobbler, grapefruit, lemon & ginger, appletiser and white grape. The taste dry, bit hit of bitterness, grapefruit a plenty, lemon peel, lychee, straw, grass, pine, resin and earthy with a refreshingly dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Fresh and bitter. Pretty impressive stuff. Grade A cask hop juice.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Sep 2016
at 11:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Hopbunker, Cardiff August 2016. Deep gold in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Citrus hops, sweetish, cereal malts, some fruity sweetness and a dryish finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Sep 2016
at 05:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Hopbunker, Cardiff August 2016. Medium brown in colour, which led to queries as to whether this was the advertised beer - the landlord confirmed it was. The beer had plenty of citrus and pineapple notes, crisp malts, some caramel sweetness and a dryish finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Sep 2016
at 04:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Hop Bunker, Cardiff, August 2016. Copper in colour, with a decent, off-white, head. Slightly peppery hops, sweetish, slightly bready malts, red berry and tangerine fruits and a lingering, dryish finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Aug 2016
at 10:57