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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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask at CBC, Clerkenwell on 7th June 2016. Clear gold with thin off-white part-lacing foam. Spicy, earthy and grassy hop aroma. Grassy in-mouth with citrus touch. A light, leafy herb bitterness in the finish. Light-bodied with a smoothish mouthfeel. Pleasant.
Tried from Cask at Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell on 07 Jun 2016 at 15:45

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle share. Cotteridge Beano v2. Pale gold. Bubbly, white head. Nose is really astringent, citrusy hop. Some curious vegetal notes. Taste is astringently tart, and bitter. Finishes much the same. Not sure if I got the dregs of this one, but I didn’t get on at all with it.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2016 at 06:44

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at Craft 100 - Craft Beer Co. Clapham, London. Pours clear yellow-gold with a frothy, white head. The aroma is all pale grains and citrus rind. Lightly sweet flavour with husky grains, minerals, lemon peel. Light bodied with fine carbonation; OK condition. Dry on the finish, with heavy minerality and moderate rindy bitterness. Just so so overall.
Tried from Cask on 02 Jun 2016 at 00:35

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at Craft 100 - Craft Beer Co. Clapham, London. Pours clear yellow with a frothy, white head. The aroma holds melon and grapefruit. Light to medium sweet flavour with notes of pale grains, more melon and grapefruit, hay, grain husk. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Finishes with more pale grain character, embellished with pleasantly citrusy hops. Good beer.
Tried from Cask on 02 Jun 2016 at 00:33

8/10
Old Rate Beer tick.
Tried on 22 May 2016 at 16:08

8/10
Unfined hop bomb down the local on my way for ticking legacy.
Tried at The Ale House on 15 May 2016 at 15:02

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
330ml bottle from Stori, Bala. Pours clear gold, large white head. Aroma is light malt. Taste is biscuity malt, straw.. not getting any of the zest others speak of. Very biscuity and can’t say it’s for me.
Tried from Bottle on 14 May 2016 at 17:16

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
330ml bottle from Stori, Bala. Pours deep brown with small off white head. Aroma is herbal, liquorice, roast. Taste is coarse roast, pine, charred wood, ash with a sweet liquorice finish. Additional grapefruit on subsequent sips. Good, complex Bippa.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2016 at 15:20

6.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at Appellation Wines tasting. Clear dark brown body with a thin beige head. Aroma of earth, nuts and chocolate. Flavour of bready malts with a sour finish. Thin body with a frothy texture. Soft fizz. Smells better than it tastes. The sour finish is a bit weird.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2016 at 13:41

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at appellation. Pours hazy brown, nose is roasted, chocolate, citrus, taste is chewy toffee, sweet fruit, roasted.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2016 at 16:00