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.
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Craven Arms; hazy straw yellow pour with a frothy white head, pine aroma, taste has some resinous action, citrus some grapefruit, fine beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Dec 2014
at 08:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask stillage at the Birmingham CAMRA festival 2014. Poured a crystal clear straw colour with a bubbly white head. The aroma is nettle hop. The flavour is strong bitter with a big crisp refreshing nettle hop bitter palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation. I hope they retrieved the hop bucket that clearly fell into the the mash!
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Nov 2014
at 05:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask stillage at the Birmingham CAMRA festival 2014. Poured a crystal clear straw colour with a bubbly white head. The aroma is grassy hop with a little barnyard. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light skunky malt nettle citrus hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Nov 2014
at 05:11
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask stillage at the Birmingham CAMRA festival 2014. Poured a crystal clear straw colour with a bubbly white head. The aroma is nettle hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a fresh grass nettle light toothpaste bitter palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation. A real fresh hop fest!
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Nov 2014
at 05:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask stillage at the Birmingham CAMRA festival 2014. Poured a crystal clear straw colour with a bubbly white head. The aroma is nettle hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light fresh grass green hop bitter palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation. I’m not sure if they used green hops but it sure tastes like they did.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Nov 2014
at 02:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at Steel City Beer Festival 2014 at Kelham Island - Recommended by some judges to go with this one, they weren’t far off with it either. Not the prettiest looking beer, golden orange body, not much of a head. Nose is a hopbomb, lots of citrus, lots of grapefruit, lots of sweetness following in the taste picking out all those in the aroma. Feels like it is carry a bigger punch than the 4.6% ABV, was surprised it was so light when typing this out. Good APA.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Nov 2014
at 04:26
10/10
Tried
on 06 Nov 2014
at 13:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at Birmingham Beer Festival; clear amber pour with a frothy white head, zesty lemon aroma, taste is very tropical hop loads of citrus action and grapefruit, slight hint of pine carbs could be a bit more spritzy, enjoyable though.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Oct 2014
at 13:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. Gravity dispense. 40th Steel City Beer Festival, Sheffield. Clear, green gold. Bubbly white head. Sweet, grainy malt. Quite restrained zesty hop. Some mineral. Medium body. Finishes long, light bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2014
at 06:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask. Gravity dispense. 40th Steel City Beer Festival, Sheffield. Clear gold. Bubbly, bright white head. Very grassy. Green hop. Very yeasty. Toffe malt in the background. Taste is dry. Light mouthfeel. Finishes dry. Don’t think this was ready to go on yet.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2014
at 05:58