Tomos Watkin
Client Brewer
in Swansea,
Swansea,
Wales 🏴
Owned by
Drop Bear Beer Co.
Established in 1995
We are a family-run business with brewing in our blood, and this sense of pride can be tasted in every delicious drop crafted on site at our brewery in Swansea.
The present incarnation of Tomos Watkin was started in 1995 by Simon Buckley. In 2002 the Tomos Watkin brewery was acquired by Hurns Beer Company, a drinks distributor based in South Wales. Tomos Watkin first operated from a small brewery in Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire and later opened a larger brewery in Swansea.
In August 2023, the Tomos Watkin brewery was purchased by no/low alcohol brewery Drop Bear, who also took over brewing responsibilities for all Tomos Watkin beers. As well as updating the Tomos Watkin brand with several new beers added to their core range, all their beers were made vegan-friendly.
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Cwrw Idris (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle @ Chris O’s. Thanks guys. Pours clear golden with a bubbly off white head. Grain, rubber and dust. Sweet caramel. Medium bodied.
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Magic Lagyr (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 14 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle @ Chris O’s. Thanks guys. Pours cloudy pale yellow with a off white head. Oxidized with quite a lot of corn and maize. Tart and thin.
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Premium Pear Cider from Tomos Watkin 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottle @ Chris O’s. Thanks guys. Pours clear pale piss yellow with a off white head. Thin and sweet. Lots of pear. A bit sugary and artificial.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Cwrw Idris (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. Amber colour, smal slightly off-white head. Aroma is nutty, wooden, some dark malts, mild toasted notes as well as some slight notes of bitter floral and grassy notes. Flavour is being quite similar in a very nice balance.
yespr (55501) reviewed Cwrw Hâf (Cask) from Tomos Watkin 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small, creamy and white head. Aroma is mild fruity and light malty. Bitter, fruity, crisp hoppy and light citrusy. Ends dry and bitter.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Cask @ Snow Goose, Inverness
Appearance - Amber, off white head, hazy
Aroma - Fruity malt, slight peppery hop, not much on the nose.
Taste - Caramel, fruity malt, toffee, slight roasted malt, yeast, more complex than usual
Palate - Intially malty sweet finish with a slight layer of bitterness then bitter with a sour note.
Overall - Not really a bitter, as not much bitterness. Taste is good, but for the sour note in the finish.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Lions Pride from Tomos Watkin 14 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ GWBCF2011 - Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival, Cardiff Interantional Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff, Wales.Clear light to medium orange amber colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, nutty, caramel, earty. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, malty, nutty, keller. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110616]
fonefan (84534) reviewed Chwarae Teg from Tomos Watkin 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ GWBCF2011 - Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival, Cardiff Interantional Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff, Wales.Clear light to medium amber colour with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, toffee, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, toffee, nutty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110616]
omhper (44752) reviewed Cwrw Braf (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottled. Hazy amber, rich firm head. Sulphury nose. Bready malt with some cardboard submerged in chlorine. Sweet anf full bodied. The chlorine gets overpowering and drenches most other flavours.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed BB / Brewery Bitter from Tomos Watkin 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2010. A dark golden beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of matl and caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel.