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.
MiP (20366) reviewed Cwrw Gaeaf (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle, 4.7%. Good fruity aroma, slightly roasted. Clear dark brown colour. Small tan head. Weak but good hop flavour, hint of grass. Mildly roasted, hint of creamy coffee.
yespr (55501) reviewed Taffy Apples Cider from Tomos Watkin 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
50 cl clear bottle, 7aptof, Frederiksberg, DK imported by YNWA. Pours clear and deep golden orange, stunning deep orange colour. Sweet fruity and clean apple aroma. Sweet apple flavoured with a nice phenolic note too. Slight growing intensity on the phenolic notes. Increasing dry and tart into the finish. Really a nice cider.
yespr (55501) reviewed OSB Old Style Bitter (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
50 cL bottle. Pours almost clear and golden orange with a huge and slight off-white head. Mild spiced and hoppy aroma. Mild caramel malty and with a mild spiced bitterness. Ends medium dry and slight herbal hoppy.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. A red-amber beer with a lazing orangey head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of fruit and light notes of hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, malt, and fruit, as well as light notes of flowery hops. The finish is quite bitter.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Cwrw Gaeaf (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Near black beer, orange-amber reflections; creamy, near solid dark beige head. Sweet molasses, liquorice, and a bit of chocolate. Roasted grains, impression of black cacao powder, developping more and more to chocolate. Light but NOT empty; slickness, not unremindful of water-based chocolatemilk, grist-y. Not a bad one! this is an interesting dark British ale, well-worth trying.
Biruski (4902) reviewed Taffy Apples Cider from Tomos Watkin 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Clear orange in color with a fizzy head. Strong apple aroma with light acidity and sweet sugars. Flavor is rather sweet but also carries some acidic, tart apple notes. Finish is lightly dry. Simple, enjoyable, and easy drinking.
HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed Cwrw Braf (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Light amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
saxo (29721) reviewed Cwrw Braf (Bottle) from Tomos Watkin 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are roast malt, caramel and hops.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Taffy Apples Cider from Tomos Watkin 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. A dark golden cider with no head. The aroma is strong of apples with some acidity and light notes of wood. The flavor is rather sweet, but with an underlying acidity, strong notes of apples as well as lighter notes of berries - reminds me of raspberries, leading to a dry and slightly woody finish. The body is thick.
fonefan (84534) reviewed OSB Old Style Bitter (Cask) from Tomos Watkin 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (handpump) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.Light unclear medium orange amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate yeasty, peat - burnt rubber. Flavor is moderate sweet and light tot moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (070808)