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New Beginnings

2017 – A fresh start. Charles Wells sells Havelock St brewery and most of our beer brands to Marston’s, signalling a move away from higher-volume national sales and a renewed focus on specialty ale and lager brands to delight modern beer fans. The deal also provided the resources needed to begin designing the new home of our dreams - now known as Brewpoint (which began brewing October 2020).

While Marston's acquired the rights to brew brands like Bombardier, the family retained the "Charles Wells" and "Charlie Wells" brand names.

Wells & Co. is Born

2019 – Charles Wells rebrands as Wells & Co., reflecting the diversity of our modern business. The move away from Charles Wells was not a decision we took lightly, but with significant investment taking place in our pub estates and a new brewery on the way capable of producing a range of beer styles unimaginable to us just ten years ago, the time felt right to make a statement of confidence about our future direction as a company.
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5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
From a 33cl bottle. Pours a loaded gold worth moderate white foam. Aroma is malty and aromatic. Body is relatively dense and carbonated. Taste has some sweetness and relatively strong bitterness. Finish is uninteresting.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2017 at 12:36

5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
50cl bottle from Morrison’s, Bracknell. A bright amber colour with an immediately disipating white head, and lots of carbonation, looking much like a gassy cider; malty aroma with a touch of citrus; strong grainy taste; and a light woody bitterness. Poor in comparison with a modern IPA.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2017 at 15:28

6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Kicsi, gyorsan eltűnő hab, borostyán szín. Enyhe, lágeres, fűszeres illat. Lágeres alapíz, kellemes fűszeres felhangokkal. Könnyed, közepesen szénsavas és keserű. Kellemes ivósör.
Tried on 09 Jun 2017 at 12:54

6.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
33cl bottle. Pours clear golden colour with a mid-sized to small white head. Aroma of mild citrusy hops, hay, some nuts. Taste of mild citrusy hops, pale malt, straw, easy to drink!
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2017 at 16:35

7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
330 ml can into lager glass, best before 7/14/2017. Pours fairly crystal clear medium golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense and rocky white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts the whole glass. Dense soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, melon, pear, grapefruit, orange zest, cracker, white bread, herbal, light pepper, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance of fruity/citrusy/earthy hops and pale malt notes; with good strength. Taste of lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, melon, pear, grapefruit, orange zest, cracker, white bread, herbal, light pepper, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/grassy/spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of lemon, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, melon, pear, grapefruit, orange zest, cracker, white bread, herbal, pepper, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of fruity/citrusy/earthy hops and pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero astringent hop flavors after the finish. Moderate dryness from lingering bitterness, increasing through the glass. Perfectly clean on lager flavors, with zero yeast notes present. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately crisp, and bready/grainy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.7%. Overall this is a delicious dry hopped pale lager. All around nice robustness and balance of fruity/citrusy/earthy hops and pale malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink. Very flavorful for the low ABV, with a really nice hop profile. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried from Can on 27 May 2017 at 17:02

5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Pour is a crystal clear yellow with a large white head. Aroma is a big sulfur and there are also some pleasant bready malt as well. Flavor is pale lager malt and quite a lot of bitterness for a lager. Not overly hoppy like some American IPL’s but this is quite clean and it has that lager refreshing quality. Fresh from the brewery this would probably be even better.
Tried from Can on 29 Apr 2017 at 14:19

7.1/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
500ml at The Stag's Head in Moscow. Pours clear gold with a small white head. Very nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is fruity, vanilla, hops. Taste is creamy, low carbonation, light bitterness, coriander, citrus. Very untypical pale lager.
Tried on 27 Apr 2017 at 07:13

6.2/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
On Tap. @Cimmeria, Oviedo 21/04/2017. Color amarillo claro buena corona de espuma blanca, aromas medios a lúpulos herbales y cítricos el sabor es ligeramente cítrico y maltoso, cuerpo ligero
Tried from Draft on 21 Apr 2017 at 12:05

5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
33 cl bottle from Tosano, 1.90€. Pale yellow color, clear, big white head, lacing. Lagery smell. Aroma of light grains, malt, undefined bitter notes, biscuit, some soap, noticeable alcohol already. Taste is mild bitter, soft carbonation, clean dry finish. Sort of bohemian pilsener, it has a vague dry hopping thing still rather average. Not bad for the style, at least it has some bite.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2017 at 12:24

6.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg at the round Bush. A pale yellow coloured a fine sticky white head. Aroma is fine herbal hop smoked hop, little lemon rind, pale malts. Flavour is composed of semi crisp pale malts, lemon rind citrus, herbal. Palate is semi crisp, mineral, moderate carbonation. Ok.
Tried on 01 Apr 2017 at 13:08