Brecon Brewing

Client Brewer in Bridgend, Bridgend, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Owned by Cold Black Label

Established in 2011

Contact
Guardian House 5-7, Squire Drive Brynmenyn Industrial Estate, Bridgend, CF32 9TX, Wales
Description
Founded in 2011 Brecon Brewing quickly established a reputation as one of Wales' best known breweries and its beers were eagerly sought out across the nation.

In 2019 acquired by Cold Black Label. Brewing activities moved to Bridgend.

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5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ Liberty Bounds (JDW), Tower Hill EC3. Pours a slightly hazy pale amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with weak hoppy hints.

Tried from Cask on 05 Apr 2016 at 08:23


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle@Taphouse Tuesday Bottle Share, Copenhagen - Dark brown to black pour with small beige head. Aroma and taste is cocoa and light orange, almost terry chocolate orange like, light caramel, but body is pretty weak, not much bite, watery malty into the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2016 at 12:39


5.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottled. A brown beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, chocolate, and oranges. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, chocolate, and oranges, leading to a dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2016 at 12:32


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

33 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden orange to amber with a small tan head. Aroma is overripe fruity and slight sourish. Oranges, fruity and slight citric.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2016 at 12:30


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Gravity, shared with Finn at NWAF ’16. Next to clear amber coloured body. Tiny pearl white head, minimal lacing. Leafy hops on the nose. Mixed taste of fresh and dried fruits, mild caramel beneath and leafy hop bitterness to the finish. Medium bodied. Pleasing (Derby 18.02.2016).

Tried on 10 Mar 2016 at 07:22


5.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Gravity, shared with Finn at NWAF ’16. Golden-brown in body colour. Dotted spots on the glass. Modest aroma of pale malty joined by grassy hops. Spiced mid-sweet fruity hops to the flavour character, pale malts beneath. Bittersweet endnotes. Easy going (Derby 18.02.2016).

Tried on 10 Mar 2016 at 07:18


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Fra cask/gravity på NWAF i Derby 18 Feb 16. Delt med Rune. Amber. Skum langs glasset. Søt fruktaroma. Smaken sitrus & fersken. Tørr etter hvert.

Tried from Cask on 02 Mar 2016 at 08:51


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Fra cask/gravity på NWAF i Derby 18 Feb 16. Delt med Rune. Gyldenbrun. Skum langs glasset. Lett karamellaroma. Smaken papp med spor av plommer. Lett syrlig avslutning.

Tried from Cask on 02 Mar 2016 at 08:47


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Pendle Beer Festival 2016. Golden-amber in colour. Has a lightly fruity, fuller-bodied but crisp texture.

Tried on 24 Feb 2016 at 11:31


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Alehouse, Reading - the 2016 version - not sure who brewed this - ABV4.8%. Amber with a thin white head; herbal, almost vegetable aroma; full bodied and fruity with a herbal bitterness; then a dry finish. A satisfying bitter.

Tried from Cask on 15 Jan 2016 at 08:31