Brains Craft Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Owned by Brains

Established in 2012

Description
As the No.1 Brewer in Wales, S.A. Brain & Co. Ltd are fiercely proud of their Welsh heritage and the fact that they remain family owned. Founded in 1882 by Samuel Arthur Brain and his uncle Joseph Benjamin, S.A. Brain & Co. Ltd have been brewing beer in Wales’ capital for more than 135 years.

In 2012 they opened the Brains Craft Brewery which allowed them to brew in smaller batches and be more experimental with their flavours. To date they have produced over 100 craft beers, and the Craft Brewery has become an integral part of the Brains beer range.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at the 2014 GBBF. Red amber coloured pour with a halo of off white hair as. Aroma is berries, nuts and leather. Hint of rauch malt. Flavour is caramel malts, nuts and some German beach wood smoked malts, lingering dried fruits. Decent stuff. Palate is med sweet.
Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2014 at 07:16

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draft - Banana, clove and some light citrus. Hazy gold with a rich white head. Effervescent and lively with banana, chalk and some light citrus bite. Pretty refreshing.
Tried from Draft on 06 Aug 2014 at 04:44

6/10
Tried on 06 Aug 2014 at 04:39

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
DØE. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light hoppy. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 230514
Tried on 31 Jul 2014 at 03:13

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
DØE. Clear golden with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, light buttery and moderate hoppy - grass. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 230514
Tried on 31 Jul 2014 at 03:11

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Cask @ Bree Louise. Notes of knäckebröd and apricots. A bit skunky (bad beer or bad cask?).
Tried from Cask on 29 Jul 2014 at 13:25

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
21st July 2014
Bree Louise. Cask. Almost.clear gold beer, no head. Palate is light and dry. Very low carbonation. Honeyish pale malts. Little apple. As Leighton said - tired lemon. Trace of dust at the dry finish. It’s okay but hamstrung by the poor condition the Bree Louise served it up in.
Tried from Cask on 23 Jul 2014 at 01:34

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Cask at the Bree Louise - London. Pours clear gold with pretty much no head. The nose has grains, toasty pale malts, hay. Light sweet flavor with more grainy, pale malts. Light bodied and mostly flat. Some husky grains to finish with licks of orange rind, ripe lemon and hay. Shabby.
Tried from Cask on 21 Jul 2014 at 11:29

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop, caramel and a little earthy. Flavour is malt, fruit, caramel, little sweet, medium bitter and a little earthy.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2014 at 04:45

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear dark amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, caramel, hop and oak. Flavour is malt, fruit, caramel, little hop, littlewhisky, medium sweet, oak and a little bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2014 at 04:30