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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Cask @ GBBF 2013. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty caramel finish.
Tried from Cask on 25 Sep 2013 at 06:42

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ GBBF 2013. Pours a dark brown color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty weak smoky chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate flavor with smoky bacon hints. Has a roasted malty smoky bacon and chocolate finish.
Tried from Cask on 25 Sep 2013 at 06:41

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Cask @ GBBF 2013. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy honey aroma. Fruity malty spicy weak honey flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy honey finish with weak hoppy hints.
Tried from Cask on 25 Sep 2013 at 06:39

6.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Bree Louise, London. Pours dark brown with a very small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, nuts, light dark fruit. Flavor is malts, caramel, nuts, sweet dark fruits. Medium body, oily mouthfeel, flat carbonation. 180913
Tried from Cask on 24 Sep 2013 at 12:36

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Cask @ Southwark Tavern, London. Pours golden with a small white head. Aroma of malt, light caramel, little fruity hops. Flavor is malt, nuts, caramel, fruity hops, apples. Medium body, soft carbonation. 170913
Tried from Cask on 23 Sep 2013 at 12:01

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Bottle. Golden with no head. Has a full pale ale aroma and taste including a light fruitiness.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2013 at 14:03

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Nose is whiskey, cereal slight cola. Not particularly inspiring and dominated by the whiskey. Taste is cereal, slight butter scotch, burnt tofee. No resin, little citrus, leads to vanilla and whiskey liqueur. Mouthfeel is thin. This is distinctly underhopped for a ’craft’ IPA, even for a traditional British IPA it seems to malty, though that is probably from the oak. It’s a mess of a beer that doesn’t work as the flavours bump into each other.
Tried on 19 Sep 2013 at 12:44

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How: Cask.
Where: Great British Beer Festival (GBBF), London.
Appearance: Clear dark amber colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Caramel, toffee, malt.
Body: Medium body, rather low carbonation.
Flavour: Toffee, malt, dark fruit.
Tried from Cask on 19 Sep 2013 at 02:38

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Rated from backlog. From cask. Dark amber with creamy white head. Malty aroma with toffee, caramel and light spices. Flavor is somewhat nutty with caramel and dark malts.
Tried from Cask on 18 Sep 2013 at 11:29

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One-third pint by cask at GBBF 2013, first day. Lasting white head over a hazy, golden body. Wheat and spiced fruity nose. Late banana in the flavour profile joined by lightly spiced fruits. Dry ending, on the sweet side. Medium bodied. Has got its moments of joyful drinking. Fine version of the style (London Olympia 13.08.2013).
Tried from Cask on 17 Sep 2013 at 11:59