About
Cardiff Based Craft Brewery. Making surreal beers since August 2019.
Flowerhorn Brewery was set up in the summer of 2019 by two friends, Andrew and Arran. Shortly after meeting through mutual friends and both sharing a love of all things beer Andrew landed a job in a brewery and when Arran finished university 9 months later he jumped straight in to the industry as well. Each with two years experience under their belt they began picturing and developing exactly what their ideal brewery would look like. They spent some money on a homebrew kit and started brewing in Arran’s parent’s garage.
Fast forward: Before we knew it around came our first birthday and we celebrated by picking up the keys to our brand new unit at the Bridge Studios. Currently we’re waiting for our bespoke 5bbl kit to be manufactured and delivered and in the meantime we’re continuing creating and innovating with new styles and flavours ready to serve to you in our brand new tap room before the end of the year.
Flowerhorn Brewery was set up in the summer of 2019 by two friends, Andrew and Arran. Shortly after meeting through mutual friends and both sharing a love of all things beer Andrew landed a job in a brewery and when Arran finished university 9 months later he jumped straight in to the industry as well. Each with two years experience under their belt they began picturing and developing exactly what their ideal brewery would look like. They spent some money on a homebrew kit and started brewing in Arran’s parent’s garage.
Fast forward: Before we knew it around came our first birthday and we celebrated by picking up the keys to our brand new unit at the Bridge Studios. Currently we’re waiting for our bespoke 5bbl kit to be manufactured and delivered and in the meantime we’re continuing creating and innovating with new styles and flavours ready to serve to you in our brand new tap room before the end of the year.
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tap at Brewdog shepherds Bush, collabfest 2022. A clouded deep plumy purple coloured pour with a halo of bright pink head. Aroma is woody raspberry, stale grains, yogurty funk, pithy, bark, soapy, wheat.. Flavour is composed of stale grains, soapy, wet dog funk, woody raspberry, cherry pips fizzy chewy. Sour funk. Palate is semi sweet, tart, tangy, highish carbonation. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Oct 2022
at 14:02
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Oct 2022
at 15:52
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
440ml can from Bottle & Barrel. Drunk before seeing Indonesian punks Turtles Jr. Unclear dull gold, medium white frothy head. Fruity citrus aroma. Taste sees a pleasant zesty citrus character, rounded with a pithy grapefruit bitterness. Perhaps a touch over-carbonated. Citrus seems a touch subdued at times, a little rough around the edges, but a nice sipper overall.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Aug 2022
at 19:09
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Head of Steam, Cardiff. Looks like mango juice - opaque orangey-yellow. There's a thick mango pulp mouthfeel too. Taste is mango to the fore, with some vanilla ice cream too. It's predominantly sweet, but there's enough hoppy bitterness to offset it and make it more refreshing and drinkable than either mango juice or milkshake. It's one dimensional, but they've definitely achieved what they set out to do. I like mango juice, I like milkshake, and I like beer, and this combines them in a much more successful way than most others of this rather maligned and often poorly executed style. I like it!
Tried
on 11 Aug 2022
at 12:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at BrewDog Shoreditch. Reddish colour hazy to cloudy. Slight off white head. Aroma and taste are dry to tart berries. Slightly thin body.
Tried
from Draft
at
BrewDog Shoreditch
on 02 Jul 2022
at 11:41
Tried
on 18 Jun 2022
at 10:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from BrewDog & Friends. It pours cloudy pale golden/blonde with a decent white head. The aroma is fresh, bright, pineapple chunks, quite juicy, passion fruit, tangy apricot jam, some green danky vibes and floury bread. The taste is pretty much no bitterness, a touch of dryness, green, weedy, danky, pineapple, apricot, papaya, gummy candy, spice, floury bread and touch of alcohol with a drying finish. Medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Not bad, but wouldn't stand out in a crowd of hazy IPAs.
Tried
from Can
on 25 May 2022
at 17:51
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.4
Keg at Crown & Kettle, Manchester. Pours murky yellow orange with a cream cap. Aroma: fruity, yoghurt, lactose. Taste: moderate sweet & light to moderate bitter, mango, vaguely tropical, more yoghurt, lactose. Medium body with tight carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
Crown & Kettle
on 13 Feb 2022
at 22:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Thin beige head on an unclear amber coloured body. Malt, pine & dank aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a sharp back. Pine, resin, stone fruit & hoppy tastes with a bitter pithy finish. Deece.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2022
at 19:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
27/10/2021. Bottle courtesy of ITFCDan, cheers! Pours slightly hazy golden amber with a frothy off-white head. Aroma of malt, sweet peach, tropical fruits, grass. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, quite fizzy. Earthy finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2021
at 18:16