Sobremesa Drinks
Microbrewery
in
Talgarth,
Powys,
Wales 🏴
Associated Venue: Sobremesa Taproom
Established in 2023
Contact
Lower Porthamel Farm, Talgarth, LD3 0DL, Wales
Description
SOBREMESA Drinks is a multidisciplinary enterprise creating terroir-driven farmhouse beers and natural ciders as well as growing organic soft fruits to flavour the drinks. We started our cider adventure in 2021 and pressed our first batch at Lower Porthamel in 2022. In January 2022 we planted one acre of organic soft fruits at Racquety Farm, Hay-on-Wye. Our beer journey actually started ten years ago, and has taken us from Wales to Spain and back again, bringing together the best of both worlds.
The main goal for SOBREMESA Drinks in the long term is to play a part in changing the current food system, by making drinks in a more sustainable way that prioritises short supply chains, local produce and the Welsh terroir.
We ferment our beers and ciders in a converted barn at Lower Porthamel, a working farm where grass fed livestock roam on the pastures.
The main goal for SOBREMESA Drinks in the long term is to play a part in changing the current food system, by making drinks in a more sustainable way that prioritises short supply chains, local produce and the Welsh terroir.
We ferment our beers and ciders in a converted barn at Lower Porthamel, a working farm where grass fed livestock roam on the pastures.
7/10
Tried
on 05 Jan 2025
at 14:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
75cl bottle from the producer with Soph after a ride through Clairmarais. Pours a vivid misty pinkish purple. Aroma of assorted red hedgerow berries. Flavour profile delivers vivid red berries, though more rosehip than not blackcurrant, no ribena or vimto notes, woody as it goes down. Tart fruit definition. Nice sipper though not quite what I expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2024
at 07:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can, from the brewery. Pours a misty yellow, small white head. Aroma of defined cereal malt, autumn harvest. Quite a rustic farmhouse profile, soft malty, wheaty nuances, great flavour definition. A proper rustic grisette and no mistake.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Sep 2024
at 06:09
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Color: Hazy pale golden, white head. Aroma: Malty, earthy, subtle citrus. Taste: Malty, floral, earthy, spicy and yeasty hints. Light hints of citrus. Just below medium body and just below average carbonation. Light to moderate sweet, very light tart and bitter. Nice and refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2024
at 19:10
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Never thought I would have the chance to drink a Welsh Grisette... Color: Lightly hazy pale golden, frothy white head. Aroma: Grainy, spicy notes, hints of citrus fruit. Taste: Wheat malt, floral and spicy notes, hints of white pepper, light hints of citrus fruit. Just below medium body, just below average carbonation. Light sweetness and moderate herbal bitterness. Nice one!
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2024
at 16:26
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle by way of a trade with minutemat. Cheers! Hazed pale gold. Sturdy egg white foam. Looks well. I know nothing about this yeast strain but overall it comes across like Du Pont with added white pepper wet clay. Further notes of savoury sage like herb. Some overripe lemon. Whiff of sulphur throughout. It ain’t lacking. Taste is semi sweet with a light old citrus peel bitterness. Fair amount of body with soft foam carbonation. Light lemon peel bitterness to finish. Lots going on here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2024
at 20:24
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. A nice extra in a trade with Mat. Cheers pal. Lively pour sits hazed straw gold with a big rocky white foam that lasts admirably. Looks good. Straw and hay on the nose. Lemon peel and mineraly almost briny notes. Whiff of fresh grassy hop leaf. Faint whiff of smoke too. Taste is dry and lightly bitter. Light and refreshing overall with lively foamy carbonation. Dry light bitter finish. Nice easy drinking saison. Clean as a whistle in fact.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2024
at 18:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample courtesy of minutemat, cheers Mat! Hazy orange colour, thin white rim and aroma of apple, funky. Taste is tangy, apple, fleshy, fruity, with some funk and drying bittersweet tannins Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2024
at 18:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample courtesy of minutemat, cheers Mat! Slightly hazed orangey gold colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, woody funk. Taste is tangy, apple, fruity, with alittle tartness, leathery funk, wood hint, and light bittersweet tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium drying finish Nicely drinkable.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2024
at 18:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
75cl bottle from the producer. Pours a misty golden orange. Soft fruity medium sweet ripened apple fruit aroma. Nice natural blend, still, full fruity character, not too much tannin, soft ripened fruit, decent medium dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2024
at 22:21