Dark Element Brew Co

Microbrewery in Caerphilly, Caerphilly, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Established in 2024

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1 Lon Y Twyn, Caerphilly, CF83 1NW, Wales
Description
We are a South Wales based brewery, launched in 2024 with 10 years of commercial brewing experience. We have a big passion for all things hoppy and hazy focusing on hop forward styles across a can and keg range.

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8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
440ml can. Hazy golden, white head. Aroma of mango, passionfruit, white wine, gooseberry. Taste is slightly sweet, ripe mango, passionfruit, vinous, white wine, grape and gooseberry, light bitterness. Medium bodied, pretty well balanced. Really nice IPA yet again from this new brewery.
Tried from Can on 17 Jul 2024 at 21:59

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
440ml can. Murky yellow, white head. Aroma of zesty lime, grapefruit, passionfruit. Taste is creamy, slightly sweet, lots of zesty lime, grapefruit, ripe passionfruit, mango, hint of dankness, no sign of the dreaded Riwaka. Medium bodied. Excellent IPA.
Tried from Can on 12 Jul 2024 at 17:20

7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can. Hazy yellow gold, white head. Aroma of tropical fruits and earthy Riwaka shite. Taste is very juicy, tropical, mango, grapefruit, papaya, thankfully Riwaka's badly burnt bacon taste is relegated to the background and doesn't interfere too much with the lovely tropical fruitiness.
Tried from Can on 12 Jul 2024 at 16:40

6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
440ml can, Chez Sophie. Pours a misty golden yellow, large white head. Smooth and fluffy mouthfeel, soft tropicals, some lemon, passionfruit and light citrus. Gentle bitter close. Nicely presented pale.
Tried from Can on 08 Jul 2024 at 21:12

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 07/07/24. Dirty greyed out orange with a white cap that thins to the edge ... not a looker. Nose is raw citric shreds, chalky minerals, straw, earthy tropical fruits, orange zest. Taste comprises bitter tropical fruits, orange zest, raw pineapple, grass, dank chimes, mineral bite. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with earthy hop bitterness. Passable DIPA ... not a total disaster but rather on the raw side and a touch disjointed.
Tried on 07 Jul 2024 at 17:56

7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
23rd June 2024
Can. Hazy gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, semi dry, a little thin feeling. Decent fine minerally carbonation. Thin feeling malts, plenty of creamy sweetness though. Hop start with crisp pine and a savoury edge, slightly bitter. Light citrus and modern Mosaic candy fruits. Crisp finish. Not bad, just a bit thin feeling.
Tried from Can on 23 Jun 2024 at 17:45

6.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
16th June 2024
Can. Hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light and semi dry palate, decent fine carbonation. Airy malts, a little bit of grain here and a light creamy sweetness. Light cooling pine into dry but reasonably bright citrus. Mild tropical fruits. Quite a dry finish. Not sure what has gone wrong here but I do think this is off kilter in several departments. Light and semi dry finish.
Tried from Can on 19 Jun 2024 at 20:44

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can. Aroma of tropical fruit, candied citrus, peaches. Taste is juicy, slightly sweet, mango, peach, a touch of candied citrus, a little herbal. Medium bodied. Solid DIPA.
Tried from Can on 24 May 2024 at 19:19

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can. Hazy golden, white head. Aroma of ripe tropical fruits, grapefruit, peach, herbal. Taste is the same, tropical, pineapple, mango, grapefruit, peaches, with some herbal notes sprinkled over it. Medium bodied. Solid IPA.
Tried from Can on 24 May 2024 at 17:28

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can at home in Hackney - picked up from HOTM. Pours cloudy yellow-gold with a creamy, white head. Gorgeously pissy and dank, notes of lemon, grapefruit, light pale bread, mild rindy bitterness, grass. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Fresh and dank finish, a nip of mango, lemon peel, grass, cat pee. Excellent stuff.
Tried from Can on 20 May 2024 at 19:30