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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7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at home, picked up from HOTM online, 16/04/24. Hazed orange with a good sized lasting creamy white cap. Nose is orange zest, grass, pine needle, grapefruit, mango flesh. Taste comprises grapefruit, pine needle, mandarin, papaya, melon, bitter tropical fruits. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy come very lightly resinous hop bitterness. Tidy first rate for me from this brewer ... good straight up and juice laden NEIPA.
Tried from Can on 16 Apr 2024 at 17:03

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can. Hazy golden yellow, white head. Aroma of tropical fruits, slightly underripe ones, guava, mango, grapefruit. Taste is very juicy and fruity, slightly underripe tropical fruits, guava, mango, grapefruit, gentle pithy bitter and a little bit of the dank stuff. Medium bodied. Really impressive again for one of their first beers.
Tried from Can on 27 Mar 2024 at 19:05

7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Pale lemon coloured body. Green zesty aroma. Melon, mango, exotic fruits & sweet citrus tastes. Nicely brewed.
Tried on 23 Mar 2024 at 20:27

8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
440ml can. Hazy golden, big white head. Aroma of tropical fruits, peaches, citrus, dank. Taste is very juicy, peachy, guava, passionfruit, grapefruit, it's also got this really nice dank weedy edge to it, very reminiscent of a Wylam IPA, right up my street! Outstanding debut beer from this new Welsh brewery.
Tried from Can on 07 Mar 2024 at 20:53

7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
440ml can from Chez Sophie, drunk watching Bex Burch at the Unitarian Church. Pours a hazed gold, good white head. Confidently sweet tropical hop nose. Flavour profile, again, very sweet, smooth palate with an overripe tropical character, good citrussy notes with some passionfruit and stonefruit elements. Nicely done.
Tried from Can on 25 Feb 2024 at 17:52

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
440ml can, Chez Sophie. Pours a misty yellow, white head. Aroma of of breezy tropical hop, passionfruit. Gentle haze texture, easy-drinking with gentle tropical elements, citrussy air with some pineapple and passionfruit notes. Crushable.
Tried from Can on 19 Feb 2024 at 09:25

7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
440ml can, Chez Sophie. Pours a misty golden yellow, good white head. Aroma of settled tropical hop, grapefruit citrus. Nicely fruity to taste, with good grapefruit and leafy citrus, gentle tropical dank hints.. gentle bitterness, medium bodied, good drinkability. Decent.
Tried from Can on 15 Feb 2024 at 17:36

7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Fifth beer on a Wednesday afternoon pub crawl around Shrewsbury with myself, 7th February 2024. 440ml can in Chez Sophie and a new brewery tick! Cloudy golden body, white crown. Citrussy front with semi-sweet pineapple to the fore, other citrus fruits come out to play too. Nice interesting beer, will try more from these guys when I get the chance.
Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2024 at 22:47

New brewery from Caerphilly. A very promising start
Tried from Draft on 12 Jan 2024 at 14:45