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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7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg at the Holy GrAle, Durham, 14/05/2025.
Milky yellow topped with an off white covering.
Nose is ripe tropicana, dank chimes, pine resin, raw pineapple.
Taste comprises pineapple, chalky mineral rip, bitter orange, grass.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close punctured with earthy come danko hop bitterness.
Not bad if a little raw in places.

Tried on 14 May 2025 at 13:05


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

440ml can. Murky yellow, white head. Aroma of guava, mango, lime, grapefruit. Taste is slightly sweet, juicy tropical fruits, peach, guava, mango, lime, grapefruit, dank tangy finish. Medium bodied. Quality.

Tried from Can on 08 May 2025 at 23:46


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can. Hazy golden, white head. Aroma of grapes, grapefruit, berries, tropical fruits. Taste is a mix of vinous, tropical and citrus fruits, grape, gooseberry, grapefruit, berries, balanced. Medium bodied.

Tried from Can on 02 May 2025 at 21:55


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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home

Tried from Can from The Fuss Club on 01 May 2025 at 21:34


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

30th April 2025
Can. Hazy orange gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Smooth palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Soft pale malts, a forward creamy sweetness and a mild touch of grain. Hops bring soft pine into Luminosa goodness, soft lemonade, soft ripe red berries both of which blend well with the mellow citrus. Motueka a near also ran here but doesne matter when Luminosa is kicking it. Touch of tropical fruits in the aftertaste. Pretty crushable.

Tried from Can on 30 Apr 2025 at 18:46


8

Can shared in Bourne

Tried from Can from The Fuss Club on 27 Apr 2025 at 19:04


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

13th April 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. Just a light haze on this gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Light smooth malts, a light creamy sweetness. Good juicy citrus hop with a hop spice nip. Sabro loud and clear on the back end with bright pineapple. Trace of skunk on the semi dry finish. Good IPA.

Tried on 13 Apr 2025 at 17:31


7.5

Tried from Can at Strait And Narrow on 12 Apr 2025 at 21:04


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at home, thanks to the Wingman, 08/04/2025.
Hazed orange topped with a lasting frothy white head.
Nose is orange pith, grass, melon, mandarin, citric tinged straw.
Taste comprises bitter orange, ripe melon, grapefruit, pine resin, mandarin, guava.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Tidy enough IPA.

Tried on 08 Apr 2025 at 16:37


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Tried from Can at Craft Metropolis - Penge on 05 Apr 2025 at 11:12