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Unit 1713, Wah Wai Industrial Centre, 38-40 Au Pui Wan St, Fo Tan, Hong Kong
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Gweilo was founded by husband and wife Ian and Emily and their friend Joseph, who each shared a simple dream: to create fun, fresh, natural, unpasteurised beers for the people of Hong Kong and Asia to enjoy.
We originally started contract brewing our Pale Ale, IPA and Wit beers in 2015, then in June 2017, our friends at BCI, who we met whilst home brewing in Hong Kong, acquired a minority stake in Gweilo and subsequently funded and managed the building of our flagship brewery, which opened in March 2018. We have a state of the art facility with a 3500L 4-Vessel brew deck, 115000L cellar, centrifuge, rotary canning and bottling lines and a lab. Head of Brewing Operations, Brian Leslie. Supporting him is an experienced team of brewers and packaging specialists. Now things are getting serious.
We have a Core Range of six beers, a Limited Range, a Collaboration Range and in time, we’ll be introducing barrel ageing and sour programs.
Our core range is true to our British roots, formed of session style brews ranging between 4% and 6%ABV. Keeping approachability at the heart of this range, we have a Pilsner, Pale Ale, Session IPA, Hoppy Wheat, Citrus Crusher and American IPA.
Our Limited and Collaboration ranges enable us to unleash our inner beer geeks and experiment. We intend to continually push the boundaries, brewing beers which take people on a journey through the wonderful and diverse world that is craft beer.
We originally started contract brewing our Pale Ale, IPA and Wit beers in 2015, then in June 2017, our friends at BCI, who we met whilst home brewing in Hong Kong, acquired a minority stake in Gweilo and subsequently funded and managed the building of our flagship brewery, which opened in March 2018. We have a state of the art facility with a 3500L 4-Vessel brew deck, 115000L cellar, centrifuge, rotary canning and bottling lines and a lab. Head of Brewing Operations, Brian Leslie. Supporting him is an experienced team of brewers and packaging specialists. Now things are getting serious.
We have a Core Range of six beers, a Limited Range, a Collaboration Range and in time, we’ll be introducing barrel ageing and sour programs.
Our core range is true to our British roots, formed of session style brews ranging between 4% and 6%ABV. Keeping approachability at the heart of this range, we have a Pilsner, Pale Ale, Session IPA, Hoppy Wheat, Citrus Crusher and American IPA.
Our Limited and Collaboration ranges enable us to unleash our inner beer geeks and experiment. We intend to continually push the boundaries, brewing beers which take people on a journey through the wonderful and diverse world that is craft beer.
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
400ml on tap at Mikkeller Ari. Thin white head. Very hazy golden pour. Lovely bitterness. Very nice
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jan 2019
at 13:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
40cl on tap at Mikkeller Ari. Thin white head. Very hazy golden pour. Light bitterness. Easy drinking
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jan 2019
at 12:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Brewcraft at home. Amazing that we have such variety and quality of HK beers nowadays. Tried this on tap at the Globe a few weeks back and is better in cans maybe. Hazy peach-apricot with minimal white head. Aroma is big stone fruit, mango, melon, NEIPA zestiness. Taste is similar - lemon, unripe orange, peach, melon, zest, mineral-y bitterness. Palate is smooth with fine carbonation. Bitter finish that’s a bit dry at the end, some mild alcohol warmth. Would be interesting to try alongside Carbon Brews’ Crazy Rich Lupulins, another HK NEIIPA. Thinking that’d be more zesty and citrusy, while this more melon and mango. Very good and would get again, regardless. Adjusted slightly after trying alongside the Carbon Brews Crazy Rich Lupulins, which is similar - both very good. Solitaire has a bit more emptiness in comparison, and a more lemon/unripe orange profile. I prefer the Carbon Brews but would get this again too.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Dec 2018
at 14:11
7.5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Dec 2018
at 15:31
8/10
Really nice! Yuzu is a kinda sour-bitter citrus hugely famous in Japan. This Hong Kong/ Tokyo collab gets it right.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2018
at 19:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Citysuper at home. Alongside Carbon Brews’ Crazy Rich Lupulins. Amazing to have two new NEIPA’s from HK breweries, great beer here these days. Hazy light straw yellow pour with thin frothy head. Like a frothy pineapple juice with similar translucence. Aroma is effervescent citrus zest, mango and pineapple. Taste is more citrus peel juicy, with some pineapple beneath, but a bit empty tasting, despite having not too light body. Great session NEIPA but wish it had a bit more heft on the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2018
at 13:55
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Mash Bangkok. Poured a crystal clear yellow golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head and a few bubbles. The aroma is malt, big guava fruit. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet with a grainy malt, fruity, light hop bitter palate, Medium to light bodied with average carbonation. This was recommended to me by the bar where I bought it, but i'm disappointed. It's nothing special.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Nov 2018
at 18:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Sample at Mind Cafe. Thin white head. Clear golden pour. Nice bitterness. Very good --- Beer merged from original tick of Gweilo Beer UK Pale Ale on 25 May 2021 at 20:40 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: 33cl can from Vocation Thin white head. Hazy golden pour. Nice bitterness.
Tried
on 20 Nov 2018
at 12:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Mash, Bangkok. Poured a hazy golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, piney, citrus, floral hop. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet with a crisp, fresh, malt, grassy, floral hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Nov 2018
at 18:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Mash, Bangkok. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a frothy off white head. The aroma is roasty malt, charcoal, dry coffee, light chocolate. The flavour is moderate sweet, light liquorice bitter with a smooth, roasty, light toffee caramel, light metallic, liqourice hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation. A decent stout, but a little watery and lacks body. I wasn’t keen on the watery metallic notes in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Nov 2018
at 16:44