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Unit 1713, Wah Wai Industrial Centre, 38-40 Au Pui Wan St, Fo Tan, Hong Kong
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Description
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.
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours dark brown with a small head.Nose shows cherry, marzipan, honeycomb, toffee, roasted malt.Flavours include more marzipan, almond essence, honeycomb, roasted malt and soft booze.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2023
at 10:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tight tan head on a mahogany coloured body. Heavy coffee, dark chocolate & cereal aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a foamy back. Dark chocolate, coffee, Weetabix & nutty tastes. Nice one.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2023
at 22:19
5/10
330ml can. Grainy sticky. Neutral grainy with a refreshing grainy back. Sticky, moderate bitter with a grainy bitter neutral finish.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2023
at 22:18
6/10
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jan 2023
at 20:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours hazy gold with fading head.Nose shows raspberry, lemon, strawberry.Flavours include raspberry, peach, , sherbet, orange, and a gentle acidity. Very refreshing.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2023
at 09:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
ruby colour, huge, dense pink head, which lasts for several minutes; aroma and taste of strawberry, chocolate, vanilla and some hazelnut, as well as lemony-citric acidy notes; not bad, though it is quite artificial - rather an ice cream than a beer
Tried
on 04 Dec 2022
at 18:07
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 5
Rocky white head left a froth on a hazy pale amber coloured body. Sour, pith & detergent aroma.... Medium bodied, foamy & cloying. Bitter / Sweet tropical fruit tastes with vegetal & soap - this can't be right. It's drinking a bottle shower gel.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Nov 2022
at 21:56
7.2/10
In the lounge before boarding. Perfectly decent pale, light citrus.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Nov 2022
at 22:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[33cl can from Beer52.] A pale straw coloured pour with a slight haze and a scant white head; light citrus aroma with some tropical fruit; fresh lemony citrus taste; and a crisp and sharp citrus finish. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Oct 2022
at 17:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours slightly hazy gold with a large fading head.Nose shows soft booze, clean malt, soft pine, dried citrus skin.Flavours include more sweet clean malt, soft piny and resinous hops, a faint bit of booze.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2022
at 08:40