Velvet Owl

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

Established in 2017

Closed in 2019

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Unit 2E Sir Alfred Owen Way, Pontygwindy Industrial Estate, Caerphilly, CF83 3HU, Wales
Description
Initially a gypsy brewer when formed in 2017, they moved into the former Lines plant in 2018. Brewing ceased in early 2019 following the sale of the business.

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7.5

Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival 2018

Tried from Cask at Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival on 19 Jul 2018 at 19:15


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg at the Wolf, Bingoham, 23/06/18. Hazed golden with a decent off white cap. Nose is ripe tropical fruits, juicy citric flesh, melon, straw. Taste comprises soft breads, light yeast tickle, mandarin, apricot jam, citric pith, bread dough, tangerine. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying spiked with juicy hop bitterness. Decent number but if I were blind tasting I'd have had this as an APA!

Tried on 24 Jun 2018 at 10:08


7

Tried on 23 Jun 2018 at 18:04


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Keg at the Wolf - Birmingham. Pours murky gold with a creamy white head. Nice aroma, lots of citrus fruits. Light sweet flavour, dry and pithy, some rindy bitterness. Medium bodied with light carbonation. Dry and pithy finish, light rindy bitterness, tangerine and lemon. Good.

Tried on 23 Jun 2018 at 17:39


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at Cheltenham Craft Beer and Cider Festival 2018. Murky golden with an enormous white head. Aroma of light tropical fruits, very subtle yeast. Taste of tropical fruits, very pithy, little to no saison character in this, bitter pithy finish. Medium bodied, soft carbonation.

Tried on 09 Jun 2018 at 13:59


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Keg @ Dead Crafty Beer Company, Liverpool. Light golden with a small head. Coffee is prevalent in its aroma and evident in its taste too. Its low abv does tell in the latter aspect though.

Tried on 04 Mar 2018 at 20:02


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg @ Post Office Vaults, Birmingham. Pours a glowing misty orange, small white head. Aroma has some soft yeast fruit. Taste is smooth, with some noticeable orange notes, light resin, soft yeast. Decent flavoursome pale.

Tried on 15 Feb 2018 at 20:21


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at the Tewkesbury Winter Ales Festival 2/2/2018. Medium brown in colour, with a thin, off-white, head. Hedgerow and raspberry fruits, toasty malts, some leafy hops and green herbs, leading to a touch of earthiness and moderately bitter finish. Good.

Tried from Cask on 09 Feb 2018 at 11:05


6

Tried from Draft on 04 Nov 2017 at 21:38


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at the Drapers' Arms, Bristol 21/10/2017. Near black in colour, with a thin, beige, head. Easy drinking porter, with some chocolate, black currant fruits, leafy hops and a gently toasty finish. A pleasant introduction to a new brewery.

Tried from Cask on 24 Oct 2017 at 08:50