Bragdy Conwy Brewery

Microbrewery in Colwyn Bay, Conwy, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Associated Venue: Mash, Conwy Brewery Taproom

Established in 2003

Contact
Unit 2 Ty Mawr Enterprise Park, Tan y Graig Road, Llysfaen, Colwyn Bay, LL29 8UE, Wales
Description
Started brewing, using a 5½BBL plant, in late November 2003 based at Morfa Conwy Business Park in Conwy. In March 2007 the brewery moved to Morfa Conwy Enterprise Park, Parc Caer Selon, while updating to a 12BBL plant, the original plant being sold on to Leek Brewery. Moved to the current location in January 2013.

At Conwy Brewery we are committed to produce natural, flavourful beers that minimise our impact on the environment. Solar generation system on the roof of brewery which reduces electricity consumption by approximately 30%. Spent Grain is re-used as cattle feed. Waste Beer, Yeast & Hops & Wort is re-used in Anaerobic Digestion to generate Energy. We use very little water in making our beer with 3 Litres of Water used to produce 1 Litre of beer, this is well below the industry standard of 5:1. Our beers are Cask & Bottle Conditioned. This means very little cooling is required (cooling uses LOTS of energy). No expensive chemicals & no Filtration (Filtration can produce as much as 20% waste beer, Not Good!) By doing this we get better tasting beer as well as helping the environment.

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6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6
Bottle from the weird Morrisons outside King's Cross station. I didn't chill it enough and that probably meant I missed a fair bit about this beer. Drinkable but really nothing special.
Tried from Bottle from Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations) on 10 Aug 2026 at 14:53

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Hand pulled pint in my local Spoons on 24th July 2026. Black bodied, tanned topping. Malty and pleasant, not much honey action though (pleased about that).
Tried from Cask at William Withering on 24 Jul 2026 at 17:00

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A dark reddish amber pour with a tight cream head; malty aroma; smooth with a dry malty body and some honey; then a harsh bitterness to follow.
Tried from Cask at Back of Beyond on 15 Jun 2026 at 15:08

7.1/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours a dark (almost very dark) reddish-brown with a small foamy cream head and good lacing. Malts are the mainstay of the aroma plus traces of coffee and honey. In the mouth it is quite sweet though with a somewhat watery texture. Flavours are berry fruits and malts plus hints of toast and raisins with traces of chocolate and honey coming later. This is fairly decent though I expected the honey to be more prominent
Tried from Cask at The Picture House (JDW) on 08 Jun 2026 at 14:30

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a lasting beige cap. Aroma is subdued, malt loaf, raisin, brown sugars, toasted malts, earth. Flavour is composed of semi sweet nutty, twiggy malts, toasted nuts, burnt toast, char. Not much honey flavour at all. Palate is semi sweet, rounded lingering bitter earth.
Tried from Cask on 07 Jun 2026 at 17:29

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Barrel Vault, St Pancras on 9th May 2026. Ruby dark brown with pale tan foam and scant lacing. Sweet roasted malt aroma. Coffee and honey hints in-mouth and a rich roasty finish. Velvet smooth mouthfeel.
Tried from Cask at The Barrel Vault on 09 May 2026 at 22:56

Tried from Cask at Royal Hop Pole on 23 Apr 2026 at 23:00

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pint on cask at the gate House jdw
Medium creamy beige head. Clear dark amber pour. Light honey
Tried from Cask at The Gate House (JDW) on 01 Apr 2026 at 17:11

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle at home on 22nd February 2026. Shared with Andy. Light haze in the golden body, white crust on top. Honey like nose and sweetness within the brew, not too much, but enough to notice. Didn't really take to it.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Feb 2026 at 16:00

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Cask, half pint. @"Liverpool Camra Beer Festival", Liverpool (England) 20/02/2026
[#8.916 Global - #102 Wales - #8 Conwy Brewery]
Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma: charcoal, licorice and light coffee. Taste: coffeish malts and smoke. Smokey palate. Fair Porter.
Next one, please!
Tried from Cask on 20 Feb 2026 at 16:05