Felinfoel Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Established in 1878

Contact
Farmers Row, Llanelli, SA14 8LB, Wales
+44 (0)1554 773357
brewer@felinfoel.com
Description
As the name implies, Felinfoel brewery is situated in ‘Felinfoel’, a small village adjoining Llanelli in Wales. Historians tell us that in the old days the inn brewed its own beer, but only during the winter months. The keeping qualities and the strength of the beers, therefore, were of prime importance and the popularity of ‘Felinfoel Beer’ led to the local inn brewing for other inns in the locality. This, in turn, led to the present brewery being built in 1878 to accommodate demand.

They became the first UK brewery to can beer in 1935. Still family owned, this is now Wales's oldest brewery.
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Oakes

6.6
Oakes (33770) reviewed Double Dragon from Felinfoel Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Rich, deep bronze colour. Thin caramel head. Chewy caramel nose, slightly earthy with a vague fruitiness. Sweet, almost sticky body. Definitely plays on the stereotype of Welsh ale. Finishes sweet, but rather caramelly with an industrial metallic note.

Tried on 23 Jul 2008 at 08:03

Drake

6.2
Drake (22940) reviewed Double Dragon from Felinfoel Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Wine & Beer Westpark. Bronze pour with minimal head. Aroma of toasted malt and apples. Very strong toasted grain taste with a fruity and bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2008 at 12:55

Drake

6.8
Drake (22940) reviewed Thames Welsh ESB from Felinfoel Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Market Street Wine Shop, Downtown. Pours clloudy red with a medium head and decent lacing. Aroma of toffee, raisins and whiskey. Light body with a strong raisin taste. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 05 May 2008 at 21:54

patrick767

6.8
patrick767 (7172) reviewed Double Dragon from Felinfoel Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle - Well it’s got a nifty name and cool bottle. It pours clear light amber with a sizeable white head that lingers for the duration of the drink and leaves heavy lacing. It has a mild toasted malt aroma. Toasted caramel malt leads the flavor. The hops is mild and comes through more substantially in the enjoyable finish. The body is light and just a little watery. This beer is a pleasant session ale though it doesn’t stand out much.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2008 at 23:02

Finn

5.8
Finn (18241) reviewed Double Dragon from Felinfoel Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle 0,5l bought at Tesco Kensington Feb 08. Mahogany colored. A small tanned creamy head that soon was reduced to a layer. Strong aroma of fruit. Apple dominating. Flavor in the same direction. Some roasted malt in the aftertaste with a developing fruity bitterness. OK and a bit different.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2008 at 16:08

Beer5000

4.1
Beer5000 (11421) reviewed Double Dragon (Cask) from Felinfoel Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Cask @ Horsens beer festival. Slightly hazy reddish golden body with a big off-white head. Aroma is mostly maltish. Flavor is malty, floral hoppy and bitter but sadly to thin body. This beer is watery and not very balanced, short finish. This tasted better from bottle so it might have been something wrong with this particular cask.

Tried from Cask on 10 Nov 2007 at 14:22

Beer5000

6.5
Beer5000 (11421) reviewed Double Dragon from Felinfoel Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle @ Cardinal. Beautiful clear amber body with a medium off-white head. Pleasant aroma of malt and caramel. Flavor is sweet caramel malt and some bitterness. Medium to watery body but well balanced sweet/bitter. Not great but fine.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2007 at 14:15

gunnfryd

5.5
gunnfryd (22089) reviewed Double Dragon from Felinfoel Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Brown colour with an off-white head. Aroma fruit, malt, caramel. Flavour is fruit, malt, caramel., mature apple. Ok beer

Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2007 at 04:07

yngwie

5.8
yngwie (24447) reviewed Double Dragon from Felinfoel Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Pours a clear, amber color, with a small, good-looking off-white head that disappeares too soon. The nose is mostly malty, with bread and some roastiness, maybe a bit coffee-ish, and followed by some fruityness. The fruityness is more pronounced in the flavor, lasting from the first sip to the very end, but there’s also roasted malt, some breadcrusts and a wee coffee flavor. It finishes quite dry, with a hoppy bitterness delivering both citrus and a fruityness, and the roasted malt is present here as well. Medium body. Definately a British-style bitter. I could wish for some more aroma, but it is definately a quaffable beer. (070910)

Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2007 at 10:21

CloakedDagger

5.9
CloakedDagger (37568) reviewed Double Dragon from Felinfoel Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of Storm. Clear, amber golden with an off-white head. Lightly fruity and coffeeish nose. Medium body, caramelish accents and some caramel. The finish is dry. Very British indeed. 310807

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2007 at 15:53

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