Felinfoel Brewery
Commercial Brewery in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales 🏴
Established in 1878
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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.
They became the first UK brewery to can beer in 1935. Still family owned, this is now Wales's oldest brewery.
1.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 1
Clear amber with medium off white head. Metal hits the nose. Rotten fruits in the flavor with vegy notes. Bad one...
Tried
on 09 Aug 2008
at 21:01
6.6/10
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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
6.2/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
5.8/10
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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
4.1/10
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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
6.5/10
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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
5.5/10
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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
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Small offwhite coarse head. Brown body. Light sugary toffeeish malt aroma with caramel notes, slightly watery. Tartish malty taste with smoky wild berry notes and a touch of earth. Clean mouthfeel. Watery, empty malty aftertaste. Quite nice, but not that much taste. (0.5l bottle at Cardinal, Stavanger.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2007
at 15:31