Felinfoel Brewery

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

Established in 1878

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Farmers Row, Llanelli, SA14 8LB, Wales
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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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

(Cask at GBBF, London, 9 Aug) Copper colour with brief off-white head. Malty, nutty nose with a touch of citrussy fruit. Malty, slightly nutty taste with notes of citrus (orange, mandarin) and a fairly dry finish with spicy bitterness. Good balance between malt, fruit and hops, but not really exciting.

Tried from Cask on 08 Sep 2007 at 13:20


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

50 cL bottle. Pours amber brown, clear. Malty and slight buttery aroma. Bitter flavour with an underlying dry and slight roasted malt flavour. Dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2007 at 18:36


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. ABV is 4.2%. Clear copper coloured beer, decent off-white head. Fruity aroma (red berries), also hints of caramel. The flavour is fruity and malty with very moderate hops / low bitterness. Slightly "dusty" finish. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2007 at 12:58


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask at Jyske Øldage in Horsens 2006. A pale amber beer with an orange head. The aroma is sweet with notes of fruit and malt, as well as light notes of caramle. The flavor is sweet malty, but with light notes of both sulphur and metal.

Tried from Cask on 03 Jul 2007 at 17:08


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Amber with a small head. Light hops aroma, quite weak and boring. Sweetish flavour.

Tried on 09 May 2007 at 19:48


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Aroma of caramel malts, light fruit, and a hint of earthiness. Amber color with a whitish head that diminished but laced. Starts with apple! Then some roasted malt. Sweetness and fruit. Not a great deal of hop. Yet the finish is something like dry, sharp apple. Apple!

Tried on 03 May 2007 at 21:53


6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm Deep amber, airy head. Perfumy nose. Sweetish and light bodied, fairly soft. Dusty with soft papery malt and shampoo. Salty finish with some resiny bitterness. A straightforward, rather aromatic ale with a bit of character of it’s own.

Tried from Bottle on 02 May 2007 at 15:23


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pour is a amber with a tan head. Aroma is caramel malts with some molasses. Flavor is a bit earthy and smoky. Some caramel malts with a nice mellow hoppyness that comes out after the swallow. A decent beer and available at most beer stores.

Tried on 26 Apr 2007 at 19:21


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

Medium malty aroma, with, yes, an apple component. Would I have known without reading the commercial description? Who knows. But it’s there. Dark amber color with a head that doesn’t stick. Starts medium thin with an apple peel / malt mix. Gets thinner. A rather clean taste. The malt fades, and some bitter is for the finish. But it’s not all that hoppy. I grew up with water that had hydrogen sulpide. There’s a hint of that. (refer to the C.D.) Sharp, crisp, yes. A bit watery though. Really refreshing. Retro. Celtic.

Tried on 09 Mar 2007 at 22:51


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

A ruby coloured ale, with a depp malt fruit with a slight sweet syrupiness in the flavour.

Tried on 06 Mar 2007 at 06:33