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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5.5/10 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 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

5.8/10 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

5.9/10 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

6.6/10 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

4.9/10 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

6.9/10 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

5.5/10 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

5.5/10 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

6.8/10 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