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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7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle brought over from Leeds, England, by a friend of mine. Bought in a special beer shop in Leeds.Dark amber to light brown color, beige lasting head. Refreshing fruity scent. Low bitterness, fresh taste.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2006 at 08:34

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Cask gravity at The George, Bethersden. Pale chestnut with thin white head. Fruity malt aroma, bit of nettle and red berry. Bit of stale malt too. Bit thin in mouth, earthy hop finish. Bit muddy. Difficult to smell anything as the woman opposite me at the table has extremely strong perfume.
Tried from Cask on 23 Apr 2006 at 01:29

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Hazy dark brown color with a thin fully diminishing off-white head. Sweet fruity aroma, almost like apples. Sweet flavor with noticable fruits and some light bitterness.
Tried on 09 Apr 2006 at 23:22

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottled(500ml). -my first Welsh beer, pale cooper coloured with little white head, acidic fruity nose, caramel malty aroma with strong apple notes, strong and pleasant bittersweet green apple finish
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2006 at 06:42

4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Clear, brownish color, short off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt, some faint hop. Hint of sulphur indeed, bit sweet taste, quite bitter, bit crisp. I’ve had far better bitters.
Tried on 02 Feb 2006 at 10:02

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Nice copper colour with a small long lasting offwhite head. Malty aroma and some hints of caramel and apple. Has lots of apples in the taste also very malty and some caramel. You have the apples in the aftertaste too
Tried on 16 Sep 2005 at 13:32

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
500ml bottle from tesco. Copper colour nice hop malt balance on the nose dry hoppy finish some floral notes with caramel and some spicey apple. Very well balanced
Tried from Bottle on 23 Aug 2005 at 13:01

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle. Sweet caramel, toffee, and orange aroma. Cloudy orange brown color with next to no head. Sweet dried cherry, orange, caramel and toffee flavors - pretty complex. A tad on the light side. Like a light porter/stout. Nice and drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2005 at 17:37

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pour is a deep red with a small white head. Aroma is a nice hop and malt combo. Flavor is the same a nice malt and hop combo. Nothing special here but it it quite tasty.
Tried on 20 May 2005 at 23:22

5.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
An opaque brown beer with a disappearing brown head. the arom ais sweet malty and roasty. The flavor is roasted malty combined with notes of roasted bread and a thin body.
Tried on 30 Mar 2005 at 14:45