Facer's Brewery
Microbrewery in Flint, Flintshire, Wales đ´ó §ó ˘ó ˇó Źó łó ż
Established in 2006
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Unit A8 Ashmount Enterprise Park Aber Road Flint CH6 5YL, Flint, Wales
Description
Facer's Brewery supplies quality, hand crafted real ales to pubs and other venues across North Wales and North West England.
We are the oldest Brewery in Flintshire
Dave Facer started his own brewery in Salford, Greater Manchester in February 2003, sharing premises and equipment with Bazens' Brewery, which had itself started a few months earlier. In 2005 Dave and wife Annette decided to move home (and hence brewery) to Flintshire. The new Facer's Brewery started production in Flint in February 2006.
Brewing - A life's work !
Dave's first job in a brewery was in 1977 in the Quality Control Lab at Wilson's Brewery in Manchester. He later became a fully fledged Brewer and when Wilson's closed he joined Tetley's Brewery in Leeds followed by stints at Chester's of Salford and Whitbread at Samlesbury before becoming a Brewer at Boddington's in 1991. In 1999 Dave was appointed Head Brewer at Boddington's. He left in February 2003 to start Facer's Brewery.
We are the oldest Brewery in Flintshire
Dave Facer started his own brewery in Salford, Greater Manchester in February 2003, sharing premises and equipment with Bazens' Brewery, which had itself started a few months earlier. In 2005 Dave and wife Annette decided to move home (and hence brewery) to Flintshire. The new Facer's Brewery started production in Flint in February 2006.
Brewing - A life's work !
Dave's first job in a brewery was in 1977 in the Quality Control Lab at Wilson's Brewery in Manchester. He later became a fully fledged Brewer and when Wilson's closed he joined Tetley's Brewery in Leeds followed by stints at Chester's of Salford and Whitbread at Samlesbury before becoming a Brewer at Boddington's in 1991. In 1999 Dave was appointed Head Brewer at Boddington's. He left in February 2003 to start Facer's Brewery.
6.8/10
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Cask at GBBF 2016. Day 1. Pours clear brown with a foamy topping. Nice mellow roast character, with suggestions of cocoa and brown bread. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Moderately drying on the finish, with further toasty brown bread, minimal bitterness. Nice mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2016
at 01:31
6/10
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Cask at GBBF 2016. It pours clear dark brown with a small beige head. The aroma is toasty grains, earthy roast, coffee grounds and damp leaves. The taste is smooth, toasted brown bread, coffee grounds, slight charred notes and some toasted nut with a dry finish. Light body and decent carbonation. A touch thin and uneventful, but there is nothing wrong with it.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Sep 2016
at 05:03
6.1/10
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Aroma 6
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Texture 6
Overall 5.5
9th August 2016
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Almost clear dark amber beer, thin pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has reasonable fine carbonation. Tangy thin dark malts, touch of powdery dark chocolate. Ripe fruits. Light dry finish. Okay.
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Almost clear dark amber beer, thin pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has reasonable fine carbonation. Tangy thin dark malts, touch of powdery dark chocolate. Ripe fruits. Light dry finish. Okay.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2016
at 03:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF â16, day one, 09/08/16. Rich mahogany brown with a decent tan cap. Nose is chocolate, earthy fruit rinds, spice, toffee. Taste comprises light mineral scrapings, toffee, fruit esters, light cocoa. Medium bodied, fine carbonation them drying close A business like mild !
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2016
at 14:00
6.4/10
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Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2016 09/08/2016. A clear nut brown coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroma is woody brown sugars, apple, Hazel nut. Flavour is composed of spicy wood, mineral, dried fruits, apple and raisin. Palate is semi sweet, lowish carbonation, chalky. Decent mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2016
at 08:04
5.6/10
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Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Snowdon Hotel, Llandudno. Golden-amber with a thin head. Bitter in character, with an initial, small fruitiness in its taste, but bitter in its finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Aug 2016
at 07:12
6/10
Tried
on 27 Feb 2016
at 13:47
6/10
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Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2015, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Facers Abbey Original ].Clear medium yellow color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, hay, pale malt, earthy notes, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, hay, pale malt, sweet malt, earthy notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150812]
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Dec 2015
at 07:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12th August 2015
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Clear gold beer, thin white head. Palate is smooth and semi dry with decent fine carbonation. Reasonable orange and tangerine citrus, trace of lemon. Light finish. Nicely zippy.
GBBF Day 2. Cask. Clear gold beer, thin white head. Palate is smooth and semi dry with decent fine carbonation. Reasonable orange and tangerine citrus, trace of lemon. Light finish. Nicely zippy.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2015
at 06:42
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF 2015.. Golden amber.. Thin white lacing.. Soft dull lemon fruits nose.. Soft light lemon fruits
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2015
at 10:48