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.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cloudy golden with medium white head. Sweet fruity aroma with floral notes. Sweet floral with lime, caramel and hoppy notes. Ends bitter.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Swan Street Bitter from Facer's Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (gravity filled jug) @ Smithfield Hotel & Bar, Manchester M4, UK. Clear light to medium amber orange color with a small small, virtually none appearance, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, roasted, light hoppy, orange - lemon shell. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (190108)
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Landslide from Facer's Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at GBBF 2007, CBoB firkin. A golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of hops. The flavor is sweet malty combined with notes of hops, leading to a dry bisquity finish which is also slightly bitter.
Beertalk (16424) reviewed Landslide from Facer's Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Golden with a small but lasting white head. Very weak, grassy aroma. Thin and watery sweet flavour.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Landslide from Facer's Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask @ GBBF 2007, London. Clear medium yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, fruit, light hoppy, flowers. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.
fonefan (84534) reviewed This Splendid Ale from Facer's Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ GBBF 2007, London. Clear light amber orange color with a small, virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, hay straw. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat, finish is light metalic.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Landslide from Facer's Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask@GBBF2007. Golden colour, mediumsized white creamy head. Caramel and fruity hops in the aroma with some sweetish notes. Flavour is hops, fruits, wood and some slight grassy and wooden hints in finish and aftertaste.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed This Splendid Ale from Facer's Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask@GBBF2007. Yellow colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is spices, hops and some yeast. Flavour is really yeasty with some papery and popcorny hints. Aftertaste is fruity and quite wooden.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Landslide from Facer's Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask gravity at GBBF 2007. Gold, thin off white head. It’s an OK golden ale. Decent citrus on finish, subtle and drinkable, some peach fruit. Rather lovely actually.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Crabtree from Facer's Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
[Cask at GBBF 2005] A light orange beer with a thin white head. The aroma is malty with notes of caramel as well as light notes of hops. The flavor is sweet hoppy combined with light notes of butter.