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 - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Swan, Blackheath. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is sweet caramel. Taste has sweet caramel and roast.
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Abbey Original from Facer's Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Shared with Finn, third. Crystal clear golden body, covering white head, spotty lacing. Inviting on the nose with leafy hops and mid-sweet malts. Moments of grain, biscuit, and leafy hops to the flavour character. Hints of leafy hop bitterness to the ending. Pleasing to a certain degree. (Liverpool, 13.02.2025).
Finn (18112) ticked Abbey Original from Facer's Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Delt med Rune.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at Bird In Hand, Stafford. Pours very dark reddish-brown with a medium sized tan head and good lacing. There’s roasted malts in the aroma, plus hints of tar and smoke. In the mouth it is sweet with a creamy texture. Flavour has roast malts, raspberries, caramel and toffee plus hints of citrus, melon and liquorice later on. Some bitterness in the finish. This is nice – plenty of flavour and well balanced.
Olut (21769) reviewed Landslide from Facer's Brewery 1 year ago
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Abbey Red from Facer's Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
29/1/2025. Cask at Ye Hole In Ye Wall, Liverpool. Pours clear deep amber with a small creamy off-white head. Aroma is biscuity, malts, caramel, fruits, hedgerow, berries. Moderate sweetness and bitterness, quite drying. Moderate body, soft carbonation. It was fine.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Clwyd Gold from Facer's Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
29/1/2025. Cask at Ye Hole In Ye Wall, Liverpool. Pours clear deep ruby amber with a small creamy off-white head. Good pour. Aroma is fruity, berries, hedgerow, malty, caramel, biscuit. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness, touch of tart. Moderate body, soft carbonation. Not quite what I expected from the name but it was fair enough.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Plum Porter from Facer's Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
29/1/2025. Cask at Ye Hole In Ye Wall, Liverpool. Pours clear dark maroon brown with a small creamy off-white to beige head. Aroma is sweet plums, jammy, malts, biscuit, caramel, touch chalky. Medium sweetness, mild bitterness. Moderate body, quite smooth, soft carbonation. Enjoyable plum porter.
Martinsh (3610) reviewed Abbey Original from Facer's Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours pale straw with minimal scummy almost white head. Mandarin and grapefruit in the aroma. In the mouth there’s a brief burst of sweetness before it become quite bitter and juicy. A mixture of hops to the fore plus grains, stone fruit and bitter orange peel leading to a dry finish. This is decent.
jerseyislandbeer (5899) reviewed Ship Inn Ale from Facer's Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Half pint from the cask at The Ship Inn, Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey. Pours a clear golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of light fruits, biscuit & light malt. Moderate body. Light bitter finish. Enjoyable