Facer's Brewery
Microbrewery in Flint, Flintshire, Wales π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
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.
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Hand pulled third of a pint in Cromwell's Taproom, Shrewsbury on 7th June 2025 (part of cask 3 beer flight). Clean and clear amber body, 0ff white crown on top. Slight malty lead with a good earthy hop bitterness, some subtle floral notes within it's flavour too.
Tried
from Cask
at
Cromwell's Tap House
on 07 Jun 2025
at 14:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Poured from gravity.
Loose off white head on a clear ruby coloured body. Spices, toffee, apple, malt & berry tastes with a peppery finish.
Good one.
Loose off white head on a clear ruby coloured body. Spices, toffee, apple, malt & berry tastes with a peppery finish.
Good one.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2025
at 18:25
7.1/10
β
Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
29/4/2025. Cask at Craft Beer Co, St Mary Axe.
Tried
from Cask
at
Craft Beer Co - St Mary Axe
on 29 Apr 2025
at 16:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Craft Beer Co St Mary Axe. Surprised.to see that this is a NEIPA. Opaque pale gold. Thin translucent white head soon retreats to the rim. Aroma on theme, though. Sweet and fruity with underlying creamy porridge. Flavourwise this mirrors the aroma, with the addition of a bitter if polite resinous streak. Light. Thin. A tad slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Overly polite but pleasent twiggy take on a NEIPA.
Tried
from Cask
at
Craft Beer Co - St Mary Axe
on 24 Apr 2025
at 11:18
7.1/10
β
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.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2025
at 21:01
6.1/10
β
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).
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Feb 2025
at 12:00
6/10
β
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Delt med Rune.
Tried
from Cask
at
Ship & Mitre
on 13 Feb 2025
at 10:13
7.9/10
β
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. Thereβs 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 β plenty of flavour and well balanced.
Tried
from Cask
at
Bird in Hand (Black Country Inns)
on 11 Feb 2025
at 00:00
7/10
β
Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Ninth brew sampled at the Pendle Beer Festival 2025. Slick textured hoppy ale with very mild caramel developing in its aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Jan 2025
at 22:13
6.4/10
β
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.
Tried
from Cask
at
Ye Hole In Ye Wall
on 29 Jan 2025
at 19:03