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.
Cheeseboard (6269) reviewed Mountain Mild from Facer's Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at The Crown Inn, Stockport March 2019. Pours clear ruby tinged dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma: toasty grains, earthy, light coffee. Taste: light sweet & bitter, semi dry, rye bread, nutty, coffee grounds. Light body with low carbonation.
Martinsh (3610) reviewed North Star Porter from Facer's Brewery 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Vine, Wednesfield. Pours a dark reddish brown with a small cream head.. Roast malts in the nose with hints of vanilla. In the mouth it has a creamy texture with malts and Olde English Spangles, plus traces og coffee and dark fruits. Finish is dry – with added treacle. Reasonable but not a world beater.
Fruitsalad (2249) ticked Ay, Up, Naaaa from Facer's Brewery 6 years ago
Basementonline (12540) ticked Welsh Milk Stout from Facer's Brewery 6 years ago
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c0axial (8164) ticked Landslide from Facer's Brewery 6 years ago
minutemat (16258) reviewed Dave's Hoppy Beer (DHB) from Facer's Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ The Old Harker's Arms, Chester. Pours clear gold, with a respectable white foam atop. Aroma is light citrus, doughy yeast. Taste is pillowy smooth, doughy, bready, light citrus, gentle bitterness. Expected a little more hop presence, but it's otherwise a decent blonde.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Bulkeley Bitter from Facer's Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Ship Inn, Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey. Golden-amber with a thick white head. Floral and dryish with a moderate bitterness in the finish. It's alright; it grew on me the more I drank it.
minutemat (16258) reviewed Scrum Dragon from Facer's Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask @ Bridge End Inn, Ruabon. Pours clear golden amber, good white topping. Aroma is pale malt, light bitter hop. Taste presents a servicable Welsh bitter, light bitterness, biscuity pale malt, not a lot more to it really.
Olut (21769) reviewed Bulkeley Bitter from Facer's Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ Ship Inn, Red Wharf Bay. Golden with a small head. Light tasting, and is a pleasantly hopped ale. Easily a session bitter.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask half-pint on 2nd June 2018 in The Bridge End Inn, Ruabon, Wales. Golden pour, clean and clear, white crown on top. Light citrus lead to the nose and flavour with a good malty backbone throughout, fruity notes both citrus and otherwise dominate the hoppy taste.