Facer's Brewery
Microbrewery in Flint, Flintshire, Wales π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
Established in 2006
Contact
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.
6/10
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Aroma 6
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Texture 8
Overall 5
Cask @ Crown & Kettle, Manchester. Golden with a creamy head. Has a berry-sweet aroma and taste within a nice and easy in the palate texture. A tad dry in design too.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2022
at 18:22
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Magnet, Stockport. Pours a hazy bitter brown with a small off-white head and good lacing. [ Pumpclip describes it as a βruby red aleβ β which it definitely isnβt ! ] Aroma is mainly malts. In the mouth it is sweet and juicy. Initially malts dominate, but these give way later to some bitterness and nuts. Finish is dry and slightly bitter. Itβd OK, butr a bit boring to be honest.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jul 2022
at 23:07
3.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at Crown & Kettle, Manchester. Pours copper amber with a beige cap. Pale malts, nutty hints, light caramel, semi dry. Light sweet & bitter. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Nothing to see here, dull!
Tried
from Cask
at
Crown & Kettle
on 14 Feb 2022
at 22:11
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the tiny tavern Lincoln. Deep golden colour with a white head. M as Lott light fruity and slight bitter. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
at
Tiny Tavern
on 18 Dec 2021
at 17:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
[Cask at the Alehouse, Reading.] A bright amber pour with a ring of white head; crisp grainy aroma; sweet grainy taste with some orange; and a gentle herbal bitterness to finish. Pleasant.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Nov 2021
at 13:44
5.6/10
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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.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Oct 2021
at 21:22
6.1/10
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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 β with added treacle. Reasonable but not a world beater.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jul 2021
at 18:34
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:48
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 25 May 2019
at 17:37