Rhymney Brewery

Microbrewery in Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Associated Venue: Andrew Buchan

Established in 2005

Contact
Thomas Industrial Estate, Gilchrist, Blaenavon, NP4 9RL, Wales
Description
Started brewing in January 2005 initially based at Unit A2 Valley Enterprise Centre, Pant Industrial Estate, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil. Moved to their current location in early 2012. Their 50hl plant is capable of producing both cask and keg beers.

Rhymney Brewery, has taken up the most famous name in Welsh brewing to emphasise the fact that they are bringing back the old traditional flavours using modern methods and organic natural ingredients. All over Britain our beer has lost its local flavour. There are sadly few small independent breweries remaining in South Wales. Admittedly the Rhymney name disappeared when the Brewery was taken over by Whitbread. Till now...!

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6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Deep, reddish brown body, with a small, beige head. The aroma has a good dash of caramel, as well as roasted malt and chocolate. Nice caramel and chocolate flavor as well, but even for a mild, I would like some more hops, as it is very low on bitterness. Medium to thin body, feeling quite dusty in the mouth. The finish is quite dry, with chocolate and roasted malt. A quite nice beer, but a bit unbalanced. (070913)

Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2007 at 04:43


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle (as far as I remember). Dark brown/reddish body with a small beige head. The aroma has caramel, roasted malt and coffee (yummy). Flavor is generous malty, chocolate, roasted and dry bitter. Nice rich flavor and body to be this low abv, could be a bit more balanced. A fine and a bit unusually ale anyway.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2007 at 10:06


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask @ GBBF 2007, London. Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, light nutty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.

Tried from Cask on 11 Sep 2007 at 01:46


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask@GBBF2007. Golden amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is very wooden and caramelly. Flavour is very much the same. Very wooden aftertaste.

Tried from Cask on 31 Aug 2007 at 04:54


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask handpull at Market Porter, Borough. Copper, lasting beige head. Farty yeast aroma. Good toffeeish malt in mouth. In fact it’s a bit choccy too. The hop is extremely moderate on the finish, but that’s fine too.

Tried from Cask on 12 Jul 2007 at 11:51


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottled. Dark brown. Buttery licorice aroma. Dryish and fairly light bodied. Flavours of dark chocolate and coffee with cream. The light body gives it a slight metallic edge. Finishes with low bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2007 at 05:20


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled. Reddish amber, average head. Aroma of strawberry and grain. Medium sweet and medium bodied with clean, rounded mouthfeel. Finishes with low bitterness. Dominated by strawberry flavour.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2007 at 02:56


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Clear amber,small head. Grapefruity hop aroma. Dry and light-medium bodied with fairly clean mouthfeel. Crisp and pleasantly hoppy with long bitter finish. Good!

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2007 at 02:54


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled. Clear dark amber. Aroma of resin and plums. Fruity, yet dry and light bodied with clean mouthfeel. Straight foward light malt followed by resiny bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2007 at 02:52


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

A golden amber coloured ale, with a light aroma and with a light sweet malty flavour

Tried on 22 Apr 2007 at 04:22