Grey Trees Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Aberdare,
Rhondda Cynon Taff,
Wales 🏴
Associated Venue: National Tap
Established in 2011
Contact
Description
We are Grey Trees, we are an independent brewery based in South Wales, UK. We produce a range of award winning beers and offer both a retail and wholesale trade service. We supply directly to our customers as well as to pubs, bars, and restaurants across the UK.
The name, Grey Trees, comes from the English translation of the village where the brewery was born, Llwydcoed. After a successful first few years, we moved the brewery to a larger premises, breathing new life into an old industrial unit in Aberaman, Aberdare. Although our location changed, everything involved in making the very best crafted ales stayed the same, even the local fresh Welsh water source.
The name, Grey Trees, comes from the English translation of the village where the brewery was born, Llwydcoed. After a successful first few years, we moved the brewery to a larger premises, breathing new life into an old industrial unit in Aberaman, Aberdare. Although our location changed, everything involved in making the very best crafted ales stayed the same, even the local fresh Welsh water source.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Iechyd Da, Caernarfon. Pours hazy golden amber with a thin white head. Aromas of light citrus and a hint of sherbet. Some unripe mango, light malt. Taste is light bitter, more citrus and green mango. A little watery. Abrupt finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2017
at 11:39
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ GBBF 2016. Pours a slightly hazy yellow golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jul 2017
at 05:27
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a clear orange amber colour with a small off white head that quickly became a thin layer. Aroma is largely malt and caramel with some hop notes. A modrately sweet taste, caramel, malty earthy flavours and decent hop bitteness.
Tried
on 10 Jun 2017
at 08:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at Reading BF 2017. Clear amber colour lasting beige head. Biscuit malt some sweetness. Something like an Abbey Crunch or Hobnob. Yes drinkable without being too exciting. I did luke the biscuit. Not very bitter ok condition.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Apr 2017
at 06:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Glass, 12 ounces, at the 2016 Swansea Beer & Cider Festival, trip to Swansea, Amsterdam and Paris with Louise, savoured on August 26 2016; eye: coppery, clear, no effervescence, white head; nose: malt, hops, orange rind, bittering hops; mouth: malt, hops, orange rind, semi-dry finale in hops (orange) with good presence of malt, below-average carbonation, mildly bitter, grainy texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 12 onces, bue au 2016 Swansea Beer & Cider Festival, voyage à Swansea, Amsterdam et Paris avec Louise, savourée le 24 août 2016; œil : cuivrée, limpide, pas d’effervescence, mousse blanche; nez : malt, houblon, pelure d’orange, houblon amérisant; bouche : malt, houblon, pelure d’orange, finale semi-sèche en houblon (orange) avec bonne présence de malt, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement amère, texture granuleuse; en résumé : bien
Tried
on 25 Apr 2017
at 16:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Two hand-pulled pints in The Pheasant, Wellington Shropshire as I judged a ’Bun Baking’ contest on 4th March 2017. Clear amber body, soft white head. Slight citrus notes in both the nose and taste, malty and fruity too.
Tried
on 05 Mar 2017
at 07:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Fat Cat, Ipswich. Pours black with a small off-white head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, vanilla, malt and very light liquorice. Medium plus sweetness and moderate roasted bitterness. Medium body and slight oily texture, carbonation is average to soft.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Feb 2017
at 13:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Lime Kiln, Bristol 6/2/2017. Deep amber in colour with a slight, off-white, head. Leafy hops, red berry fruits, some toffee notes and a hint of chocolate powder, before a moderately bitter finish. A good winter beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2017
at 14:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask @ The Salopian, Shrewsbury. Pours clear gold, frothy white head. Aroma gives a citrus nod. Taste is smooth with a prominent hoppy character, nice floral citrus and good use of the hop. Punches above its strength.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Feb 2017
at 13:14
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Fra fat på Post Office Vaults, Birmingham Birmingham 21 Sep 16. Ultramørk amber. Filmskum. Svak aroma av mørk frukt. Smaken har et lett mandelpreg med spor av røstet malt. Ordinær.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2016
at 10:06