About
The Cwrw Llŷn Brewery produced its first batch of beer in 2011. Our first brews were produced in the middle of the Llŷn countryside using restored brewing equipment in an old cow shed. Our maximum output was limited to six firkins per brew, and demand soon outstripped our ability to supply. By January 2012 we had moved to our brand-new purpose-built brewery in Nefyn, a small fishing village on the Llŷn Peninsula, North Wales. One of Britain’s oldest pilgrimage routes, it’s home to soaring mountain views, sandy beaches and hidden coves.

We’re a small independent brewery producing delicious, characterful beers. From rich malty bitters to light golden ales, we take our time over our brews. We’ll think you’ll want to too. Our beers are inspired by the people, places and things we love. Great conversation, wonderful local food, intriguing Welsh legends and the beautiful landscapes that surround us. All our beer is still hand-made in small batches, which means we can ensure its quality and consistency. We produce around 180 firkins per week. Conscious of our carbon footprint, we recycle and reuse as much of our raw materials as we can. Spent brewing grains are used to feed local pigs and our waste hops are also recycled.
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BlackHaddock (18155) reviewed
Brenin Enlli from Cwrw Llŷn
7 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
500ml bottle: BBE Nov 19. Drank at home on 23rd May 19. Nice traditional Bitter with a malty front and base. Amber with a white head, looked clean and clear in the glass. Decent hop bitterness arrives mid-sip, but this is more malty than hop bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2019 at 05:58
Tommann (7797) reviewed
Y Brawd Houdini from Cwrw Llŷn
7 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours gold with a small head. Aroma is biscuity lemon and hay. Taste has straw, biscuit and a touch of boiled sweets.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2019 at 13:41
minutemat (16858) reviewed
Porth Neigwl from Cwrw Llŷn
7 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
500ml bottle from Ludlow Food Centre, 5.0% edition. Pours a deep clear amber, frothy off-white head diminishing to a lasting ring. Aroma is of caramel persuasion. Taste is clean, caramel-forward, particularly dry with fleeting fruity moments. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2019 at 21:39
Olut (22669) reviewed
Largo from Cwrw Llŷn
7 years ago
4.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottle from Gwyn Llyn Wines, Pwllheli. Clear light golden with next to no head. Fairly clean stating but fairly standard style and taste.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jan 2019 at 19:51
Olut (22669) reviewed
Porth Neigwl from Cwrw Llŷn
8 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Black Boy Inn, Caernarfon. Clear golden with a small head. It's a session pale ale with a very pleasant and hoppy and mildly dry texture.
Tried from Cask on 23 Mar 2018 at 22:02
fonefan (86114) reviewed
Porth Neigwl from Cwrw Llŷn
8 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6

Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2017 [ The 42th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 10th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB.

[ As Cwrw Llŷn Porth Neigwl ].
ABV: 4.5%. Clear medium yellow - amber orange colour with a average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, light cookie. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, cookie, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171013]
6-3-6-3-12
Tried from Cask on 15 Oct 2017 at 15:27
Fergus (32001) reviewed
Glyndwr from Cwrw Llŷn
9 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle shared at Leighton's place. 31/08/2017. Many thanks to DAniel for this one. A clear mid orange coloured pour with a fading white head. ARoma is semi sweet, burnt toffee, orange, mineral, apple. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, mineral ,slightly eggy, toffee, english yeast, hedgerow hop, grassy hop, mineral. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation. Lingering nutty malts.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2017 at 12:34
Theydon_Bois (48345) reviewed
Glyndwr from Cwrw Llŷn
9 years ago
5.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle at Bodney Mansions, thanks to Danny Boyo, 31/08/17. Clear golden no head. Nose is bready, grains, pale malts, faint citric, not a lot offered. Taste comprises stale bread, straw, grains, faint citric drizzle, earthy. Medium body, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. Crap golde type thing.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2017 at 14:19
Leighton (35418) reviewed
Glyndwr from Cwrw Llŷn
9 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle shared in Hackney - thanks to Daniel. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white head. A little cardboard in the aroma, leaves, doughy bread. Light to medium sweet flavour with more simple bread, British yeast, paper, soft bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with hints of drying paper, more simple pale bread, a little bitter straw. So so.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2017 at 14:11
WingmanWillis (39655) ticked
Glyndwr from Cwrw Llŷn
9 years ago
6/10
Tried on 31 Aug 2017 at 14:09