Borough Brewery (Neath)

Brewpub in Tonmawr, Neath Port Talbot, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Associated Venue: Borough Arms

Established in 2014

Contact
Borough Arms, 2 New Henry Street, Tonmawr, SA11 1PH, Wales
Description
Borough Brewery, brewing in Tonmawr but with its heart in the Borough Arms Freehouse. Borough Brewery is an expanding microbrewery, starting with a small 2.5bbl plant in the beer garden of their pub ''The Borough Arms'' in 2014 (previously home to Eagles Bush Brewery). The brewery relocated in 2016 to Unit 5 Tonmawr Business Park in Tonmawr and upgraded to a 10BBL plant. In Summer 2019, following a change of ownership, brewing returned to just the pub and the brewery at Tonmawr closed.

Borough Brewery is a family run business in which brews up to 11 different beers. The beers are of a quality that from such small beginnings they supply their ales all over Wales and beyond. The brewery also produce borough brewery trade standa range of bottle our ales for sale at country fares and wholesale outlets, ensuring a wider audience can enjoy their most quaffable ales.

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16/04/2015. ROYAL OAK, Lower Bristol Road, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (FOUR COUNTY INNS)

Tried on 04 Mar 2023 at 05:54



5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle shared in Hackney - thanks to Danny. Pours deep brown with a frothy, khaki head. Burnt wood in the nose, ash, leaves. Light sweet flavour, bone dry, more torched wood, minerals, plastic. Light bodied with average carbonation. Drying finish, lots of scorched earth, carpet, leaves. So so.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2018 at 16:06


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle shared at Leightons place 18/01/2018. Many thanks! A reddy chestnut brown halo of beige head. Aroma is semi sweet dusty, dirty grains, jammy fruits. Flavour is composed dirty, dirty, farmyard,. Palate is dusty, airy carbonation, Dirty, bark.. Very dirty.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2018 at 15:54


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

18th January 2018
Bodney Towers Bottleshare. Thanks to Dan. Opaque dark brown beer, small pale tan head. Light dry finish. Dry tangy dark malts, little dark chocolate, also tangy. Dry and bitterish finish. Tangy, thin and bitterish. Okay, slightly clunky.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2018 at 15:51


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle split at Bodney Mansions, thanks to Danny, 18/01/18. Dark mahogany brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is charr, spice, toffee, dusty hops, bitter fruits. Taste comprises light pine, toffee, cocoa, dried fruits, spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with mellow hop bite. Passable at best.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2018 at 15:47


7.5

Shrewsbury Oktoberfest 2017

Tried from Cask on 07 Oct 2017 at 20:45


7

Shrewsbury Oktoberfest 2017

Tried from Cask on 07 Oct 2017 at 13:00


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ The Salmon, Leicester. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, a hint of peat and fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 260717

Tried from Cask on 26 Jul 2017 at 09:19


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ The Salmon (Black country ales), Leicester. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are hops, fruits, grass and malt. Nice bitter finish.

Tried from Cask on 26 Jul 2017 at 09:16