Bath Ales
Commercial Brewery
in
Bristol,
Bristol,
England 🏴
Owned by
St. Austell Brewery
Associated Venue: Graze Bar, Brewery & Chophouse (Bath Ales)
Established in 1995
Contact
Hare Brewery, Southway Drive, Warmley, Bristol, BS30 5LW, England
Description
Started brewing in 1995 by two former employees of Smiles Brewery using the same plant as Henstridge Brewery.
Moved to Siston Lane, Bristol in the summer of 1999.
Having outgrown these premises a further relocation to their current site at Units 3-7 Caxton Industrial Estate, Crown Way, Warmley, Bristol was carried out during March 2004.
A 50 barrel brewplant is used. A small on-site brewery was installed at their new (2013) Graze pub in Bath and was used to brew Platform 3 beer (originally 5.7%, latterly 4.5%) and the occasional special.
The beers branded as Beerd were from a small-batch plant within the main brewery at Warmley.
Mid 2016 brewery bought out by St. Austell brewery, with the inevitable cessation of the Beerd brand and the brew plant in Bath.
Production of Bath Ales cask range has been reduced to just Gem, with the spare capacity used by St. Austell for overflow production of Tribute and other St. Austell beers.
Since late 2025 Bath Ales became just a brand of St. Austell
Moved to Siston Lane, Bristol in the summer of 1999.
Having outgrown these premises a further relocation to their current site at Units 3-7 Caxton Industrial Estate, Crown Way, Warmley, Bristol was carried out during March 2004.
A 50 barrel brewplant is used. A small on-site brewery was installed at their new (2013) Graze pub in Bath and was used to brew Platform 3 beer (originally 5.7%, latterly 4.5%) and the occasional special.
The beers branded as Beerd were from a small-batch plant within the main brewery at Warmley.
Mid 2016 brewery bought out by St. Austell brewery, with the inevitable cessation of the Beerd brand and the brew plant in Bath.
Production of Bath Ales cask range has been reduced to just Gem, with the spare capacity used by St. Austell for overflow production of Tribute and other St. Austell beers.
Since late 2025 Bath Ales became just a brand of St. Austell
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Tesco. Pours clear pale yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of citrus, light tropical fruit and faint malt. Taste has good pithy bitterness and faint malt sweet at the back. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2020
at 16:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle had on a night out in Bath at one of the Bath Ales pubs as Bath Ales Barnstormer (which was a much better name imo). Poured dark amber with an off-white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, light fruit, and toasted notes. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness and body. Bit above average carbonation but ok. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Barnstormer on 23 Jul 2009 at 23:00 - Score: 6.5. Original review text: 24/7/2009. Cask at the Green Dragon Ale Festival, Croydon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2020
at 18:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
opalescent pale golden colour, moderate sized white head, which collapses quite quickly; aroma and taste of grapefruit, grapeseeds and peel, fruity and biscuity notes; correct one
Tried
on 16 Nov 2019
at 18:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours clear amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is toasted malt, caramel, biscuit. Taste is light sweet, nutty, caramel, a but earthy. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2019
at 10:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Pieminister in Cardiff. Pleasantly surprised with this. Dark golden body with small creamy head. Aroma is made up of malts and grains. Taste is more of the toasty malts with a very soft bitterness to finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Nov 2019
at 18:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear, golden colored, no white head. Malty, bit biscuit, citrusy, lemony and herbal moderate hops and bitterness, dry finish. Light+ bodied, soft- carbonation, bit watery.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2019
at 18:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Watershed, Bristol 14/9/2019. Pale golden in colour, with a thin, off-white, head and moderate carbonation. A hint of floral hop, some lemon sharpness, crisp malts and a lingering, bitter, finish. A solid lager.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Sep 2019
at 11:00
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
on tap oro carico discreto agrumato ma piuttosto spento buona seccchezza discretonamaro una nota floreale
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Aug 2019
at 07:30
Tried
on 29 Aug 2019
at 15:50