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
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As Bath Prophecy ].Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, sweet fruit, butterscotch notes, fruity butterscotch notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, sweet fruit, fruity malt, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170809] 5-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Apr 2019
at 09:38
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Tesco Supermarket, Borehamwood. Golden with a strength to it, but this transfers mainly as a deeper tasting hoppiness and fruity-sugars. Texture-wise it's fairly smooth and easy in the palate for its strength.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2019
at 19:21
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Van tap gedeeld bij The Horse & Groom in Londen. Caramel, koffiedrab, maltig, ergens bittertje. Dun. (8-2-2019).
Tried
from Draft
at
Horse & Groom (Greene King)
on 08 Feb 2019
at 22:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Danke an minutemat. Erhöhte Karbonisierung. Sehr trockener, moderat röstiger Beginn. Kaum Kirsche, die Trockenheit dämmt das Gesamtaroma ein.b Schokolade, minimal Alkohol, dunkel holzig. Stärker nach Schokolade, weiterhin wenig Kirsche, süffig. Dunkler würziger Abgang. 10/10/10/11/10/10
Tried
on 17 Jan 2019
at 20:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Oh, what an excellent beer we bumped into for live music at The Old Duke, Bristo. Good! So was the band
Tried
on 03 Jan 2019
at 23:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
From cask at The Salamander, Bath, Somerset, on tour to 22 southern counties with OGJ and EE 03.01.19. Served without sparkler. Clear pale golden. Bright white head and lacing. Excellent aroma and taste of marmalade, tangerines, apricots and pale malt. Good!
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jan 2019
at 16:57
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear amber with an off white head. Aroma of malt, grain, cardboard and light fruity hops. Flavour is light moderate sweet and bitter. Light medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2019
at 17:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Tesco. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma pine and citrus. Taste sweet to bitter. Juicy hints and a medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2018
at 00:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Waitrose. Clear golden/amber body with a thin off-white head that fades. Steady carbonation. No lacing. Aroma of earth and caramel. Flavour of weak tea and earth. Thin body with a watery texture. Soft fizz. Dull and inoffensive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2018
at 20:13