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

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7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle 330ml. @ [ The Stat Improver Tasting ] - Saxo, Højbjerg - Aarhus, Denmark. [ As Bath Sulis Collection - Traditional English Barleywine ]. [ Vintage 2013 ]. Clear medium to dark brown amber colour with a average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, dark malt, bread, oxidide, laber larver. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet with a long duration, dark malt, sweet malt, laber larver, bread. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20170617] 7-3-8-3-15

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2017 at 14:12


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sampled @ GBBF 2017, Day 2. A clear golden beer with a small white head. Aroma of mild citrusy hops toasted malt. Taste of toasted malt, dry mild citrusy hops, biscuit.

Tried on 11 Aug 2017 at 16:24


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Keg at Curio Lounge, Stroud. Black with a thick beige nitro head. Mild chocolate roasty flavour, some fizz, quite watery. Like an old school keg stout; would undoubtedly be far better on cask.

Tried from Cask on 31 Jul 2017 at 13:59


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ GBBF 2016. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hints of dark fruit. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.

Tried from Cask on 27 Jun 2017 at 10:34


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap at Bath Ales. Steady creamy head on top of a brown-red body. Really easy going. More caramel than roast. Very mellow and malt centered. Creamy, straightforward.

Tried from Draft on 18 Jun 2017 at 22:27


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

Tap at Bath Ales. Filtered ruby red brown body. Thin, syrupy chocolate tones don’t really merge well with the rest of the ale. Kind of awkward. Nutty, but not much depth. Sort of a buttery sweet finish.

Tried from Draft on 18 Jun 2017 at 22:25


7.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle at Højbjerg tasting. Pours cloudy mid-brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of malt, fruit, hop, bread and yeast. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Medium to full bodied, slick texture, soft carbonation. .

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 11:21


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle @ Johns. Pours dark amber with a small offwhite head. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, wood, dried dark fruit, little alcohol. Flavor is sweet, rich malty, caramel, sweet dried fruit, light alcohol. Medium to full body, oily mouthfeel, soft carbonation, sweet finish with warming alcohol. 7-3-7-4-15. 170617

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 11:01


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle, 9.1%. Hazy dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toasted, dark fruit, oak, wood and a little oxidised. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, dark fruit, oak, wood, little oxidised, sweet and a little bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 10:59


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Frothy white good mostly deminishing head. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter caramellic flavor. Average light bitter finish. oily palate.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2017 at 10:58