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
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask, half-pint, shared with Finn at The Salamander. Filmy layer, clear pale golden body. Scattered lacing. Mild dried fruity aroma. Hints of lemon to a malt-accented taste profile. Malt-fruity endnotes. Easy going. (Bath 03.05.2017).
Tried
from Cask
on 28 May 2017
at 13:30
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask, half-pint, shared with Finn at The Salamander. Upper part lacing, filmy layer, clear golden body. Aroma of brown malts, earthy. Mixed taste of caramel malts and herbal hops follow by a decent bittersweet tail. Straightforward. (Bath 03.05.2017).
Tried
from Cask
on 28 May 2017
at 13:26
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Monthly bottle share at Chez Sophie: 22nd May 2017. Four way split. Cheers Mark, via Mat for the 33cl bottle: BBD 1st Oct 2026. Have to agree with minutemat here, this wasn’t a great experience. Dark reddy brown body with a wispy beige head. Peat Bog and Whisky aroma, flavour the same: thanks, but no thanks.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2017
at 00:24
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Lys brun klar med fingerhøyt hvitt skum. Lukter noe sitrus, honning, høy og lyst brød. Middels minus i fylde. Maltig sødme, maltekstrakt, sirup og korn. Lett bitterhet i avslutningen.
Tried
on 25 May 2017
at 07:04
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Mahognifarget klar med lavt beige skum. Lukter kandissukker, fudge, lett brent karamell og fiken. Middels fylde. Søtlig maltig smak, kandis, brent sukker og en aning kaffe. Kort.
Tried
on 24 May 2017
at 14:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Svart med lys brunt kremete skum. Mineralsk lukt i starten, fløte og noe søt lakris. Absolutt smooth! Smaker søt lakris, lett kaffe og fløte. Kort.
Tried
on 24 May 2017
at 14:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Amberfarget klar med fingerhøyt beige skum. Lukter honning, karamell og syltetøy. Fin fylde. Smaker sirup, honning, noe bitter brent karamell. Lett sødme. Kort.
Tried
on 24 May 2017
at 13:54
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
330ml bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, thanks to Mark for this. Hugely powerful beatpog aroma, huge huge overpowering peated TCP phenols. Bit scared to taste, but taste I shall. Massive peated influence here. Really not my go-to beer style i have to say. Quite overpowering, over-aged perhaps? Maybe a few months would do.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2017
at 15:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Light amber with off white head - Malt aroma with ints of caramel and roasted malt - Malt body with some hints of caramel and roasted malt and some hop bitterness - The malt and bitterness from hops goes into the finish - This was nice
Tried
on 10 May 2017
at 11:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Clear dark amber brown colour with a thin beige head. Aroma: malty, dark fruits, oak, hint of chocolate. Taste: sweet dark fruits, oak, caramel, nutty, slight roasted malt. Finish is dry, bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2017
at 22:37