Bath Ales

Commercial Brewery in Bristol, Bristol, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by St. Austell Brewery
Associated Venue: Graze Bar, Brewery & Chophouse (Bath Ales)

Established in 1995

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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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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
550ml bottle. Clear golden colour with a small white head. Aroma of of sweet caramel bready malts. Taste is the same, with toffee, some mild hops, fruit. Medium body, oily texture, moderate carbonation. Not bad but nothing memorable.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2016 at 15:33

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Clear golden colour with a one finger short lasting white head. Aroma of sweetish grainy/bready malt and some hops. Taste is fairly well balanced between malt and hops, bitter and sweet, bit of citrus/hops in the background. Smooth oily texture. Nice but a somewhat average beer
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jul 2016 at 22:55

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
500ml bottle. Clear amber with minimal off-white head, disappearing rapidly. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, toffee. Taste is the same, initially sweet with a mildly bitter finish. Actually quite well balanced, sessionable. Light-medium body, texture and carbonation. Easy drinking though nothing special.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jul 2016 at 17:03

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Bottle at Level 42 tasting, thanks to Danny, 11/07/16. Pale golden blonde with a moderate off white swirl. Nose is bready, vanilla, straw, lemon rind. Taste comrpises tangerine, straw, caramel, vanilla, bready malts. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Average golde.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jul 2016 at 14:04

6.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Booths, Media City. Extremely dark with a very thin off-white head. A good winter warmer, although al little complex with its darker malt character. Its aroma is lightly roasted, some washiness, sweet and rich, and these latter aspects also apply to its taste. Here there’s also hints of marzipan and a light toasted taste
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jul 2016 at 16:37

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Cask at Aston Manor Beer Festival; clear golden yellow pour with a bubbly white head, aroma has feint malt, taste is a bit like malty water with some hay.
Tried from Cask on 03 Jun 2016 at 14:01

6/10
Ok.
Tried on 14 May 2016 at 20:54

5.5/10
(#348)(#6 ENG)(#1 Bristol)
Bought it at Bath's supermarket, Bath, ENG
Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2016 at 10:33

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(Cask at Kitty’s, 20160317) The beer poured deep amber and clear. Its head was small, white and it lasted long. Aroma had grass, earth and toffee. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were grass, honey, malts, toffee, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet and bitter. A surprisingly sweet brew and therefore not my thing.
Tried from Cask on 17 Mar 2016 at 12:07

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
First rating33 cl bottle, 2013 vintage. Bottle no 0216, BBE Dec 18. At VilleValla Pub in Linköping on March 11, 2016.Clear dark reddish brown color, small white head. Sweet, caramel, malty, alcohol, vinous taste, slight bitter. Alcohol aftertaste. Warming alcohol. Medium to a bit fizzy mouthfeel, low bitterness. Malty, dried prunes, sweet, caramel scent.8/4/7/3/15=3.7RerateBottle 33 cl at Haket on September 23, 2016. Botle No 2517.Cloudy dark brown color, small off-white head. Sweet, apple, alcohol, raisin, malty scent. Swet, grainy, alcohol taste. Alcohol, grainy, apply aftertaste. Full mouthfeel, low bitterness.7/2/7/4/14=3.4
Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2016 at 07:33