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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5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at Crosse Keys (JDW) in London, shared with Finn. Jet black body, bubbly beige head. Dark caramel malty nose, hints of anise. Taste of caramel malts, anise and ash. Sweet malty ending. Has got its moments, a tad too sweet though (30.11.2015).
Tried from Cask on 14 Dec 2015 at 07:11

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Poured black with a smallish frothy tan head. Roasted malt and coffee aroma, similar roasted malty flavour with a treacle sweetness.

---Rated via Beer Buddy for Android
Tried on 12 Dec 2015 at 08:50

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle from Waitrose, consumed as home. Light gold, quite clear - I’m surprised how pale this is - with minimal head. Not a lot of visible carbonation either. Malty aroma, with grassy/earthy notes. Hints of banana and citrus, maybe with a tiny bit of bubblegum. Clean, crisp sweet and malty taste. Some sticky hop bitterness in the finish, but this is still a lot sweeter than I expected. Slightly gluey and almost resinous aftertaste. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2015 at 12:40

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Fra cask på Crosse Keys Bank 30 Nov 15. Delt med Rune. Svart. Filmskum. Samles langs kanten. Bra karamellaroma. Smaken lett brent ved. Aske. Litt uvariert men sesongpreget er der.
Tried from Cask on 06 Dec 2015 at 13:26

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@Crosse Keys JDW, London - pours black with a dissipating beige head. Roasted malty aroma and taste with some coffee, chocolate, liquorice, some subtle burnt malty notes, pretty light bodied, decent enough. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried from Cask on 30 Nov 2015 at 08:02

8/10
Оч годный массмаркет
Tried on 22 Nov 2015 at 20:13

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
KØLF 030715. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is chili, roasted malt, coffee. Flavour is chili, roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, nuts, caramel. Medium body. Nice beer.
Tried on 08 Nov 2015 at 02:39

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
KØLF 030715. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is malt, chocolate, caramel, coffee. Flavour is dry, malt, hop, hop, coffee, chocolate, rum, vanilla, caramel. OK beer.
Tried on 08 Nov 2015 at 02:33

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
KØLF 030715. Golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is malt, hop, fruit. Flavour is malt, hop, fruit, herbs, grass. Medium body. Boring beer.
Tried on 08 Nov 2015 at 02:26

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle 500 ml. Amber-bronze color with good white foam. Aroma: diacetyl (butter), caramel and a bit of British hops. Taste: caramel, malty with pleasant hop bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2015 at 04:22