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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5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 500 ml. Dark brown with ruby color. Aroma: roasted, caramel and bread, a little hops. Taste: bread, kvass, caramel, roasted, watery, but drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2015 at 04:19

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Medium snowwhite head over big-bubbled clear metallic golden beer. Flowery, aromatic, but also honeyish nose, malty. Sweet-honeyish with just a touch of bitterishness in the finish Light body, bit undercarbonated and watery finish. Nothing very special. Txs to Stefaan!
Tried on 31 Oct 2015 at 14:00

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a clear dark ruby amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty dark fruit caramel and toffee aroma. Sweetish malty spicy caramel dark fruit and toffee flavor. Has a sweetish malty spicy toffee, caramel and dark fruit finish.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2015 at 05:39

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ The Unicorn, Manchester. Cloudy amber-orange with a small head. Has a steady English fruitiness that’s slightly stewed but stated enough to enjoy.
Tried from Cask on 13 Sep 2015 at 05:09

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Appearance- very dark brown, with a Ruby tinge. Not much head at all. Aroma- malts, caramel, brown bread, hint of dark fruit, milk chocolate. Taste- quite chocolatey and a bit roasty, dark malts, blackberries, fruitcake, sweet caramel undertones, some fruitiness, smooth mouthfeel with a short, bitter finish. Solid stuff.
Tried on 06 Sep 2015 at 02:50

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Appearance- very dark brown, ruby tinged base, a small, beige, fizzy head. Aroma- chocolate, malts, bread, coffee hints, fudge. Taste- bitter, toasty coffee, slightly nutty, chocolate undertones, hints of caramel and honey sweetness, nice smooth and fluffy mouthfeel. Gets more roasty/toasty as it warms. Good overall.
Tried on 03 Sep 2015 at 12:07

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask @ Lime Kiln, Liverpool. Pale gold with a small head. Crisp enough session ale and a well-balanced character. Has a light bitterness, some sugar in its nose, and is slightly dry.
Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2015 at 11:41

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
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Tried from Draft on 22 Aug 2015 at 15:22

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Black in glass, medium head. Mainly coffee and chocolate in aroma. Some roastiness. Quite high carbonation, foamy in mouth. Light bitterness, medium sweetness. Body too light for a stout imo.
Tried on 18 Aug 2015 at 12:45

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sample from bottle at Mikkeller Bar Stockholm. (thanks Gjolen) Dark amber with a small head. Aroma of malt, caramel, raisin and some dark bread. Similar taste. Smooth and with a medium sweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2015 at 09:06