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
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Black color with an off-white head with short duration. Aroma has notes of light toasted malts with some roasted hints. Flavor is slightly sweet, slightly roasty, slightly coffee, slightly... Weak final.
Tried
on 23 May 2015
at 10:57
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Brown color with a light beige head that quickly diminishes. Aroma has notes of light caramel with toasted malts notes. Flavor is slightly sweet, earthy notes with floral hops hints. Weak final with slightly sweetness.
Tried
on 22 May 2015
at 14:17
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark golden color with a white head with short to medium duration. Aroma has caramelish notes, some toasted and floral hops. Flavor is slightly caramelish, earthy notes with medium maltiness. Light bitterness in the final with slightly caramel.
Tried
on 11 May 2015
at 13:45
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - golden with a thin lacy head. Nose - honey and lemon, but honey dominates. Taste - more lemon but again honey dominates. A bit of astringent malt in the background. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy yet tangy texture and a dry tangy, yet cloying finish. Overall - this is like a cream ale, in actual fact.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2015
at 08:13
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle shared with Ashton McCobb & Stuu666. Pours clear pale gold, merest white head. Aromas of honey, light malt. Taste is honey, slight astringent finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2015
at 08:12
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle at ash’s. Pours clear amber, nose is dull, a hint of floral toffee, taste is musty, bland finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2015
at 08:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle shared with Ashton McCobb & Stuu666. Pours clear red brown with a thin white head. Aromas of toffee, light herbal notes. Taste is more toffee, touch of butterscotch. Slight mineral finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2015
at 08:06
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - golden amber with a nice lacy head. Nose - toffee, or is it butterscotch. No, toffee. Taste - toffee again. Palate - light to medium bodied with a tangy rich texture and a dry tangy finish. Overall - a bit one-dimensional for this style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2015
at 08:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at ash’s. Pours clear deep amber, nose is malty toffee, taste is sweet toffee, light fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2015
at 08:00
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - golden with a decent thin head. Nose - lemon and green stalky vegetable note. Taste - lemon, light green bean note again. Palate - light bodied with a light tangy texture and a dry tangy texture. Overall - it could be fresher for this style, to be honest.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2015
at 07:36