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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5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle from Sainsbury’s, Derry [010414]
Golden, clear, frothy white head, some lacing
Aroma of soft pale malts, very slight zest, dull
Taste of soft pale malts, moderate bitter hops, touch of honey, slight zest, hops mainly just bitter
Palate - Light to medium body, fairly bitter, soft sweet pale malts. Finish as main flavour, bitter bit twiggy hop
Overall - Simple golden ale, below average supermarket fare. Gets boring fairly quickly
Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2014 at 14:32

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
50cl bottle. Thick creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Soft citrus bitterness. Nice and drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2014 at 10:08

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle at Perogi/bottle share. Pours black with brown head. Nose and taste of whiskey, roast chocolate, light coffee, chocolate ash and ashen oak. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2014 at 20:11

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Creamy White good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2014 at 00:29

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Yellow colour. Powerfull apple aroma and flavor. Some barnyard notes. Average finisg. Semi dry. Oily palate. NIce cider.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2014 at 06:33

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Citrus. Modetrate bitter nice flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2014 at 02:26

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle courtesy of Mike. Pours almost black with a short-lasting tan head. Mild aroma of chocolate, coffee and caramel. Dry, some bitterness to finish. Soft carbonation. Rather thin but quite smooth, pretty good as lower strength stouts go.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2014 at 10:27

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask-conditioned at Graze, Bath, 2/2/2014. Deep gold in colour with a slight white head. Aroma of pineapple, orange marmalade, grassy hops and a hint of pine. Flavour was sweetish, with some biscuity malts and tangerines, before a dryish finish. Well above the usual Bath Ales standard.
Tried from Cask on 05 Feb 2014 at 07:32

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Clear dark-reddish brown. Has a tasty mix of grain and roasted malts in an interesting fusion. Slightly sweetened nose and taste.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2014 at 13:12

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. A yellow cider with a beige head. The aroma has notes of apples. The flavor is sweet with notes of apples and wood, leading to a dry finish.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2014 at 07:19