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
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Haymarket, Edinburgh 1/11/12
Amber, clear, dense white head, good lacing
Aroma - Caramel, soft toffee malts
Taste - Caramel, creamy quite sweet toffee malts, smooth
Palate - soft carb, thin to medium body, creamy texture. Finish - very light bitter hops with very long lingering sweet toffee
Overall - Above average bitter with that long sweet toffee linger
Amber, clear, dense white head, good lacing
Aroma - Caramel, soft toffee malts
Taste - Caramel, creamy quite sweet toffee malts, smooth
Palate - soft carb, thin to medium body, creamy texture. Finish - very light bitter hops with very long lingering sweet toffee
Overall - Above average bitter with that long sweet toffee linger
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Nov 2012
at 11:20
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Charlie Hall (JDW) part of Autumn 2012 Beer Festival; Pours hazy straw colour, spicy grassy flavour, a small hint of banana. Quite good!
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Nov 2012
at 08:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Dean Swift. Pours a clear pale yellow gold with a white head that dissipates completely. Aroma has a rich apple note with some leaves and a good amount of roast. Flavor starts sweet but moves to a note of leaves with a finish of hay and roasted apple.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Nov 2012
at 19:24
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a pale amber color with a white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with weak hints of hops. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2012
at 15:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500ml bottle, many thanks to Finn. Bubbly, fawn-coloured head to a deep, dark brown coloured body. A few spots to the glassware. Inviting aroma of confectionery malts added by a nice roastiness. Dark chocolate flavour, rather creamy, supported by liquorice and herbal hops. Mid-dry, chocolate bitterness to the ending. Easy to drink, but not diluted in anyway. Well made stout (Tromsø, 17.10.2012).
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2012
at 12:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green - 30/09/12. Clear golden with a thin white head. Caramel malts, hops and fruit tones on the nose. Tangy fruit in the taste, light hops. Medium mody with moderate carbonation leading to a bitter finish. Adequate bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Oct 2012
at 08:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Keg@Rake Bar’s Bristol Beer Festival) Pours dark brown with a tan head. Malty, licorice and hints of coffee/chocolate, very nice mouthfeel. Good overall.
Tried
on 01 Oct 2012
at 07:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark for a bitter, but the flavor is right in the zone.Pours reddish/brown with creamy head, and nice coffee bitterness.Mouthfeel is just right, not watery. Listed on the label as a dark bitter, this is very pleasant....
Tried
on 14 Sep 2012
at 11:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
on 09 Sep 2012
at 06:53
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramle, spicy, ginger. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, sweet spicy, ginger. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. Not bad just i do not fancy gingery beers ;-( [20120813]
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2012
at 09:14