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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6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle as Marks & Spencer Somerset Ginger Beer. Dark golden color with medium white head. Aroma of malt and ginger, lemon, yeast. Taste, malt, ginger. Light bitter hoppy finish. Surprisingly not sweet at all. Drinkable beer.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2012 at 11:30

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at home in London, shared with Marcy. Pours rich brown with a foamy, light tan head. Nose holds a good bit of lactic, dark malts, some cocoa, mild roast. Light sweet flavor with faint roast, dusty cocoa, light tobacco, ash and a little bit of dirt. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly dry on the finish with plenty of dry tobacco, more ash, some burnt leaves, light earth. It’s a low octane stout, that’s for sure.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Aug 2012 at 16:08

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tried on 30 Jul 2012 at 15:12

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Flaske 0,5l fra Kilpishalli. Delt med Rune under rateseanse i H9 5 Jun 12. Lys amber. OK tett skum. God søt fruktig aroma. Smaken er søte plommer. Lite annet.
Tried on 20 Jun 2012 at 11:10

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle, 4.7% abv., kindly shared by Finn. Very nice golden-brown body with a beige head with some duration. Roasted nutty malts to the nose. Flavoured with mid-sweet roasted malts and vanilla pods offset by resinous hops. Spiced bitter ending. Pleasing (session at Finns in Tromsø, 05.06.2012).
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jun 2012 at 11:24

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask @ Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and butter. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 040612
Tried from Cask on 05 Jun 2012 at 02:16

5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
28th December 2009
Slightly hazy amber - gold beer. Light crisp palate. Bitterish marmalade hops with a soft even malt base. Lingering bitter aftertaste. A bit too much of the hop bitterness and not enough hop fruit. Refreshing though!
Tried on 04 Jun 2012 at 14:16

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
25th November 2009
Clear gold beer. Light semi dry palate. Very light even malt base with a tiny bit of caramel. The hops are also light and impart dashes of orange and lemon and bitterness. Semi dry finish. Touch of minerals.
Tried on 03 Jun 2012 at 06:36

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
25th November 2009
Dark amber beer. Light semi crisp palate. Pretty well balanced. Even malt base- orangey fruit hops that are not too bitter at all. Unsweet caramel in the finish. Decent.
Tried on 03 Jun 2012 at 06:34

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
13th November 2009
Spoons Fest. Hazy amber beer. Light airy palate. A little soft around the edges. Very light tones of orange and lemon citrus over a sweetish malt base. Low carbonation. Finishes semi dry with some minerals. No bitterness. Drinkable.
Tried on 03 Jun 2012 at 05:31