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
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Bottle. A clear, golden beer with a small, white head. Rahter buttery nose with fruityness. Quite buttery on the palate too, with some fruityness and a pleasant bitterness. Medium body. Some bitterness in the finish. A very boring one, and not very good either. Might be interesting to try fresh from cask. 110819
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2011
at 12:43
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle @ FOneFan. SLightly hazy golden with small white head. Flavour malt, butter, sweet, herbal, hops and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2011
at 12:40
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are butter, malt and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2011
at 12:40
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle @ Danish Summer Gathering, Ulfborg 2011. Pours clear golden with a bubbly off white head. Maadd butter all over. Thin. Undrinkable. .
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2011
at 12:38
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty and light hoppy. Bitter, light butterish and sweet malty. Dry and bitter into a medium dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Aug 2011
at 06:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A dark amber beer with a thin lazing off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and spices. The flavor is sweet with malt, caramel, bread, and a touch of cardemomme, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2011
at 01:13
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask. A dark golden beer with a thin lazing off-white head. The aroma has notes of flowery hops and fruits on a lightly malty background. The flavor is sweet with notes of fruit and diacethyl, on a crisp malty background, leading to a quite bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Aug 2011
at 01:13
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cl bottle, BBE 29.09.11
Rather light aroma has caramel, sweet bread-like malt and toffee. Flavour is bitter and bready, it has sweet toffee. Quite ok brew, but too much bread and toffee for me here.
Rather light aroma has caramel, sweet bread-like malt and toffee. Flavour is bitter and bready, it has sweet toffee. Quite ok brew, but too much bread and toffee for me here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2011
at 04:42
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from K-Supermarket, Kamppi, Helsinki. Black with a small head. Mild roasted aroma with some chocolate. Smooth mouth feel with taste of roasted malt, chocolate and some dark fruit. Thin but drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2011
at 03:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
12th July 2011
Chelmsford Beer Festival. Slightly hazy gold beer. Good off white head. Light dry palate. Some buttery sweetness - must be diacetyl - mild though! Dry pale malt. Reasonable orange hop with a trace of lemon. Dry finish. Ok.
Chelmsford Beer Festival. Slightly hazy gold beer. Good off white head. Light dry palate. Some buttery sweetness - must be diacetyl - mild though! Dry pale malt. Reasonable orange hop with a trace of lemon. Dry finish. Ok.
Tried
on 18 Jul 2011
at 14:06