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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5.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel and bread as well as a light touch of butter. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of butter, straw, caramel, bread, and brown sugar. Reminds me of a Czech beer - please remove the butter note.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Dec 2008 at 17:46


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(Cask at Pullman, Helsinki, on 2008-12-04) Deep amber and clear. Small white dense head. Seet malty nose. Full bodied and dry palate with little carbonation. Malts, bitterness, some roastedness and chocolate in taste. Malty and bitter atertaste.

Tried from Cask on 18 Dec 2008 at 12:21


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Half pint by hand pump at The Criterion in St Andrews. Dark, ruby brown under a creamy, beige head. Smell of roasted malts. Sweet dark malts, slightly roasted, fill the mouth becoming very smooth, with hints of coffee bitterness beneath [09.11.2008].

Tried on 18 Dec 2008 at 03:24


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask Conditioned at J.D. Wetherspoon - The Pommeler´s Rest, London
Hazy golden color, frothy head. It has some malt aroma, and good malt flavor, good body strength. The hop is a bit citrusy, more evident in the aroma. It has a balanced final, with sweetish toffee and bold bitterness.

Tried from Cask on 13 Dec 2008 at 14:34


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of joergen. Clear dark brown with a reddish hue and a rough, beige head. Burned malts in the nose and a whiff of raisins. Medium body, burned malt, some licorice and a fairly malt bitter finish. 131108

Tried from Bottle on 12 Dec 2008 at 12:03


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask Conditioned at Market Porter, London
Dark amber color. Toffee aroma, strong. Medium caramel and toffee flavor, quite soft mouthfeel, correct bitterness. Pleasant.

Tried from Cask on 09 Dec 2008 at 10:10


5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Systembolaget. It looks like Coke but with less head. Its dificult to pick up any aroma but I find some sour malts. The aroma is a bit sweet with rosted malts.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2008 at 07:42


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Pours black. No head. Sweet choclate malty aroma. Tastes chocolate and some milk. Smooth. Mild. Little thin.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2008 at 07:00


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

From cask at Market porter. Pours clear and golden amber with a light tan head. Butterish and mild roasted malty aroma. Flavour is malty towards breadish with a light butterish note. Light spiced and bitter too. Ends mild bitter and spiced.

Tried from Cask on 27 Nov 2008 at 08:18


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

From cask at Standing Order. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small and lacing white head. Mild butterish and slight spiced aroma. Flavour has the same with a mild roasted note along with a light dryness. Bitter and slight malty finish.

Tried from Cask on 26 Nov 2008 at 15:59