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
+44 117 9474797
hare@bathales.co.uk
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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Saintmatty

6.6
Saintmatty (11341) reviewed Wild Hare from Bath Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask (Salamander,Bath) - Golden in colour. Honey in the aroma which is also lightly hoppy and fruity. Fairly hoppy and bitter at first, the taste then becomes more fruity with some grapefruit in the finish.

Tried from Cask on 05 Sep 2008 at 04:53

Saintmatty

6.1
Saintmatty (11341) reviewed Gem (Cask) from Bath Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask (Central Bar JDW,Cardiff) - Copper colloured. Malty aroma with some fruity notes and sweetness. Sweetish malty taste with some sweet fruity and hoppy notes. Not too bad.

Tried from Cask on 05 Sep 2008 at 03:33

oh6gdx

6.6
oh6gdx (51641) reviewed Barnsey from Bath Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask@GBBF2008. Amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is red berries along with some dark fruits. Flavour is dark fruits, some red berries and mild spicyness.

Tried from Cask on 19 Aug 2008 at 00:23

KimLundJohansen

7.4
KimLundJohansen (10466) reviewed Barnsey from Bath Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cloudy brown with tiny off white head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and toffee notes. Flavor likewise with fruity and delicious hops. Ends bitter.

Tried on 07 Aug 2008 at 17:43

CH-303

7
CH-303 (4721) reviewed Gem (Bottle) from Bath Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Appearance: Dark redish brown. Some off-white head. Aroma: Nice malt and caramel. Taste: Some hops, but more malty. Caramel and fruit. Smooth. Slight bitterness. Info: 500ml bottle, 31/7-2008

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2008 at 16:08

KimLundJohansen

6.1
KimLundJohansen (10466) reviewed Gem (Bottle) from Bath Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Clear amber with medium off white head. Sweet aroma with toasted malt, caramel and fruity notes. Sweet flavor with caramel, toasted malt, fruits and mild hoppy notes leading it to at mild bitter finish.

Tried on 12 Jul 2008 at 15:19

Anders37

6.8
Anders37 (30297) reviewed Festivity from Bath Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours a clear dark brown/amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Roasted malty slightly fruity coffee and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor with some hints of vanilla. Dry roasted malty chocolate finish with a slightly bitter aftertaste.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jul 2008 at 14:10

wyzzywyz22

7.1
wyzzywyz22 (5998) reviewed Wild Hare from Bath Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle, Renatos Pizza joint, Bristol ; (was pleasantly surprised to see Orval in their fridge) Poured a golden colour with an off white head that didn’t linger. Aroma was a fragrant mix of citrus and hop, wee bit of grassiness too. Well poised this fella, with malt and hops tangling nicely to make this a drinkable effort. Dry bitter hop finish. Niice.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Jun 2008 at 11:44

bhensonb

6.6
bhensonb (22726) reviewed Wild Hare from Bath Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at The Market Porter, London. Light floral? hop aroma. Golden color with a white head. Medium body with smooth carbonation. Fruity flavor - touch of grapefruit. Really refreshing. Very tasty. Excellent.

Tried from Cask on 23 May 2008 at 13:24

wheresthepath

5
wheresthepath (3700) reviewed Wild Hare from Bath Ales 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

[cask at North Wiltshire Beer Festival] Dry, a little green and sour, v bitter in aftertaste. Sorry, but this beer was not for me at all.

Tried from Cask on 16 May 2008 at 17:44

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