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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5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms JDW, Bristol November 2008. Deep golden with a decent off-white head. This wasn’t in good condition, marred by a buttery aroma which dominated the grassy hops. The flavour started with a butterscotch kick before the hops tried to come to the rescue...and failed. Poor.

Tried from Cask on 21 Nov 2008 at 16:14


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

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a redish glare and a diminishing tan head. Mild butterish aroma yet soon going into a nice roasted malty flavour. Butterish and roasted malty flavoured with a mild spice note. Bitter and roasted finish.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2008 at 06:20


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

Cask (handpump) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.Clear medium red brown color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, milk chocolate, toffee, butter. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (070808)

Tried from Cask on 21 Oct 2008 at 03:04


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Dark brown with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and coffee notes. Sweet flavour wtih roasted malt, butter, caramel and coffee notes.

Tried on 04 Oct 2008 at 05:09


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask, 4.5% at GBBF08. OK aroma, spicy, dark malts. Almost clear dark brown colour. The flavour has a little soy, some dark malts, hint of dust. 636313

Tried from Cask on 07 Sep 2008 at 18:46


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

Cask (Salamander,Bath) - Golden in colour. Lightly hoppy aroma with grapefruit and some other fruity elements. Refreshing and pleasantly hoppy taste with grapefruit featuring prominently in the finish.

Tried from Cask on 05 Sep 2008 at 04:57


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (Salamander,Bath) - Dark brown in colour with red tinges. Fruity and malty aroma with hints of raisin. Fruity taste with raisins and a light hoppiness in the finish.

Tried from Cask on 05 Sep 2008 at 04:55


6.6
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


6.1
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


6.6
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