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

Golden with a small white head. Perfumed aroma, mostly lemon. Sweet and rather thin flavour with a bitter finish.

Tried on 01 Sep 2007 at 15:56


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Cask@GBBF2007. Yellow colour, not much head. Aroma is eggs, fruits, very bitter and sour. Flavour is strong fruity hops along with some banana, yeast and grapefruits. Grapefruits dominate the finish.

Tried from Cask on 27 Aug 2007 at 06:03


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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2007, London. Clear medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toffee, butter. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is flat.

Tried from Cask on 27 Aug 2007 at 04:39


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

Bottle from Sainsburys. Amber coloured with a slight head. Fruity malt aroma. Flavour started sweet with some caramel before a bitter, dry finish. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2007 at 10:31


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

Light golden yellow, light hop hint of wheat nose, light hop little lagery quitr drying, and bitter.

Tried on 01 Jun 2007 at 10:17


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask conditioned at the Live & Let Live, Frampton Cotterell, S Gloucs 4/5/07. Very dark brown with little head. Aroma of sweet malt with some dark fruit. Flavours of raisin with a hint of toffee, followed by a decent dry finish. Good.

Tried from Cask on 09 May 2007 at 13:00


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask handpull at Moon Under Water, Leceister Square, JDW. Paleish gold, lasting white head. Light citrus aroma. Some sweaty sox hop. Toasty, hoppy aroma, good balance in mouth. I have a soft spot for Bath beers and this is good. Bit of peach. Lovely fruity bitter. Great in mouth. Peach/grapefruit is very good. Good beer, bit like a Belgian triple without the alcohol.

Tried from Cask on 02 May 2007 at 07:35


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Filtered bottle. Golden coloured with a slight white head. Plenty of hoppy, grapefruit aromas. Citrus hops continue in the flavour, supported by some fruity malt. Finish was long and dry. One of the best British bottled beers I have had.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Apr 2007 at 07:48


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

Cask conditioned at the Inn on the Green, Bristol 25/4/07. Pale gold with almost no head. Some gentle hops in the aroma followed by flavours of apples and citrus. Not bad as a session beer.

Tried from Cask on 26 Apr 2007 at 13:06


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm) Dark brown, mahogany, colour with frothy beige head. Malty nose with fruity notes of wild berries and ripe cherries. Malty taste with berries, chocolate and hints of coffee. Initial malty sweetness gives away for a drier finish with balanced notes of earthy hops. Chewy and smooth mouthfeel. Nice one.

Tried from Cask on 11 Apr 2007 at 14:23