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
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
4.8% ABV
Amber color. Smooth, also since it's undercarbonated (which is a good thing…), but the light malt nose and the caramel flavor, the light sweetness, the low hopping are not enough convincing.
Amber color. Smooth, also since it's undercarbonated (which is a good thing…), but the light malt nose and the caramel flavor, the light sweetness, the low hopping are not enough convincing.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2003
at 11:36
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A light nutbrown or amber beer with no head. The aroma is weird with notes of hops, anise and pretty fresh. The flavor is carbonated, flat and pretty sweet of an OK maltblend containing münchner and caramel malt - the aftertaste is somewhat dry with a good bitterness. A pretty light beer.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2003
at 16:36
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
2010 rating, on cask @ Salamander. Nutty brown colour. Malty-earthy aroma with lots of butter, which sadly is standard for this brewery nowadays. Taste is buttery, with some dark malts and light, vague fruitiness.
2002 rating: Very dark amber; resiny, malty, molasses aroma; bursting cherry, earth, wood on the palate - both complex and quenching. 6-4-8-4-15 = 3.7
2002 rating: Very dark amber; resiny, malty, molasses aroma; bursting cherry, earth, wood on the palate - both complex and quenching. 6-4-8-4-15 = 3.7
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Aug 2002
at 16:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled cask conditioned. Dark brown. Sweet and fruity with nice soft maltiness and a roasty burnt aroma.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Apr 2002
at 03:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Sampled cask conditioned. Very dark brown. Fruity aroma with hints of coffee and, yes - rum. Medium body, rather sweet and slighly roasty. rather complex with licorice and salt in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Apr 2002
at 01:41