Coles Family Brewery

Microbrewery in Llanddarog, Carmarthenshire, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Associated Venue: White Hart Inn

Established in 1999

Contact
White Hart Inn, Llanddarog, SA32 8NT, Wales
Description
Our wonderful beers are produced from the finest malted barley, whole hop cones, yeast and the purest Welsh water from 300ft below the brewery where it has filtered through the limestone rock for millions of years. The range of beers is large; from light golden to dark stouts, lagers and unusual beers such as beetroot, nettle, chilli and more.

The Coles brewery produce exciting beers from Golden, pale through to stouts, this all started in 1999. Then in 2011 cider was added using a wide variety of apples from desert, cider and even culinary all producing unique and special ciders!

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Cask, third pint. @Nottingham Beer Festival 2024, Nottingham (England). 12/10/2024 [#7.959 Global - #67 Wales - #2 Coles Family Brewery] Pours light chestnut with a small white head. Aroma: dried fruits, rich caramelly malts and toffee. Taste: sweet dreams malts, dried fruits and light smoke. Smoked malts aftertaste. Next one, please!
Tried from Cask on 29 Nov 2024 at 11:23

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Cask, third pint. @Nottingham Camra Beer Festival, Nottingham (England). 10/10/2024 [#7.839 Global - #39 Wales - #1 Coles Family Brewery (My Welsh brewery #19)] Pours clear pale yellow with a white head. Aroma: pale malts, light peppery and grainy. Taste: mixed grains and dough. Subtle earthy hops. Next one, please!
Tried from Cask on 07 Nov 2024 at 12:30

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11/10/2024. Cask at Nottingham Beer & Cider Festival 2024. Pours clear bright bronze amber with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is malty, woody, caramel, dried fruit, light whisky edge. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, slightly oily, soft carbonation. The best of a decent trio of beers this brewery had on at the festival.
Tried from Cask on 13 Oct 2024 at 14:24

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11/10/2024. Cask at Nottingham Beer & Cider Festival 2024. Pours clear amber brown with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is nutty, malty, lightly roasted, caramel, twig. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, slightly oily, average to soft carbonation. Quite decent.
Tried from Cask on 13 Oct 2024 at 14:24

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11/10/2024. Cask at Nottingham Beer & Cider Festival 2024. Pours clear straw gold with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma is citrus, floral, melon, grass, touch of tropical fruit. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness and body. Slightly oily and watery with soft carbonation. Nice aroma, but lacks some depth.
Tried from Cask on 13 Oct 2024 at 14:24

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Tried at the Nottingham Beer Festival. Amber colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste are malty some sweet caramel. Medium body.
Tried from Cask on 11 Oct 2024 at 14:32

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Cask at the Nottingham BF. Amber colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste are caramel smoke and soapy floral. Light body.
Tried from Cask on 09 Oct 2024 at 12:20

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500ml bottle from Beer Park. Pale gold colour, white foam head and aroma of apple, fruity, core, some sulphur. Taste is sweet, apple, fruity, fleshy, tart, floral, with some clean acidity. Slick mouthfeel, medium bodied, light soft carbonation, sweetish drying tart acidic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2023 at 18:31

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Tried on 05 Mar 2023 at 10:49

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500ml bottle, as Summer Berry Cider, 5.0%. Bright reddish-pink colour, pinkish foam head that slowly dissipates to a thin layer and aroma of berry fruits, jammy. Taste is sweet, berry fruity, some fleshy apple & apple core, with sugary, jam notes. Medium bodied, low carbonation, sweet berry finish. Quite OK, abit sweet
Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2022 at 22:01