Wiper and True

Microbrewery in Bristol, Bristol, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2012

Contact
2-8 York Street, Bristol, BS2 9XT, England
Description
We first fell in love with brewing on the stove at home, surrounded by pots, pans and raw ingredients. Tinkering endlessly, we studied the ancient art of our vocation. Nomadically brewing around the country, we learned from fantastically generous, knowledgeable artisans, honing our craft along the way.

Today, we’ve outgrown our roots as nomadic brewers, and operate out of two production sites. The first, a brewery we built in St Werburghs, Bristol, is where we focus on our core range of beers, constantly refining the recipes to bring you an ever evolving, perfect pour. New challenges continually arise and are met by our talented team of resourceful brewers, as we continue producing top notch beers whilst adhering to strict social distancing measures. Usually host to our tap room, we’re already looking forward to re-opening the York Street brewery to our friends, family and local community for fresh beers once we all come out the other side. At our second Bristol site, the Barrel Store, work continues on our complex, mixed fermentation and wild yeasted beers. Here, we serve as custodians over our barrel-aged brews as they develop on different kinds of wood.

Ever evolving in the quest for refinement, all of our recipes stem from the desire to create something beautiful and delicious.

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

[33cl can from Beer52.] A glossy black pour with a thick chocolate coloured head; subtle aroma of desiccated coconut; dry in the mouth with a milky consistency, some coconut and chocolate, then some dates and raisins giving body; and a smooth elegant finish. Much better than the mashed up Bounty taste of some Coconut Stouts.

Tried from Can from Beer52 on 12 Oct 2025 at 18:45


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Solid offering. Pleasant citrusy hop character, soft pine needles, supportive pale malts. Mellow bitterness. Very nicely balanced and highly drinkable.

Tried from Can from Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations) on 04 Oct 2025 at 20:43


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

Can from fuss club at home. Pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty bread and slight fruity hop. Slight sweet. Medium body.

Tried from Can from The Fuss Club on 03 Oct 2025 at 20:02


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

14th September 2025
Can. Much waffle about this beer but, no hop info - yawn! Just a light haze on this slightly pale yellowish gold beer, small but reasonably persistent pale cream colour head. Smooth airy start to the palate, a mild dryness, good fine minerally carbonation on the back end. Soft creamy sweet malts, a pretty forward creamy sweetness. Cooling pine into light bright juicy citrus. A mild hop spice nip. Light finish. Pretty quaffable but, a tad sweet overall.

Tried from Can on 14 Sep 2025 at 18:11


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Tried from Draft at Kingsmead Street Bottle on 11 Sep 2025 at 23:00


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

330ml can via Beer52. Poured into my Gordon's thistle shaped glass at home on 11th September 2025. Lovely tanned foam on top, dark body, black in colour. Decimated Coconut aroma and taste, malty base behind the initial Coconut burst. Slight date/raisin like flavours try and butt in, but the coconut sees them off!

Tried from Can from Beer52 on 11 Sep 2025 at 21:15


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Keg draught at the Real Ale Classroom, Stoneygate, Leicester. Light gold, clear with a swirl of white head. Aroma of slightly gluey notes, resin, floral hops. Taste is sweet, more light citrus and white bread, gentle hop on the watery finish. Very little carbonation. I mean, for a low alcohol pale this is very nice.

Tried from Draft at Real Ale Classroom (Stoneygate) on 11 Sep 2025 at 17:10


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

Isle Of Wight Holiday Beer#88. Fuller tropical aroma than taste, but fairly easy texture for its strength. On the sweeter pineapple side of things. Drank by the coast.

Tried from Can from Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations) on 10 Sep 2025 at 13:57

gave a cheers!

6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

330ml can. Pours near black with beige head, little retention. Aroma of coconut, chocolate, some roasted malt notes. Taste of coconut and vanilla is too rich and overpowering at first although it does balance somewhat on repeated sips with caramel, fig, malt and dark sugar flavours. Modest roasted finish. Nice balance to the mouthfeel with a fine carbonation. Below average for the strength.

Tried from Can from Beer52 on 28 Aug 2025 at 00:35


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

[33cl can from Beer52.] A cloudy pale amber pour with a loose white head; aroma of pine and citrus; citrusy taste with a chewy malt body; then a light citrus bitterness to finish. An interesting hybrid.

Tried from Can from Beer52 on 12 Aug 2025 at 19:57


Brewery Stats
Score 6.81
Beers316
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