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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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
440ml can.  Pours deep bright red with a small head.  Aroma is sour and cheesy cherry stone, with a little yoghurt.  Taste has light sour cherry throughout with a slightly cheesy finish.
Tried from Can on 19 Feb 2026 at 20:59

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can from Eltham Sainsburys. Sweet citrus & tropical fruit nose. Orange zest, grapefruit & peach flavours. Quite a fruity bittersweet number. Long hoppy linger.
Tried from Can from Sainsbury's (Various locations) on 16 Feb 2026 at 21:11

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can. Nose is pineapple, peach, ripe mango. Taste is lime, pith, mango, hint of pineapple. Sticky mouthfeel

A bit thin for the strength but very serviceable.
Tried on 14 Jan 2026 at 22:22

Tried from Draft at Kingsmead Street Bottle on 13 Jan 2026 at 00:00

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Brown with a tan head. Aroma of brown sugars and malt. Flavour is caramel and salt, toffee and sugar. Cake finish.
Tried from Can on 06 Jan 2026 at 00:00

6.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Black with a tan head. Aroma of plum and toffee. Flavour is toffee fruits, soft chewy finish.
Tried from Can on 06 Jan 2026 at 00:00

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
New Year's Day 2026 Beers #3 of 3. Full-bodied, although on the crisper tasting side of this, nevertheless its strength transfers into a deeper texture rather than directly into taste. In terms of this its heavy pine aroma is lesser stated in taste, but evident enough.
Tried from Can from Sainsbury's (Various locations) on 01 Jan 2026 at 22:33

8.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 9 Overall 8
Bottle from Bottle Baron (2017) and can from House Of Trembling Madness (2026). Black body with a thick tan head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of liquorice, plum, wood, chocolate and salted caramel. Flavour of dumpling, brown sugar, cherry, berries, toffee, Turkish Delight and a hint of cinnamon on the finish. Medium body with a smooth mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A complex, warming beer. Lovely.
Tried from Can at House Of The Trembling Madness (Lendal) on 31 Dec 2025 at 17:49

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7
Tried from Can on 30 Dec 2025 at 17:20

Tried from Draft at Kingsmead Street Bottle on 24 Dec 2025 at 13:17