Wiper and True

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

Established in 2012

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

Old rating - A 500ml bottle from Waitrose. ABV 4.2. A hazy amber colour with foamy head. A lovely pale ale with lots of flavour. Different bottle of beer in my home No. 1941

Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2025 at 20:51


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can from Heaton Hops. Pours hazed golden amber with beige foam. Aroma: grapefruit, marmaladepine. Light to moderate sweet & moderate+ bitter. Pale malts, grapefruit pith, resin. Medium body with soft carbonation. Tidy west coast gear.

Tried from Can at Heaton Hops on 29 Apr 2025 at 21:08


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can online from Raynville. AF WCIPA. Pours clear gold with white foam. Nice citrus aroma & taste, fair bitterness. Not bad.

Tried from Can from Raynville Superstore on 29 Apr 2025 at 20:59


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Tried from Can on 27 Apr 2025 at 15:22


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

Old rating from 2014 - 500ml bottle, pours amber with a off white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, caramel, stone fruits, pine & malt. Moderate body. Sweet moderate bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 18 Apr 2025 at 14:27


6.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Keg at Beer Emporium, Bristol. Pours near clear pale gold with white foam. Sweet grains, biscuit, bready hints, mild citrus. Moderate sweet with lighter bitterness. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Bit too sweet imo.

Tried from Draft at Beer Emporium on 06 Apr 2025 at 12:01


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle on The Weardale Explorer - 813, thanks to the Nigel, 05/04/2025.
Black with a lasting khaki head.
Nose is chocolate, coffee bean, dark malts, light spice.
Taste comprises chocolate, mellow espresso, brown sugar dusting, dark malts.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Tidy pastry affair.

Tried on 05 Apr 2025 at 20:04


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

Tried from Can on 05 Apr 2025 at 20:03


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Wiper and True Bristol. Black beer lasting tan head. Bit fizzy lacks some body. But it's got some depth some dark chocolate some charcoal. It's a dry stout. I would expect a bit more body but otherwise it's ok. Some over carbonated acid on finish.

Tried from Draft at Wiper and True Brewery & Taproom on 29 Mar 2025 at 16:48


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

On tap at Wiper and True Bristol. Hazy gold colour lasting white head. Some dank aroma after that it's a citrus led ipa. Lots of fresh fruit. Lemon lime orange. Italian a lovely citrus fruit led ipa really good ipa. Good fruit decent bitterness. Some grapefruit. Yes zesty. Excellent

Tried from Draft at Wiper and True Brewery & Taproom on 29 Mar 2025 at 16:31


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Score 6.81
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