Waen Brewery Gravity One (4.5%)
“Red Ale with bags of hops”. That’s about right. Pouring a deep chestnut red with a big fluffy cloud for a head, Gravity One smells of passion fruit and hibiscus. There’s a good malt body in here, it’s...
View ArticleCelt Experience Brewery Native Storm (4.4%)
Yet another terrific beer from Celt, Native Storm is a Brown Ale that pours a deep chestnut red with a Honey Nut Cornflake aroma. The malts are the star here with their robust hazelnut and digestive,...
View ArticleTiny Rebel Cwtch (4.6%)
Cwtch: The Welsh word for an affectionate hug. There’s no literal English translation, but its nearest equivlent is “safe place”. So if you give someone a cwtch, you’re giving them a “safe place”. I...
View ArticleTiny Rebel Brewing Co. FUBAR (4.4%)
I’m really rather surprised that I’ve not reviewed this bottle of beer before, but it seems that I haven’t and so here I go. FUBAR is, if I recall correctly, is a military acronym for something that’s,...
View ArticleBragdy Conwy Riptide (4.6%)
Conwy’s Black IPA is actually alright, but then I suppose just by the law of averages I was eventually going to find a beer from this brewery that I thought was OK. And when I say it’s alright I really...
View ArticleBragdy Diwydiant Trwm: An Interview With Heavy Industry Brewing
A week or two ago I got hold of a bunch of cans of beer from a Welsh brewery called Heavy Industry that I’d been wanting to try for some time, and as I drank them and realised how much … Continue...
View ArticleWild Horse Brewing Co. Red Rye IPA (5.8%)
Part of Wild Horse’s Ten Barrel series, this is my first taste of anything made by this brewery from North Wales and, more importantly, if this is anything to go by then I want to try more. Pouring a...
View ArticleBluestone Brewing Co: Beer From Pembrokeshire
Until a couple of weeks ago I’d not heard of Bluestone Brewing who are based Pembrokeshire, but I got talking to them and they wanted to send me some beer to try. And judging by these little bottles of...
View ArticleWild Horse Brewing Co. Dry Hopped American Wheat (4.7%)
I’m going to be up in North Wales in the middle of May and so I’ll be hoping to find some of this brewery’s beer on tap because, if this little bottle is anything to go by, they’re worth searching …...
View ArticleWild Horse Brewing Co. Mosaic Single Hop Pale Ale (4.9%)
A few weeks ago I was in the tiny village of Bethesda, in the foothills of Snowdonia. My band were waiting to soundcheck at the amazing Neuadd Ogwen and we were sitting in the pub next door. On the bar...
View ArticleWest By Three Brewing Co. Session IPA V2 (4.3%)
With its cloudy apricot body and its big fluffy head, West By Three’s Session IPA certainly looks inviting. It also tastes pretty good. There’s a Passion flower and honeysuckle aroma and taking a swig...
View ArticleThe Ley Of The Land: Lines Brew Co.
Lines Brew Co. of Caerphilly, Wales are doing something a little bit different and from my experience so far, they’re doing it very well. Set up earlier in 2017, Lines brew and, almost more...
View ArticleWild Horse Brewing Co. Denali Pale Ale (4.3%)
Denali is a new hop variety to me and I rather like it. It has a pineapple and spicy, almost blue cheese aroma, and taking a swig you find lots of juicy fruit, with pineapple and lemon zest, oranges...
View ArticleWild Horse Brewing Co. Buckskin Blonde (4.5%)
Light and soft this may be, but it has enough flavour and character to keep my interest right down the glass. Pouring a bright straw gold, the aroma is honeysuckle and strawberries and a little earthy...
View ArticleLOKA POLLY Simcoe Waimea Extra Pale Ale (4.3%)
I was in the mood for some classic Welsh language Indie and then, once I’d stuck a Fflaps record on, I decided I needed some top Welsh beer to go with it. And what better than a super Pale from …...
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