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Rake Welsh Beer Festival February 2010 ABV: 4.4% The Blorenge. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jemwilliams/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 I must confess I’d not heard of this brewery, one of a number of new Welsh micros, and chose the beer from the cask selection at the Rake festival largely on the grounds of its relatively low [...] Rake Welsh Beer Festival February 2010 ABV: 6.5% Breconshire Ysprid y Ddraig Breconshire Brewery under the leadership of brewer Justin “Buster” Grant has become one of the best breweries in Wales, mixing innovation with consistency and a sense of tradition and place. Buster is adept at making easy going session beers with [...] ABV: 3.5% A shorter version was originally published in BEER November 2008. For more smoky beers see previous post. Jolly Brewer Roasted unmalted barley lends an unmistakeable sharp roasty bite to Irish-style dry stouts. A distinctive example is Jolly Brewer Suzanne’s Stout from a [...] Top Tastings 2009 ABV: 4% Bryncelyn began as a tiny brewery in the cellar of the Wern Fawr Inn at Ystalyfera in 1999 and steadily built up a reputation as one of Wales’ best small cask ale breweries — it’s since expanded to new premises in industrial workshops at Ystradgynlais. The name means Holly [...] Originally published in BEER March 2006 See previous post for more Welsh beers. Note Cwrw Castell has since been discontinued. ABV 3.8 and 5.6 per cent Conwy Cwrw Castell At the opposite, northern end of Wales is another relatively new micro that takes [...] Originally published in BEER March 2006. ABV 4.5 and 4.7 per cent Breconshire Red Dragon With St David’s Day imminent as this issue hits the shelves, this month’s column finds a welcome in the hillside for real ale in a bottle with two [...] First published in BEER March 2007 ABV: 3.7 and 4.6 Mŵs Piws Cwrw Madog The daffodils are blooming, the days are getting longer and Gŵyl Ddewi is upon us – time to celebrate the coming of spring with a glass of cwrw cymreig da. Wales has a reasonable sprinkling of craft [...] Originally published in What’s Brewing March 2005. Note this brewery has since closed. Origin: Llangefni, Isle of Anglesey, Wales Ynys Môn Medra Only four Welsh breweries offering real ale in a bottle are listed in the current Good Bottled Beer Guide, and with St David’s Day only days away when [...] |
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