|
||||||
|
Rake Welsh Beer Festival February 2010 ABV: 4.4% Origin: Y Fenni, Sir Fynwy, Cymru Website: http://www.tudorbrewery.co.uk/ 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 […] Rake Welsh Beer Festival February 2010 Top Tastings 2010 ABV: 6.5% Origin: Aberhonddu, Powys, Cymru Website: www.breconshirebrewery.com 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 […] ABV: 3.5% Origin: Wrecsam, Cymru Website: www.jollybrewer.co.uk A shorter version was originally published in BEER November 2008. For more smoky beers see previous post. Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version also published on facebook January 2009. Jolly Brewer Roasted unmalted barley lends an unmistakeable sharp roasty bite to Irish-style dry stouts. A distinctive […] Top Tastings 2009 ABV: 4% Origin: Ystradgynlais, Powys, Cymru Website: Currently unavailable 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 […] Originally published in BEER March 2006 Beer sellers: Meadow Farm Shop See previous post for more Welsh beers. Note Cwrw Castell has since been discontinued. ABV 3.8 and 5.6 per cent Origin Conwy Town, Conwy, Wales Buy from local outlets, brewery (tel 01492 585287) Website www.conwybrewery.co.uk Conwy Cwrw Castell At the opposite, northern […] Originally published in BEER March 2006. Beer sellers: Meadow Farm Shop ABV 4.5 and 4.7 per cent Origin Brecon, Powys, Wales Buy from specialist shops, brewery (tel 01874 623731) Website www.breconshirebrewery.com Breconshire Red Dragon With St David’s Day imminent as this issue hits the shelves, this month’s column finds a welcome in the […] First published in BEER March 2007 ABV: 3.7 and 4.6 Origin: Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales Buy from: Local outlets, specialists Website www.purplemoose.co.uk 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 […] Originally published in What’s Brewing March 2005. Note this brewery has since closed. Origin: Llangefni, Isle of Anglesey, Wales ABV: 4 and 4.5 per cent Buy from local sources, brewery Ynys Môn Medra Only four Welsh breweries offering real ale in a bottle are listed in the current Good Bottled Beer Guide, and […] |
||||||
