| Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder(s) | C.H. Marlow |
| Headquarters | Brecon, Wales |
| Products | Beer |
| Owner(s) | C.H. Marlow |
Breconshire Brewery is a brewery in Brecon in Powys, Wales. The head brewer was Justin "Buster" Grant, formerly of Brakspear Brewery.
Named after the original 1841 Breconshire Brewery established by Mordecai Jones,[1] the new brewery since its establishment in 2002, has received numerous awards at Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) festivals and others. The brewery owns three pubs in Powys: two in Brecon and one in Llangynidr.
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Breconshire Brewery was established when beer distributing company C.H. Marlow decided to expand into beer production. Marlow established the brewery in a part of their warehouse in Brecon. The brewery's copper, mash tun, lauter tun and fermenters came thirdhand from Pembrokeshire Brewery.
Breconshire produces a range of cask and bottle conditioned ales.[2] The company produces six regular ales, as well as occasional and seasonal beers.[3] The beers are made with Optic barley and use varieties of hops from Wales and England. Two of the occasional beers have been: Ysbryd y Ddraig ("Spirit of the Dragon"), which is a beer aged for several months in whiskey casks;[4] and Fan Dance, which takes its name from the exercise conducted by the British army on Pen y Fan, and contains a blend of Progress and "dwarf" hops.[5][6]