Breconshire Brewery
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| 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.
Brewery
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.
Brands
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]
Awards
- Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival, 2003: Gold medal, Brecon County Ale; silver medal, Golden Valley Ale; silver medal, Ramblers Ruin Ale
- Carmarthen Beer Festival, 2003: Beer of the festival, Golden Valley Ale
- Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival, 2004: Best bitter, Brecon County Ale; Champion Beer of Wales 2004-2005, Golden Valley Ale
- Narberth Food Festival, 2004: Beer of the Festival, Green Dragon Ale
- Great British Beer Festival, 2005: Finalist, Champion Beer of Britain, Golden Valley Ale
- Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival, 2005: Gold medal (bitter), Brecon County Ale; joint winner, best bitters, Golden Valley Ale; finalist, Champion Beer of Wales, Ramblers Ruin
References
- ↑ "Mordecai Jones". Welsh Biography Online. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
- ↑ "Breconshire". ratebeer.com. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ↑ "Breconshire Brewery, Brecon, Brewers of Draught Ales and Bottled Beers.". www.breconshirebrewery.com. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ↑ "Ysbrid y Ddraig Ale from the breconshire rewery, Brecon Wales: Draught Ales, Bottled Beers". www.breconshirebrewery.com. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ↑ "Breconshire Fan Dance from Breconshire — Ratebeer". ratebeer.com. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ↑ "Fan Dance Ale from the breconshire rewery, Brecon Wales: Draught Ales, Bottled Beers". www.breconshirebrewery.com. Retrieved 2009-08-10.