Breconshire Brewery

Breconshire Brewery

Infobox Brewery
name = Breconshire Brewery


caption = Crest of the Breconshire Brewery
location = Brecon, Wales, UK
owner = C.H. Marlow
opened = 2002
production =
active_beers = brewbox_beer|name=Brecon County Ale|style=bitter brewbox_beer|name=Red Dragon Ale|style=Welsh red ale brewbox_beer|name=Ramblers Ruin Ale|style=strong ale brewbox_beer|name=Golden Valley Ale|style=golden ale brewbox_beer|name=Fan Dance Ale|style= bitter brewbox_beer|name=Brecknock Best|style=best bitter brewbox_beer|name=Pen y Fan|style=IPA
seasonal_beers = brewbox_beer|name=Winter Beacon Ale|style=winter ale brewbox_beer|name=Green Dragon Ale|style=green-hopped bitter brewbox_beer|name=Green Valley Ale|style=green-hopped golden ale brewbox_beer|name=Sam Eluned|style=wheat beer brewbox_beer|name=Night Beacon|style=peated stout brewbox_beer|name=Ysbrid y Ddraig (Spirit of the Dragon)|style=strong ale brewbox_beer|name=GVX (Golden Valley Extra)|style=golden ale
other_beers = brewbox_beers|type=Retired brewbox_beer|name=Welsh Pale Ale|style=mild brewbox_beer|name=Discovery Ale|style=best bitter brewbox_beer|name=SunSpot Lager|style=lager brewbox_beer|name=Three Stations Porter|style=porter brewbox_beer|name=Black Dragon Stout|style=strong stout

Breconshire Brewery is a brewery in Brecon, Wales. The head brewer is Justin "Buster" Grant, formerly of Brakspear Brewery. Since its establishment in 2002, the brewery 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. Marlowe decided to expand into beer production. Marlowe established the brewery in a part of their warehouse in Brecon. The brewery's boiler, mash tun, lauter tun and fermenters came thirdhand from Pembrokeshire Brewery.

Beer

Breconshire's beers are made with Optic barley and use many varietials of hops from Wales and England, some obscure. Like other Welsh beers, they tend to be sweet rather than dry. The brewery recommends that, unlike other cask ales, Breconshire beers be tapped and vented at the same time; failure to do so leads incomplete sedementation.

Ysprid y Ddraig (Welsh: "Spirit of the Dragon") begins with a standard Breconshire beer as a base, with Golden Valley and Ramblers Ruin known to have been used before; the beer is then aged for several months in whiskey casks. The beer is also sold as a Discworld tie-in beer under the name "Bearhugger's Old Restorative".

Fan Dance takes its name from the exercise conducted by the British army on Pen y Fan and contains an unusual blend of Progress and "dwarf" hops.

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

External links

* [http://www.breconshirebrewery.com/ Breconshire Brewery homepage]


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