Breconshire Brewery is a brewery in Brecon in Powys, 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.
Breconshire Brewery was established when beer distributing company C.H. Marlow decided to expand into beer produc...
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Breconshire Brewery is a brewery in Brecon in Powys, 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.
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. The company produces six regular ales, as well as occasional and seasonal beers. 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...
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