Welsh Brewery celebrates 175 doggy years of brewing

2012 is, of course Jubilee year and the Royalty of brewing (well years of hanging out in the Royal Hotel in Penarth must count for something) in South Wales, Bullmastiff Brewery are celebrating after brewing for 175 Doggy years or 25 human years!

Brewing brother Bob & Paul Jenkins will be celebrating their first 25 years running a brewery with a meet the brewer night this Wednesday (28.03.12) in their local Wetherspoons, the Bear's Head in Penarth, from 6pm.

They have also brewed a one-off special beer, Bullmastiff Brewery Jubilee Ale, 4.3% ABV, .


Tasting Notes: This amber-coloured ale is brewed with Maris Otter malt and features a very fruity aroma with hints of blackcurrant from the Willamette Hops which added late to the brewing copper to impart this aroma. An initial biscuity sweetness in the flavour leads to a dry, bitter aftertaste with moderate astringency and rich, dark fruit flavours. Challenger hops are also used in this brew to provide the bitterness.

Time to dig out some photos from the archives, all taken with the old Canon A1 in the days before digital photography:

Above: Bob pouring a pint in the Royal Hotel, Penarth

Below: Bob drinking a pint!!

 

Above: Bob recieving a one of his many awards from me in my designer stubble days!

Meet the Bullmastiff Brewer

Bob Jenkins, owner and head brewer of the award-winning Bullmastiff Brewery of Cardiff, will be holding one of his regular 'meet the brewer' sessions at the Bear's Head pub in Penarth tomorrow night (Wednesday 30th April) from 1900hrs.

Bob will be sampling some of his beers and answering questions from inquisitive customers at the JDW Wetherspoons pub:
Bear's Head

37-39 Windsor Road

Penarth

CF64 1JD

 

Picture to the left is an old photo taken in the now defunct Royal Hotel in Penarth, of Bob Jenkins pouring a pint of beer.

 

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 Whilst looking for a photo of Bob to use for this piece I came across this old photo from 1996! Taken in the days I had hair and designer stubble! The awards are for Beer of the Festival at the one and only Poola Festival, held at Pontypool Rugby Club and for runner-up in Champion Beer of Wales Competition.

Meet the brewer - Penarth this Saturday

One of Wales' oldest established micro-brewers, Bullmastiff, will be holding a meet the brewer session from midday this Saturday (6th November) at the Bear's Head in Penarth.
The Bear's Head has, in the last few years, established itself as the brewery tap for brewing brothers Bob and Paul Jenkins' award-winning beers.
Bob will be taking customers on a beery experience with a tutored tasting of his 'Special Reserve' beer, a 6.5% creation, brewed with Goldings and Willamette hop varities and described as:
A beer that's got the lot. A powerful mix of malt and hops leading to a lasting bitter aftertaste with an almost buttescotch aftertaste.

Also on the bar will be Bullmastiff favourites such as Son of Bitch and Old Snarler. A perfect accompaniment to get everyone in the mood for the Wales win later in the day.

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Well I'm Buggied!

 

Celebrate National Forgiveness week with Bullmastiff Brewery

An award-winning Cardiff brewery is launching a new beer this week with a theme of forgiveness. Bullmastiff Brewery is celebrating National Forgiveness Week with a 5% real ale, hand crafted by brewing brothers Bob and Paul Jenkins at their small craft-ale brewery situated off Penarth Road in Cardiff. The new beer, called Well I'm Buggied was named after an incident that occurred a few weeks ago involving a member of the Welsh Rugby Union team and a golf buggy. However, according to Bullmastiff brewer Bob Jenkins, “Now is the time to forgive and what better way to do it than with a pint of Bullmastiff beer. Throughout the year there are celebrations for various events so why not a National Forgiveness Week to forgive those who may have stepped out of line in the past?”

Bullmastiff Brewery Well I'm Buggied! 5% ABV, will be available on draught in pubs across South Wales such as Fagins in Taffs Well and the Lorelei Hotel in Porthcawl.

Bob Jenkins continued, “We brew our regular ales such as Son of a Bitch and Bullmastiff Gold throughout the year but every now and again we decide to create a new beer recipe which we find is popular with CAMRA members who appreciate a different locally brewed hand-crafted real ale. This is what we have done with Well I'm Buggied and I'm sure it will be hit with our customers”.

Bullmastiff Brewery was established in 1987 in Penarth by brewing brothers Bob and Paul Jenkins and moved to Cardiff in 1992, their beers have won awards in CAMRA local and national competitions. The brewery does not run any pubs and all their beers are served on handpump in pubs throughout South Wales, including the unofficial brewery tap, the Wetherspoons-owned Boars Head in Penarth. The Bullmastiff Brewery was named after Bob's prize-winning dogs and the beer names often feature a humorous play on words involving dogs.

Tasting Notes: Well I'm Buggied is a tawny-coloured strong ale with a fruity aroma, caused by the use of Saaz hops added later to the boil. Fuggles and Goldings hops also provide the bitterness to this beer and the taste is of a biscuity flavour caused by the use of Maris Otter Pale Malt. Both Crystal and Chocolate Malt are also used in this beer, the latter for colour more than for flavour. The hoppy aftertaste gives a satisfying bitter finish to this beer.

Further Information:

Bob Jenkins, Bullmastiff Brewery, 029 20 665292 or 0790 190 1810

Bullmastiff Brewery launches new beer

Cardiff-based Bullmastiff Brewery have launched another beer to their award-winning brewing pedigree. The 4.6% Welsh Pride is a pale ale, brewed with Northdown and Styrian Golding hops and is available in selected pubs such as the Mochyn Ddu, Cardiff, the Old Swan in Llantwit Major and and the Vale of Glamorgan in Cowbridge, as well as in other well-known real ale pubs throughout South Wales. Bullmastiff Brewery have now been brewing for 22 years and are one the oldest of the new breed of Welsh independent brewers. Brewing brothers Bob and Paul Jenkins also produce the multi-award winning beer Son of a Bitch as well as Welsh Gold, Thoroughbred and Brindle.

Bullmastiff Brewery 029 20 665292