2002 founder c.h. marlow defunct 2014 headquarters brecon wales products beer owner c.h. marlow website www.breconshirebrewery.com breconshire brewery is a brewery in brecon in powys wales . 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 . in january 2014 the brewery closed . contents 1 brewery 2 beer 3 awards 4 closure 5 references 6 external links brewery edit 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 . beer edit breconshire s beers are made with optic barley and use varieties of hops from wales and england . the brewery recommends that unlike other cask ales breconshire beers be tapped and vented at the same time ; failure to do so leads to incomplete sedimentation . ysbryd y ddraig 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 a blend of progress and dwarf hops . awards edit 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 closure edit in january 2014 the brewery closed with the loss of 3 jobs . 1 references edit breconshire brewery closes with the loss of 3 jobs . external links edit breconshire brewery homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title breconshire brewery & oldid 742554988 categories breweries in walesbritish companies established in 2002food and drink companies established in 2002powys navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages svenska edit links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 11 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view