july 1999 founder will hopton headquarters ystalyfera wales area served ystalyfera products beer production output approximately 200 brewer s barrels per year at capacity owner will & sandra hopton website www.bryncelynbrewery.org.uk bryncelyn brewery is a brew pub in wern fawr inn a pub located near ystalyfera neath port talbot in wales . brewing was begun in july 1999 and the brewers are will hopton and robert scott . 1 the brewery produces three quarters of a uk brewer s barrel of beer at a time . the ales have been consistent and frequent winners of awards at beer festivals since the brewery s inception . contents 1 beers 1.1 buddy holly 2 awards 3 references 4 external links beers edit bryncelyn oh boy pumpclip the first beer produced was buddy s delight ; this was done in nine gallon one firkin batches . the brewery then expanded to 27 gallon batches and began producing five beer types in 2000 ; 2 by 2002 this had further expanded to one barrel and as of 2006 update twelve recipes are brewed with brewing taking place up to four times a week . bryncelyn s three regular beers are oh boy a bitter ; buddy marvellous a strong mild ale ; and holly hop a golden ale . a further nine beers are produced on an occasional or seasonal basis . the good beer guide describes oh boy as an enticing hop and fruit aroma a golden color and a taste full of hops and fruit . good bitterness and underlying malt add to the flavor with a long hoppily bitter finish . 3 bryncelyn s beers are usually available only at the wern fawr inn but can be purchased for take away in polypins and frequently appear at beer festivals in wales . 4 buddy holly edit the names of bryncelyn s beers all feature the motif of references to the singer & guitarist buddy holly ; the name bryncelyn itself means holly hill in welsh . pump clips and associated artwork for the brewery also feature holly s image or references holly in some way oh boy refers to the song oh boy holly hop refers to the instrumental of the same name peggy s brew refers to the song peggy sue chh are the initials of charles hardin holley buddy holly s birth name rave on refers to the song of the same name feb 59 refers to holly s death on 3 february 1959 . may b baby refers to the song maybe baby that ll be the sleigh refers to the song that ll be the day says brewer and publican will hopton about holly he was such a talented fellow and he died at 22 . he was such an influence on such a lot of different groups and individuals . elvis was good performer but buddy wrote most of his own music . hopton sees the beer theme as a way of paying tribute to the performer . 5 awards edit bryncelyn s beers frequently place highly in blind tastings performed at festivals . buddy marvellous was awarded the champion beer of wales title in 2002 and oh boy that title in 2003 . 4 1999 carmarthen beer festival buddy s delight silver medal cardiff beer festival buddy marvellous silver medal 2001 cardiff beer festival oh boy gold medal 2002 carmarthen beer festival oh boy bronze medal great welsh beer & cider festival buddy marvellous gold medal 6 2003 great welsh beer & cider festival oh boy gold medal ; buddy marvellous bronze medal 6 2004 carmarthen beer festival oh boy silver medal great welsh beer & cider festival buddy marvellous bronze medal 6 2005 great welsh beer & cider festival oh boy bronze medal ; buddy marvellous champion mild ale ; oh boy champion best bitter 6 7 8 2006 mumbles beer festival oh boy gold medal great welsh beer & cider festival holly hop champion bitter . 9 2007 great welsh beer & cider festival holly hop silver medal ; buddy marvellous bronze medal ; oh boy champion best bitter ; holly hop champion bitter ; buddy marvellous champion strong mild old ale . 10 2008 great welsh beer & cider festival buddy marvelous runner up mild ; holly hop runner up bitter ; oh boy runner up best bitter 11 the wern fawr inn has itself been awarded the title of pub of the year in 2005 by the neath and port talbot branch of camra as well as regional pub of the year for south and mid wales by a ballot among all branches of camra in the area . 12 references edit bryncelyn brewery wern fawr inn beer brewery . archived from the original on january 5 2009 . retrieved 2006 12 27 . matt gullam 2000 02 16 . bryncelyn ystalyfera . newsgroup uk.food drink.real ale . retrieved 2006 12 28 . protz roger september 2006 . good beer guide 2006 . camra books . isbn 1 85249 224 4 . a b bryncelyn brewery our selection of beers . retrieved 2006 12 27 . buddy holly pub wins beer award . bbc news . 2005 09 14 . retrieved 2006 12 28 . a b c d champion beer of wales winners . retrieved 2006 12 27 . shipton martin 2005 12 03 . small is beautiful for wales top beer brewers . western mail . retrieved 2006 12 27 . neil warnock . great welsh beer and cider festival . archived from the original on 2006 12 13 . retrieved 2006 12 28 . great welsh beer & cider festival . retrieved 2006 12 27 . bryncelyn brewery wern fawr inn . champion beer of wales competition 2008 . 13 june 2008 . retrieved 2008 06 15 . good beer guide 2006 names top 16 pubs in britain 12 09 2005 camra . camra . 2005 09 12 . retrieved 2006 12 28 . external links edit official site bryncelyn brewery at beer me retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bryncelyn brewery & oldid 742554842 categories 1999 establishments in walesbreweries in walesneath port talbotbuddy hollyhidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from 2006all articles containing potentially dated statements 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 add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 11 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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