n broke personalisation awards find us homethe breconshire brewery was founded in 2002 as part of c.h.marlow a wholesaler and distributor of ales in the south wales area for over 30 years . the ten barrel plant sourced from the defunct pembrokeshire brewery was put together and commissioned just in time for christmas 2002 . to create the ales from the heart of wales range optic malts are blended with a range of uk grown whole hops . at the great welsh beer and cider festival 2003 organised by camra the campaign for real ale the judges of the champion beer of wales competition awarded a gold medal to brecon county ale and silver medals to golden valley and ramblers ruin . golden valley also won the accolade of beer of the festival at the carmarthen beer festival in 2003 . at the 2004 competition the brecon county ale retained it s title as the best pint of bitter in wales and the golden valley won the overall title of champion beer of wales 2004 5 . our 2004 hop harvest special beer green dragon won beer of the festival at the inaugeral narberth food festival . visiting the brewery we are more than glad to welcome visitors to our brewery . contact us let us know your plans . we are accepting groups of 5 to 10 persons at a time . the tour and introduction usually takes 1 2 hours . a gift for each visitor e cigarette as we are non smoking enthusiasts we have an interesting gift for our visitors breconshire brewery electronic cigarette . we want to thank norm from ecig reviews for the idea and making it real . e cigs are clever devices that can be used instead of regular fags to ease your nicotine cravings . instead of inhaling thousands of harmful substances like tar all you inhale is water vapor and nicotine . if you already are a non smoker good for you then take the gift and give it to someone you know who smokes . contact us privacy statement copyright 2014 breconshire brewery . all rights reserved .