It’s not that long ago I was writing about Wales not having many rater’s above 100, you now need 174 to get onto the leader board, how times have changed. Well actually it was on the old forum pages that we discussed Wales last time around, so it’s a while since then!
It seems to have got harder to get Welsh rates recently, however, I did visit South Wales last year for a couple of weeks, so I did boost it then. Noticed a couple at GBBF Winter Ales this week that I will target.
I have managed to get 4 of the 8 districts through 100 ratings and Dyfed is in the 90’s now.
Recommend Wales Ales if you’re looking for Welsh ticks. Good value and a lot of breweries you won’t find outside Cymru.
I had a subscription with him for a long while which boosted my no. of Welsh ticks (think I’m up to 400ish on the yellow app). Plenty of stuff from Tenby, Tenby Harbwr, Twt Lol, Left Bank (recommended!), Dogs Window, Lucky 7, 9 Lives and more.
It might not be obvious from the site but he will ship.
I’ve actually got enough Welsh beer at home to bag me this prestigious acolade since last year but just haven’t been drinking a lot recently. I’ll probably tuck in to them shortly.
Living 9 miles from the border helps. Polly’s, Wild Horse, Tiny Rebel et al are all ubiquitous in border town craft alehouses, and all the Welsh craft bars have a nice focus on Welsh breweries… really not hard to bump the ticks up.
I went to a Tiny Rebel 11th Birthday tap take over last week. I had all eight of their ‘Blends’, it was hard work to be honest. All weird flavourings and an average of 7.4% ABV, had a headache the following day.