Welsh beer

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Welsh beer is generally regarded as beer brewed in Wales. It has a similar history and tradition to beer brewed in the rest of the British Isles. Wales, along with the rest of Britain, came under the influence of the temperance movement, and there has historically been a lot of heavy industry such as coal mining in south Wales. This has given some people the impression that all Welsh beers have been very weak. However, as with beers all over Britain, alcohol percentages vary.

Investment by the Welsh Development Agency has helped establish a large number of breweries in Wales in recent years.

Some breweries located outside Wales proper but in the Welsh Marches self-identify and brand themselves as Welsh.

[edit] List of Welsh breweries

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Breconshire Brewery, Brecon
Bragdy'R Bryn Cyf, Denbigh
Bryncelyn Brewery, Ystalyfera, Swansea
Bullmastiff Brewery, Leckwith, Cardiff
Carter's Brewery, Machen, Caerphilly
Bragdy Ceredigion Brewery, New Quay
Coles Family Brewery, Llandarog
Conwy Brewery Ltd, Conwy
Cwmbran Brewery, Upper Cwmbran
Dobbins And Jackson Newport Brewing Company Limited, Donthir, Newport
Wm Evan Evans Brewery, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire
Facer's Flintshire Brewery, Flint
Felinfoel Brewery Company, Ltd., Felinfoel, Llanelli (oldest regional brewery in Wales)
Ffos y Ffin Brewery, Capel Dewi, Carmarthen
The Flock Inn Brewery, Brechfa, Carmarthen
The Great Orme Brewery Ltd/Bragdy'r Gogarth, Colwyn Bay
Bragdy Gwynant, Capel Bangor, Aberystwyth
The Jacobi Brewery of Caio, Penlanwen, Pumsaint, Llanwrda
Jolly Brewer, Wrexham
Kingstone Brewery, Whitebrook, Monmouth
Lord Raglan brewery, Merthyr Tydfil
Nags Head Brewery, Abercwch, Boncath
Neuadd Brewing Company, Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys
Otley Brewing Company Limited, Pontypridd
Penlon Cottage Brewery, Penlon, Pencae, Llanarth
Plassey Brewery, Eyton, Wrexham
Bragdy Mŵs Piws Cyf / Purple Moose Brewery Ltd, Porthmadog
Rhymney Brewery Ltd, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil
SA Brain & Company Ltd, Cardiff (regional brewery)
Snowdonia Brewery, Waunfawr, Caernarfon
Swansea Brewing Company, Bishopston, Swansea
Tomos Watkin Ltd (Hurns Brewing Co.), Swansea
Vale Of Glamorgan Brewery, Limited, Barry
Warcop Brewery, Wentloog, Newport