I had not come across Bay's Brewery before, but that appears to be because it is relatively young, as breweries go. Bays Brewery began in March 2007 when Will Freeland, Mark Salmon and Peter Salmon joined forces and signed a lease on an old 5000 square foot steel fabrication unit in Paignton. The transformation into a brewery began towards the end of March that year and by the middle of June, after some considerable construction and installation works, they were running their first brew through their newly installed 20 barrel brew plant.
The first two brews, Best and Gold, were successfully launched into local pubs simultaneously in the first week in July. With Will Freeland’s experience as the head brewer at Skinners Brewery in Truro for ten years Bays Brewery was quickly able to establish an efficient and consistent brewing regime. Bottles were launched in August 2007, the brewery shop was opened in October 2007 and their third ale, Bays Breaker, was made available to drinkers in November 2007. If you want to find out more, go to www.baysbrewery.co.uk
Bays Gold is designed to be an easy drinking light golden ale, though its colour is amber rather than golden. The blend of English and continental hops used is intended to "create lemon citrus overtones that tantalise and refresh the palate". I can't say that my experience actually matched that, as I found it a bit on the bland side and not as hoppy as I expected from the description.
The only information given about ingredients is that it contains wheat and barley. It is bottle conditioned and ABV is 4.5%.
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