Bluestone Brewery - Bedrock Blonde
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Bedrock Blonde is a 4% ABV blonde ale brewed by Bluestone Brewing Company, a family run microbrewery based in the Preseli Hills of North Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is one of the brewery's core, year-round beers, and its straw colour and gentle malt character make it a good representative of the classic blonde ale style.
Bluestone Brewing operates from Cilgwyn, a small hamlet in the Preseli Mountains, where the brewery sits on a working farm alongside an on-site taproom and events space. The company describes itself as eco-friendly, brewing with water drawn from the hills that surround the site, and its beers, including Bedrock Blonde, are produced on a small, family run scale rather than at industrial volume. This close connection to its Pembrokeshire location is central to how the brewery presents itself and its range.
Bedrock Blonde pours a straw colour typical of the blonde ale style, with creamy, soft malt flavours forming the base of the beer. It is delicately hopped using Czech and German hop varieties, which is a more restrained, traditional approach than the heavily hopped American styles that dominate much of the current craft beer market, giving the beer a gentler, more balanced character. At 4% ABV, it is a genuinely sessionable beer, and it is also certified gluten free, which broadens its appeal to drinkers who need to avoid gluten but still want a proper cask or canned ale rather than a specialist gluten-free alternative.
Given its soft malt character and restrained hopping, Bedrock Blonde pairs well with lighter food such as fish and chips, chicken dishes, and mild cheeses, and it also works simply as an easy drinking beer on its own. Its moderate strength and gentle profile make it well suited to being served on draught, which is how it is most often found in Pembrokeshire pubs and at the brewery's own taproom.
As one of Bluestone Brewing's most established beers, Bedrock Blonde offers a straightforward, well-balanced blonde ale from a small, family run brewery with a genuine sense of place in the Preseli Hills. At 4% ABV and gluten free, it is a practical and approachable choice for drinkers looking for an easy drinking Welsh ale.