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Welsh beer is beer brewed in Wales. ==History== At least as early as the 6th century, the Druidic legendary person Ceridwen is associated with cauldrons and intoxicating preparations of grain in herbs in many poems of Taliesin, particularly the ''Hanes Taliesin''. This preparation, ''Gwîn a Bragawd'', is said to have brought "science, inspiration and immortality". The Welsh Triads attribute the introduction of brewing grains barley and wheat to Coll, and name Llonion in Pembrokeshire as the source of the best barley, while Maes Gwenith in Gwent produces superior wheat and bees.〔Red Book of Hergest 56, Peniarth MS 54 23〕 The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' for 852 records a distinction between "fine ale" and Welsh ale, also called ''bragawd''.〔"that Wulfred should give the land of Sleaford to Meohamsted, and should send each year into the monastery sixty loads of wood, twelve loads of coal, six loads of peat, two tuns full of fine ale, two neats' carcases, six hundred loaves, and ten kilderkins of Welsh ale; one horse also each year, and thirty shillings, and one night's entertainment."〕 Bragawd, also called braggot, is somewhat between mead and what we today think of as ale. Saxon-period Welsh ale was a heady, strong beverage, made with spices such as cinnamon, ginger and clove as well as herbs and honey. Bragawd was often prepared in monasteries, with Tintern Abbey and the Friary of Carmarthen producing the beverage until Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in 1536. In the Laws of Hywel Dda, meanwhile, a distinction is drawn between ''bragawd'' and ''cwrwf'', with ''bragawd'' being worth twice as much. ''Bragawd'' in this context is a fermented drink based on ''cwrwf'' to which honey, sweet wort, and ginger have been added. Welsh beer is noted as a distinct style as late as 1854, with a recipe made solely from pale malt and hops described in a recipe book of the time. Wales, along with the rest of Britain, came under the influence of the temperance movement, along with a burgeoning Welsh moral code based on presbyterian and other non-conformist beliefs in relation to alcohol. This rested against a background of places where there has historically been a lot of heavy industry such as coal mining in south Wales and the north east. 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. Wrexham was one of the first places in the UK to brew lager.〔(Brewers & Boozers Tour ) on Wrexham County Borough Council's website〕 Homesick German immigrant brothers from Saxony started the process in 1882. Its demise came in 2000, when the site of Wrexham Lager was sold and subsequently demolished. Investment by the Welsh Development Agency has helped establish a large number of breweries in Wales in recent years. In the 1930s, Felinfoel Brewery was the first brewery outside the US to sell beer in cans.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Felinfoel Brewery beer can )〕 Welsh local historian Deiniol ap Dafydd claims Arthur Guinness used a Welsh recipe from Llanfairfechan near Bangor for his stout In 2012 CAMRA correctly predicted that 'The number of microbreweries in Wales is set to carry on rising as the pub industry deals with continued closures'.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Microbreweries 'the way forward' after 11 open in year )〕 Tiny Rebel Brewery won CAMRA's 2015 Supreme Champion Beer of Britain for its Cwtch Welsh Red Ale 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beer in Wales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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