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For the second year running, the Brains Brewery stand at the Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival is featured on Beer Lens. It was also featured this time last year. You can read a review of the festival on Travels with Beer.

The Goat Major is a Brains Brewery owned pub located in the centre of Cardiff just across the road from Cardiff Castle. It dates from 1813 and has been known as the Goat Major since 1995.

According to the Illustrated History of Cardiff's Pubs, The Cardiff Cottage dates back to 1863. It is located on St Mary Street in Cardiff, the capital of Wales and is owned by the Brains Brewery.

Behind the bar at the City Arms, a redeveloped Brains pub that provides one of the best selections of ale and foreign beers in Cardiff. You can read a review of the pub on Travels with Beer.

This impressive ceramic bar can be found at the Brains Brewery-owned Golden Cross in Cardiff, Wales. The pub dates to 1903 and the original ceramic bar is one of just two in Wales and one of only 20 in the UK. The pub is classed by some as the most impressive in the whole of Wales and it is in the top 10 most unspoilt pubs in the UK. To get this shot a foreign cleaner let me in before the pub opened and I took a sneaky shot. YOu can view more shots of the interior o nthe CAMRA Heritage Pubs website.

This is the Brains stand that greets you when entering the Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival. Unfortunately, the other half of Beer Lens (@shotbykim) couldn't attend.

Brains beer lineup at Terra Nova in Cardiff Bay, Wales. These are some of the best beers out there in my opinion. I especially love the Brains Dark.

Brains beer lineup at Terra Nova in Cardiff Bay, Wales. These are some of the best beers out there in my opinion. I especially love the Brains Dark.

A photo of part of the Brains Brewery sign at the entrance to the brewery in Cardiff. Brains is a Welsh brewery founded in 1882 in Cardiff, Wales by Samuel Arthur Brain. Brains has been located near Cardiff railway station since 2000.

A photo of part of the Brains Brewery sign at the entrance to the brewery in Cardiff. Brains is a Welsh brewery founded in 1882 in Cardiff, Wales by Samuel Arthur Brain. Brains has been located near Cardiff railway station since 2000.

Brains Pavement Art

An advert for Brains 45 Continental Welsh Beer spotted on a pavement on Havelock Street, Cardiff.