Anstee Siluria

After an extensive naming exploration, Siluria was chosen. So named after the pre-Roman region and tribe of South-East Wales that now contains Glamorgan, the county in which the brewery is nestled. The brand echoes the theme of time and its passing. From the changing of the Welsh landscape over the millennia, the painstaking methodology of the brewer’s artistry and the refinement of their recipe over a two year journey, to those who recognise that it is fleetingly precious and how we spend it holds value within; time to make, to enjoy, to savour – time is most definitely golden. This convention will inform the naming of sister products as they are released.

We commissioned the Australian typographer Gemma O’Brien, chosen for the wonderful freedom in her work, to fashion the free-flowing Siluria lettering. This was married with a more regal identity created by Limegreentangerine for the eponymous brewery. The A mark embosses a weighty approval to the contents of each glass bringing rich pedigree, paired with ANSTEE typeset in an adapted version of Noe Display by the German type foundry Schick Toikka.

Each unique tap is hand-made, individual and intricately designed by local jewellery maker, goldsmith and theatre designer Suzi Dorey. Theatrical, eccentric, detailed and decidedly ostentatious in design, the tap brings a distinct ‘what the ****?’ factor to a bar counter sat beside repetitious big name brands.

So far, bar-goers have praised the Anstee Siluria tap as being ‘‘ridiculously over-elaborate’’, ‘‘fantastical’’, ‘‘fancy’’ and having ‘‘strong game’’. People also seem to quite like the beer…