Valley Porter
Grey Trees Brewery in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.72
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Warming and rich with notes of dark fruits, coffee, chocolate and hazelnuts. Crafted with malts, roasted barley, hops, Welsh water and passion.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Hand pulled half pint at the Pheasant Inn & Brewhouse, 22nd November 2025. Nearly black in colour, tanned roof. Malty, nutty and earthy, some chocolate notes alongside a dark fruity undertone. Pleasant.
Tried
from Cask
at
Pheasant
on 22 Nov 2025
at 18:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Peterborough Beer Festival 2023. Off black colour with a pale tan head. Dark and roasted coffee. Slight fruity. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2023
at 11:49
09/06/2016. CELLAR, 19-21 City Road, CHESTER, Cheshire, England
Tried
on 06 Mar 2023
at 19:41
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Stori. Appearance - deep brown to black and close to opaque. A hint of an orange chink around the edges. Nose - a hint of chocolate, but light roast and smoke. Taste - more roast, just a hint of molasses and some caramel. Palate - close to medium bodied. Lightly roasty finish. Overall - quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2021
at 10:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours dark ruby with a tan head. Aroma: roast malts, coffee, caramel. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, dry-ish, milk chocolate, coffee, dark fruits, light herbal. Thin to medium body with loose, frothy carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2020
at 22:47
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Deep ruby brown colour, tall frothy tan head, dissipating slowly, good lacing. Aroma roasted malt, coffee, caramel, licorice. Mild taste, medium sweet and light bitter, roasted malt, coffee, milk chocolate. Short malty sweetbitter aftertaste, light to medium body, watery texture, soft carbonation. Somewhat thin but enjoyable, nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2019
at 12:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Thuis uit een halve liter fles, mooi simpel etiket. Donker bier, goed bruin schuim. Aroma niet uitbundig, redelijke smaak, geroosterde mout, zacht.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2019
at 17:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Post Office Vaults, Brum. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is hoppy cocoa, Simcoe hops. Taste has beefy chocolate to start with a fruity chocolate finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Oct 2018
at 10:00
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Fra fat på Post Office Vaults, Birmingham Birmingham 21 Sep 16. Ultramørk amber. Filmskum. Svak aroma av mørk frukt. Smaken har et lett mandelpreg med spor av røstet malt. Ordinær.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2016
at 10:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2015, National Winter Ales Festival (2015), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Grey Trees Valley Porter ].Clear medium brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, roasted, sweet malt, sweet roasted, malty, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150211]
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2016
at 17:38