Shire Ale
Vale Brewery in Brill, Buckinghamshire, England 🏴
Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.25
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fonefan (84534) reviewed Shire Ale from Vale Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (handpump) @ The New Wheatsheaf, 24 Southwark Street, Greater London, England SE1 1TY.Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, nutty - earthy, damp stained - mold. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, overripped citrus. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20091229]
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Shire Ale from Vale Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Cask@The New Wheatsheaf, London. Amber colour, mediumsized creamy beige head, that leaves nice lace. Aroma is mildly eggy along with some slight caramelly and toffeeish notes. Flavour is wooden and grassy bitterness aong with some slight caramel malty notes.
Fin (18365) reviewed Shire Ale from Vale Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask, handpump at The Nut Tree, Murcott, Oxon 17-12-09 following performing of our Mummers Play Pours light chestnut with off-white head. Quite tangy in the mouth, really fruity but also with big maltiness showing though. This is lacking a little sweetness, in fact whilst its a decent beer it just sits slightly uncomfortable with me I keep thinking about it after and it seems to have a slight bog standard brown ale edginess and tanginess to it which I sort of consider to be a negative. I have thoroughly enjoyed these monthly specials sadly this wasn’t up there with the best of them in my opinion. A6 A4 F6 P3 Ov12 3.1