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Vale Brewery in Brill, Buckinghamshire, England 🏴
Golden / Blonde Ale Regular|
Score
7.04
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8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask handpump at The Library, Cowley Rd, Oxford 18.04.13 Pours warm gold, white head, good clarity. Stinging bitterness, really lasting bitterness. Very dry, the initial sweetness swiftly subsides to leave a very dry, bitter roof of mouth. Grapefruit bitterness, real mouth wakener. Is this the best, most hoppy, bitter beer that I have ever had from Vale, I think so, there is a Vale feel about this but it also feels quite brave, pushy and assertive the sort of beer I’ve always wanted Vale to do. At 3.8% this should be a regular it would be up there with Dark Star Hophead. A7 A5 T8 P4 Ov17 4.1
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from Cask
on 18 Apr 2013
at 11:18