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Crouch Vale Brewery was established in 1981 by two beer enthusiast. The brewery was cobbled up from whatever was available cheaply. In 2006 a new brewery, purpose-built and capable of much more consistent and better product quality, was opened. However, the original production ethos was (and still is) maintained – ingredients are purchased on quality rather than price and the brewery is still manned by real people, who hand-craft the beers.
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fonefan (86114) reviewed
Asteroid from Crouch Vale Brewery
8 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2018 - Day 3 🇬🇧 [ Great British Beer Festival 2018 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

[ As Crouch Vale Asteroid ].
ABV: 4.2%. Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, wheat - minerals, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, wheat - minerals, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20180809]
6-3-6-3-12
Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2018 at 13:07
Scopey (25563) reviewed
Asteroid from Crouch Vale Brewery
8 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask GBBF 2018. It pours clear golden amber with a medium white head. The aroma is sweet, oily, bright, grape, sappy, resin, biscuit and bread. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, oily, sappy, earthy, pine, resin and a touch of citrus peel with a slick, oily finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Oily mouth feel. Could be a bit bright and more expressive. Fine.
Tried from Cask on 10 Aug 2018 at 14:19
madmitch76 (41486) reviewed
Asteroid from Crouch Vale Brewery
8 years ago
5.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
9th August 2018
GBBF Day 3. Cask. Almost clear gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth and fairly dry palate, modest fine carbonation. Dry and mildly grainy pale malts. Dry ripe citrus. Some peel. Light dry finish. A big disappointment from CV, desperately uninspiring.
Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2018 at 18:58
Convair880 (7124) reviewed
Blackwater Mild from Crouch Vale Brewery
8 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2018, Olympia, London. A dark brown coloured pour with a small beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate on the nose. Tastes similar, roasty, malty, chocolate.
Tried from Cask on 08 Aug 2018 at 22:36
Scopey (25563) reviewed
Blackwater Mild from Crouch Vale Brewery
8 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at GBBF. It pours deep brown with a small beige head. The aroma is earthy, umami, leather, liquorice, spice, tangy, treacle and chocolate. The taste is slick, oily, umami, liquorice, earthy, bark, cacao nibs, ashy, treacle and fruit cake with a slick finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and slick mouth feel. Not too shabby.
Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2018 at 13:35
Reubs (35762) reviewed
Eclipse from Crouch Vale Brewery
8 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask@Charlies Bar, Copenhagen (20/06/2018) - dark brown to black with a nice beige head. Soft roasted dark sweet malty with some cocoa and caramel notes, light dark dried fruit, some fudge, slight brunt malty accents, light to medium body, soft smooth carbonation, nice condition, dark malty close.
Tried from Cask on 08 Jul 2018 at 17:20
Beertalk (16422) reviewed
Quasar from Crouch Vale Brewery
8 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
On tap at Christian Firtal. Golden with a lasting white head. Juicy aroma of yellow fruit, peach and orange. Sweetish fruity flavour.
Tried from Draft on 07 Jul 2018 at 21:38
Tdtm82 (4783) ticked
Amarillo from Crouch Vale Brewery
8 years ago
8/10
Been a long while since I last had this. Loads of peaches and nectarines and super soft malts.
Tried from Cask at The Ale House on 20 Jun 2018 at 11:47
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Quasar from Crouch Vale Brewery
8 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask handpull at Craft Covent Garden, Clear gold colour lasting white head. Not much condition. Good white wine grape character. Very dry. Especially on the finish. It's OK actually. The finish is its best asset. Dry white grape. Some pale malt flavour. Yes fine. I do get a white wine character from Hallertau Blanc.
Tried from Cask on 13 Jun 2018 at 18:10
lad_newton (4499) reviewed
Quasar from Crouch Vale Brewery
8 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Cask at CBC, Covent Garden on 10th June 2018. Clear gold with shallow white foam and scant lacing. Grassy hop aroma with citrus. Grassy hoppiness in-mouth, and a satisfying finish of hops and subtle herby spices. Good body and engaging mouthfeel.
Tried from Cask on 10 Jun 2018 at 12:42