Crouch Vale Brewery

Regional Brewery in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: The Queens Head (Crouch Vale)

Established in 1981

Contact
23 Haltwhistle Road, South Woodham Ferrers, CM3 5ZA, England
Description
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.

     Show


6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Salopian Bar. Pours clear gold, white head. Aroma of light fruity Ekuanot, pale malts. Taste is fairly soft fruits, light floral notes, pale malts with a brisk bitterness. Decent single hop golden ale.
Tried from Cask on 14 Aug 2017 at 14:18

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask handpull at GBBF 2017. Clear gold lasting white head. touch of butter and onion on the aroma really good mouthfeel. Sherbet. Onion hop good condition not sure about the hop flavour
Tried from Cask on 13 Aug 2017 at 04:15

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Sampled @ GBBF 2017, Day 3. A clear orange golden beer with a small white head. Aroma mild orange fruits, dry hops. Taste of fruity bitter hops, orange peel, spicy finish.
Tried on 13 Aug 2017 at 04:07

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle from Ales by Mail. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of light caramel and malt. Taste is watery, light sweet, burnt toffee. Watery finish.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2017 at 08:30

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at the Dove Street Inn, Ipswich. Pours clear amber with a small bubbly just off-white head. Aroma of hop, grass and hay with floral notes. Medium plus sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Toward medium body, slight oily texture, soft to average carbonation. Quite a sherbet feel for starters but eased a little.
Tried from Cask on 01 Aug 2017 at 12:57

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Ales by Mail. Pours clear pale gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light buttery malt and faint lemon. Taste is light astringent, more lemon. Thin finish.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2017 at 12:10

5/10
Tried from Cask on 27 Jun 2017 at 22:16

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle, drinking this a few hours after Brewers Gold to compare. Clear pale golden colour with a small white head. Aroma: fruity, hoppy, malty, slightly odd apple cider like aroma. Taste: fruits, malts, citrus, herbal, initially sweet with quite a bitter finish for the style. Medium body and carbonation, smooth mouthfeel. Expected a more intense Brewers Gold, got something very different, not entirely sure this is how it was supposed to taste. First person to review this in 10 years so I suspect it may have changed a bit.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2017 at 22:30

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
500ml bottle. Clear pale golden colour with a thin white head. Aroma: tropical fruits, malt. Taste: sweet malt, tropical/citrus fruit, peach, light bitterness. Medium body with a smooth mouthfeel, light-medium carbonation. Very easy drinking and sessionable, more flavour than most in this style and nicely balanced.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2017 at 16:38

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Pelt Trader, London. Golden with a thin head. Has a very palatable pale ale texture, but other more fruity citra ales are available.
Tried from Cask on 03 Jun 2017 at 07:32