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.

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5.3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 5
Cask at Old Fountain. Pale yellow colour with big white bubbly head which soon fades. Aroma is a bit stinky, bit of manure/horse blanket/sulphur and also lemon hoppy. Taste is slightly malty, and with plenty of lemon. Seems to be quite highly carbonated. Made me really burpy. Refreshing but confusing, as the stinkiness was often overpowering.
Tried from Cask on 08 Sep 2019 at 15:51

3/10
Tried from Draft on 28 Aug 2019 at 19:06

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7
Bottle. Pale blonde, hazy. Lemon and melon in the slightly perfumed aroma. Thin. Perfumed, just a bit too lemony flavor. Hint of pineapple. Still a well made citrus flavored ale.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:07

9/10
Classic
Tried at The Ale House on 06 Aug 2019 at 22:05

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
(Cask at Craft Beer Co Clerkenwell, London, 21 Nov 2019) Golden colour with foamy, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, peaches and floral hops. Malty, hoppy taste with notes of peaches, tropical fruit, citrus, grass, resin and a generous citric, floral bitterness. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Fresh and tasty with a generous hop profile. Nice one.
Tried from Cask on 07 Jul 2019 at 20:17

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As Crouch Vale Ekuanot ].Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, caramel, moderate hoppy, citrus, fruity hops, marmalade hops. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, marmalade hops, pale malt, sweet malt, citrus. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170810] 6-3-5-3-12
Tried from Cask on 03 Jul 2019 at 13:17

Tried from Draft at The Ale House on 02 Jul 2019 at 19:24

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
[Cask at the Royal Standard, Wooburn Common.] A chestnut pour with a tight white head; malty aroma; malty taste with a twiggy bitterness; then biscuit and caramel to finish. A good old-fashioned bitter.
Tried from Cask on 20 Feb 2019 at 22:17

9/10
Bitter as fuck. Lovely.
Tried at The Ale House on 14 Feb 2019 at 17:47

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
[Cask at the Royal Standard, Wooburn Common.] A pale amber pour with a thin translucent head; vinous aroma of white wine - quite boozy; thick and oily in the mouth with a strong herbal bitterness - thyme and oregano; then a drier finish with some honey. Rather odd - perhaps you can add too many hops?
Tried from Cask on 13 Feb 2019 at 14:44