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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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Ungstrup (52439) reviewed
Anchor Street Porter from Crouch Vale Brewery
23 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
A black beer with no head. The aroma is that of smoked malt. The feel is the flat feel from cask conditioned beers. The flavor is very round with an OK sweetness and some bitterness with heavy notes of smoked malt. Definatly a beer You should try if You get the chance.
Tried from Cask on 27 Oct 2002 at 22:47
Ungstrup (52439) reviewed
Brewers Gold from Crouch Vale Brewery
23 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
A golden beer with an OK head. It has a fruity typically ale aroma with hints of the cask too. It has the flat feel of cask conditioned beer. The flavor is ale-fruity, slightly tickling and ends of in a good bitterness.
Tried from Cask on 27 Oct 2002 at 22:25
Ungstrup (52439) reviewed
Strong Anglian Special (SAS) from Crouch Vale Brewery
23 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
A beutiful amber beer with a good head. It has a very nice aroma of flowers and fruit and that it comes from a cask. The flavor is of a good maltblend, prickling your tongue and ending in a good bitterness. And ofcourse it has the cask feel.
Tried from Cask on 27 Oct 2002 at 21:53
Ungstrup (52439) reviewed
Conkeror from Crouch Vale Brewery
23 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
An amber beer with a great head. It has a very hoppy aroma. The flavor is cask flat with a lot of great hoppy bitterness. A really great beer.
Tried from Cask on 27 Oct 2002 at 13:16
Ungstrup (52439) reviewed
Crouch Best Bitter from Crouch Vale Brewery
24 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
A dark red beer with almost no head - at least from cask. It has a slight fruity aroma. And tastes of fruit and the cask it's been maturing on, it ends of on a great hoppy bitterness and a sligtly metalic aftertaste. All in all a good beer.
Tried from Cask on 25 Sep 2002 at 12:56