VOG Brewery (Vale Of Glamorgan Brewery)

Microbrewery in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Established in 2005

Closed in 2025

Contact
Atlantic Trading Estate, Barry, CF63 3RF, Wales
Description
Established in 2005 and bottling since 2008. Headed by Phil and brewed by Rob, we’re a small team brewing a wide range of beers in cask, keg, bottle and can. Along with a core offering we also have seasonal brews and a one off brew range called ‘New Tricks’. Experimental recipes are run through our small batch kit before trying them out on the main kit and releasing them to the masses. Some of these have proved so popular that they’ve graduated to our core range.

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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
hand-pulled half-pint at The Crown Inn, Oakengates on 1st May 2014, one of thirty four hand-pulls to choose from. This beer poured a clear golden colour with a thin off-white covering of bubbles, more lacing seemed to appear than the head should/could have managed. Nice blend of aromas and taste with the malts just giving a slightly sweet feel to the brew: the name suggest ’honey’ might be used in the brew, didn’t notice any hints of it though, so maybe ’Nugget’ is to do with the gold colour? I must read the pump-clips, that might have helped.
Tried on 02 May 2014 at 00:01

3.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Bottled. Lightly hazy amber, small head. Aroma of raspberries and old fat. Dryish with clean mouthfeel and light body. Apricots and old meat. Low bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Dec 2012 at 04:04

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Gravity dispense at the Prince of Wales, Farnborough BF - 12/10/12. Clear golden/amber with a thin white head. Malts on the nose backed up by light fruit tones and some nuttiness. Taste follows with caramel malt and fruit, Medium bodied, moderate carbonation. drinkable but the classic ’whelmed’ formation :- 6-3-6-3-12.
Tried on 14 Oct 2012 at 04:46

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ 28th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2011, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, EnglandABV: 4.3%. Clear medium to dark amber orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, toffee, butterscotch. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111206]
Tried from Cask on 10 Oct 2012 at 11:56

5.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Brown-red in colour, it looks and tastes strong with the slightest of fruit aromas. Some flavour but not much.
Tried on 28 Sep 2012 at 04:12

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottled. Hazy golden, rich head. Fruity nose. Sweetish with some vanilla and grass. Medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Salty bitterish finish. Drinkable but uneventful.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2012 at 12:11

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Bottled. Hazy nut brown, small head. Caramelly with medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Slight spicy hops, faint bitterish finish.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2012 at 14:52

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at Pig’s Ear Beer Festival, London. Clear brownish amber. Aroma of hazelnuts and butter. Mid sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Some salty caramel and spicy bitterness. Nice!
Tried from Cask on 27 Dec 2011 at 03:25

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottled. Clear bronze colour, mid sized head. Dryish with salty dough, some resin and caramel. Light-medium bodied . Fruity and a bit undehopped with more tart caramel than bitterness in the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2011 at 03:46

4.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Cask (gravity) @ GWBCF2011 - Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival, Cardiff Interantional Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff, Wales.Light unclear light to medium yellow colour with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, malt, citrus, sewer. Flavor is moderate sweet and sour with a long duration, sour ripped citrus. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20110616]
Tried from Cask on 17 Jul 2011 at 06:33