Little Valley Brewery

Microbrewery in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2005

Contact
Turkey Lodge Farm, New Road, Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge, HX7 5TT, England
Description
Set up by Wim van der Spek and Sue Cooper, commencing production in June 2005. All beers are vegan friendly and all but a few are certified organic. Most are available on cask and bottle conditioned.

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5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
26th September 2008. Soft almost creamy bitter with a very mild hop profile. Not a bad beer just pretty bland.
Tried on 10 Jan 2010 at 06:07

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium yellow orange color with a small, virtually none appearance, fair lacing, fully diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, gineger. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration, gineger. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat to soft. [20090804]
Tried from Cask on 28 Nov 2009 at 03:20

5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, old apples. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20090804]
Tried from Cask on 28 Nov 2009 at 03:15

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
13th March 2008. On tap. Had a few when I rated this! Sour malt that is mildly toasty. Aromatic.
Tried from Draft on 08 Nov 2009 at 10:52

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Golden with a small white head. Grassy and grainy aroma. Grassy hop flavour and medium bitterness.
Tried on 02 Nov 2009 at 12:39

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Golden with a small white head. Aroma of ginger and grass. Thin and sweet flavour, mostly grass, with a tiny hint of ginger.
Tried on 02 Nov 2009 at 12:21

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
At GBBF 2009. Ginger aroma and flavour is ok if quite muted. OK pale ale underneath the ginger.
Tried on 10 Oct 2009 at 04:53

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
One-third pint, cask from Bar UnsusuALE, GBBF 09. Had it while listing to the Oysterband at the festival. Golden-yellow body. Citric aroma. Malt-fruity taste. Spicy bitter finish (Earls Court, 06.08.2009).
Tried from Cask on 13 Sep 2009 at 09:20

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Cask at Smithfield Hotel, Manchester, 25 July 2009) Golden colour with creamy, white head. Fruity nose with citrus, toffee and a touch of grass. Fruity taste with notes of citrus and grass. Rather light body, mainly dry. Moderate bitterness. Hardly exciting but decent.
Tried from Cask on 30 Aug 2009 at 10:03

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask (gravity) @ Smithfield Hotel, Manchester, England. @ [ RBESG 09 ].Amber, medium head. Fruity nose, some apple. Almost no hops. Unbalanced and boring.
Tried from Cask on 21 Aug 2009 at 09:23