Vale Brewery

Microbrewery in Brill, Buckinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Vale Brewery

Established in 1995

Contact
Tramway Business Park, Ludgershall Road, Brill, Brill, HP18 9TY, England
Subsidiaries
Vale Brewery owns 1 brewery:
Description
In 1995 Vale was founded to bring beautiful ales packed full of flavour to the people of Buckinghamshire.

Four years later in 1999, our current Head Brewer Dave Renton joined the team, putting his signature stamp and seal of approval on every Vale beer in the 23 years since.

With a host of awards following in quick succession, we expanded out of our Haddenham home, settling in the hill-top village of Brill, known for being JRR Tolkien's inspiration for the village of Bree in The Lord of the Rings.

In 2021, brothers Joe & Jimmy Brouder purchased the brewery from founders Phil & Mark Stevens.

With a new chapter beginning at Vale, our priorities remain the same: to make wonderful ales each and every time, nothing else.

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6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at GBBF 2015 - London. Pours clear gold with a creamy, white head. The nose holds pale grain, bread, lemon rind. Light sweet flavour with nips of dough, grain, rind, damp leaves. Light bodied with fine carbonation; OK condition. Grainy bitter finish, somewhat leafy, more pale bread. Basic.

Tried from Cask on 28 Oct 2022 at 22:27


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

[Cask at the Alehouse, Reading] A bright amber pour with a thin cream coloured head; fresh leafy hop aroma with some caramel; rich rye body with some caramel and a strong green hop bitterness adding a touch of spice and resin; then a little orange in the finish. a tasty bitter.

Tried from Cask on 25 Oct 2022 at 14:06


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

on tap ambrata quasi limpida un po diacetile biscotto lieve nota quasi agrume amaro medio un po corta

Tried from Draft on 12 Oct 2022 at 14:44


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] A straw coloured pour with a tight white head; lemony citrus aroma; lemon soda taste with a light bready body; and a pithy citrus finish.

Tried from Cask on 13 Sep 2022 at 15:42


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] An amber pour with a trace of white head; fresh English hop aroma; fruity hop taste with a malty body; and then bitter floral hops and a biscuity finish. A rather good traditional bitter.

Tried from Cask on 13 Sep 2022 at 08:55


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Cask @ The Moon Under Water, Wolverhampton before Derren Brown. Clear amber, decent off-white cap. Honest amber, quite light bodied, vague caramel. Gone in a flash.

Tried from Cask on 24 Jun 2022 at 17:01


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Moon under Water, Wolverhampton. Malts and a general sweetness in the pleasant aroma. Pours reddish amber with a small foamy off-white head and good lacing. Sweet malts again initially in the mouth, together with some berry fruits. After a while traditional hops start to take over with a caramel base and some traces of nuts. Finish is quite dry and bitter. This is a pretty good traditional bitter that punches well above its weight.

Tried from Cask on 20 Jun 2022 at 22:38


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask: Poured an orange amber, head is creamy khaki. Aroma is fruity, malty, nutty. Taste is bitter fruit forward, solid malty backbone.

Tried from Cask on 17 Jun 2022 at 10:05


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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Thomas Lloyd, Warwick. Poured a clear medium amber colour with a lasting frothy off-white head. The aroma is malt, light woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, malt, earthy, nutty, herbal, light woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask at Thomas Lloyd (JDW) on 13 Jun 2022 at 19:44


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6

Cask at Knights Templar (JDW), Bristol. Pours light hazed dark golden with a white cap. Aroma: grain & cereal malts, caramel, light grapefruit. Taste: light sweet & bitter, more malts, grain, bread, light caramel, fruity hops. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Steady.

Tried from Cask at Knights Templar (JDW) on 12 Jun 2022 at 22:31