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

# 3004; 6/2022. Caramel, fruity, honey and herbal aroma. Cloudy copper body, persistant creamy off-white head. Caramel, fruity, honey, spicy, earthy. Good bitter, more comparable to ESB, I guess. Pint, hand-pulled, pub, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

Tried on 06 Jun 2022 at 18:40


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Archie's. It pours clear brown with a decent fluffy white head. The aroma is twiggy, sweet, perfumed, dried fruits, raisin, caramel, toffee, fruit loaf and nut. The taste is bitter - sweet, toffee, caramel, nutty, twiggy, dried fruits, raisin, sultana, fruit loaf, earth and leather with a dry finish. Medium body and lively carbonation. Rounded and moreish. Actually pretty nice.

Tried from Cask on 04 Jun 2022 at 09:56


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hand-pulled pint in Montgomery Towers (a Spoons in Shrewsbury) on 22nd May 2022. Looked good, clean amber body, off-white head that hung around. Malty front to the nose and taste, fruity hop bitterness creep in to give a nicely balanced Bitter.

Tried on 23 May 2022 at 07:22


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

--Cask at The Alehouse, Reading. -- Clear mahogany colour. Leafy caramel aroma. Mid dry with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Leafs, bread and caramel. Mid bitter.

Tried from Cask on 19 May 2022 at 21:39


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at the Robert Fitzharding (JDW), Bedminster March 2022. Reddish amber in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. a touch of leafy hop character, some red berries and caramel, digestive malts and a moderately bitter finish. Enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 16 May 2022 at 06:17


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

Cask at the greyhound in a village nr Oxford. Deep amber colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste are Malty toffee and sweet. Medium body.

Tried from Cask on 29 Apr 2022 at 13:34


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

Cask at the Pump House JDW, Shirley, Solihull. Poured a clear copper colour with an everlasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt and woody hops. The flavour is moderate sweet and bitter, with a silky smooth, rich, grainy, ovaltine, biscuit, light red berry fruit, floral hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask at Pump House (JDW) on 12 Apr 2022 at 21:46


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Calverts Court (JDW), Stockport. Pours unclear ruby amber with a beige cap. Rich malts, berries, caramel, little sour note. Bitter finish. Medium body with soft carbonation. It's OK

Tried from Cask at Calverts Court on 12 Apr 2022 at 19:55


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

Hand-pulled half-pint in The Picture House, Stafford on 8th April 2022. Red hue to the dark amber body, lasting white head. Hedgerow berry like feel to the nose and taste of this one, some maltiness too.

Tried on 09 Apr 2022 at 05:45


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at JDW Drapers Arms Peterborough. Reddish amber colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty biscuit and slight tropical fruit. Light fruity sweet. Medium body.

Tried from Cask at Draper’s Arms on 08 Apr 2022 at 11:54