Vale Brewery
Microbrewery
in Brill,
Buckinghamshire,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Vale Brewery
Established in 1995
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.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Electric Sheep from Vale Brewery 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Gravity cask at the 28th St Albans Beer Festival, 26/09/25.
Golden blonde topped with a just off white crown.
Nose is citric tinged straw, melon, orange peel.
Taste comprises grass, melon, tangerine, soft malts.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close splashed with mellow light juicy hop bitterness.
Okay cask pale but a little subdued for an APA.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Brew No 4615 from Vale Brewery 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Gravity cask at the 28th St Albans Beer Festival, 26/09/25.
Golden blonde topped with an off white head.
Nose is pale malts, straw, biscuit, stewed fruit esters.
Taste comprises melon, breads, orange peel, grass.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close with modest hop bitterness.
Okay ... a bit muted.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Tickety Brew from Vale Brewery 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Copper coloured with an off-white head. Despite opening with a dry, twiggy bitterness, this turns out to be quite a fruity little number. Red apples and strawberry jam are backed up with plenty of malt and a touch of caramel. I rather enjoyed this - a pleasant surprise from a brewery that I'm not normally that fond of.
Martinsh (3610) reviewed Our Shark from Vale Brewery 5 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at Bird In Hand, Stafford. Pours a slightly hazy “bitter brown” with a medium sized foamy almost white head and good lacing. There’s malts and mixed hops in the aroma alongside yeast and summer fruits. In the mouth there is a flirting taste of sweetness before it is swept away by traditional hoppy bitterness. Flavour is quite fruity with apples and lemon marmalade, plus hints of nuts and oranges later. Sweetness returns to a certain extent in the dry finish. This is quite decent – best beer of the day.
ITFCDan (1921) ticked Good Day Sunshine from Vale Brewery 5 months ago
ITFCfan (3577) ticked Tickety Brew from Vale Brewery 5 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
ITFCfan (3577) ticked Good Day Sunshine from Vale Brewery 5 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Good Day Sunshine from Vale Brewery 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22/8/2025. Cask at the 33rd East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Tickety Brew from Vale Brewery 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22/8/2025. Cask at the 33rd East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Good Day Sunshine from Vale Brewery 6 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A pale amber pour with a loose white head; citrus aroma; crisp biscuity malt body with a pithy citrus bitterness to finish; and a dry herbal finish. Very moreish.