Martinsh (3610) reviewed Chase The Sun from Vale Brewery 11 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Cask at Square Bottle, Chester. Pours golden yellow with a small foamy almost white head and good lacing. There’s floral hops and citrus in the aroma. In the mouth it starts off slightly bitter with a creamy texture, but this bitterness gradually increases. Flavour is mixed hops, citrus and grapefruit with hints of mandarin and melon later on. Bitterness lasts into a somewhat sticky finish. This is decent with a robust body to it, but the finish is disappointing.
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Chase The Sun from Vale Brewery 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
Hand pulled third of a pint in The Moon Under Water, (A Spoons in Hounslow) on 7th March 2025. Light golden body, white crust, thought this a bit 'average' and uninteresting, sorry girls. Leaning towards citrussy, but lacked oomph and depth for me.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Mad Hatter from Vale Brewery 11 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A bright pale amber pour with a tight white head; tropical fruit aroma; dry in the mouth with a stone fruit taste; and a sour finish. Odd.
Olut (21769) reviewed Chase The Sun from Vale Brewery 11 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Beer Number 7 at the Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2025, leaving 21 of 30 still untried. Felt a little thin to begin with, but gathered depth. Easy and hoppy.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed 80/- from Vale Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading at 4.5% ABV. A reddish chestnut pour with a close cream head; sweet malty aroma; sweet earthy malt taste; then a light herbal bitterness, some berries and burnt toast in the finish.
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed Black Beauty from Vale Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at Greyfriar, Reading. Aroma has charcoal and coffee, alongside toffee. Opaque cola brown. Foamy beige head soon retreats to the rim.finish. Initial coffee and sour berries, followed by porridge and malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent.
dragnet101 (5184) reviewed Black Beauty from Vale Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at Briar Rose, Birmingham. Pours a dark brown-mahogany with small tanned head. It was very roasty in flavour with coffee and liquorice coming through as well as chocolate, smoke and a touch of berry sour. Just about enough sweetness amongst the bitter roast to balance. Rich, medium bodied. This one doesn't hold back in terms of the style- a bit underrated I think.
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Scarecrow from Vale Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A chestnut pour with a loose beige head; aroma of Demerara sugar; earthy malt taste, sweet at first, then drier with a vegetal bitterness and a hint of smoke; before a nutty finish. A solid autumnal beer.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Gravitas from Vale Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the London and North Western JDW, Birmingham. Poured a crystal clear yellow golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, yeasty, light woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, yeasty, earthy, herbal, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.