Fin (18365) reviewed Aylesbury Duck from Vale Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask in a field between Oddington & Charlton on Otmoor, for ’The Hangy’ (New Zealand event) 09.10.10 Pouring a bit more amber than copper with medium white head, good looking beer. Fruity beer, I get the berries and these lead to a dryness on the finish, some bitterness, a good no-nonsense pleasant session bitter. A6 A5 T7 P3 Ov12 3.3
fonefan (84534) reviewed Grumpling Ale from Vale Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (handpump) @ Guildford Arms, 1 West Register Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 2AA.Clear medium amber color with a small average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100205]
fonefan (84534) reviewed Black Beauty from Vale Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 10, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, coffee - sweet dusty coffee. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, dusty, sweet malt, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100120]
Fin (18365) reviewed Scruff Chestnut from Vale Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask, handpump at The Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks, 08.09.10 Pours more dark amber than chestnut. Quite bitter and fruity with a dryness at the end, it’s served just a touch warm. It’s pleasant enough but I preferred last month’s special the Scuff Gold. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Grumpling Ale from Vale Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask@the one of the spoons between Victoria and Pimlico. Deep goldeny amber colour with mediumsized foamy off-white head. Aroma is toasted malts, some mild grass and caramel malts along with some quite floral notes. Flavour is being quite much the same along with some wood, herbs and mild toffee.
Fin (18365) reviewed Scruff Gold from Vale Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask, handpump at The Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks, 09.08.10 Pours gold with a medium white head. Light citrus and some malt show on the nose. Crikey this has a really strung out bitterness, streaky shards of bitterness whip around and cling to the roof of the mouth with some pithy lemon also showing. There is some sweetened lemon flavours otherwise there is little in the way of sweetness. Possibly one of the bitterest beers I’ve ever had from Vale and if this wasn’t served just a tad warm, an occasional issue in the summer months with this otherwise very good pub then this would have scored even higher. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Black Beauty from Vale Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask@GBBF2010. Deep reddish brown colour with small off-white/beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, some chocolate and coffee. Also mild ashy notes. Flavour is caramel, roasted malts some ashes and mild coffeeish notes. Mild bitterness in the finish. Gentle and smooth.
LordAlwold1970 (9754) reviewed Black Beauty from Vale Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at GBBF ’10. Black pour, beige head. Caramel, coffee, chocolate aromas. Heavy coffee flavours with a smattering of chocolate. Slightly bitter.
Fin (18365) reviewed Two-Bob Bitter from Vale Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask, gravity at Merton Summer Beer Festival 16-07-10 Pours gold with nice bubbly white head. We had a dry hopped version of the standard beer, dry hopped with cascade. The nose was amongst the hoppiest aroma of any Vale beer that I’ve ever tried, with really fresh hops flying off of this, I really noticed this when I was pouring one for somebody that the nose was literally leaping out at me. Flavour wise it was good, not as good as the aroma might have suggested but it was crisper, with a late bitterness, and whilst there was an underlying sweetness throughout the bitterness and a dry finish and those hops certainly made sure that this was quite a popular beer amongst those attending. A8 A4 T7 P3 Ov15 3.7
Fin (18365) reviewed Red Kite from Vale Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at The Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks 07-06-10 This did indeed pour chestnut in colour as the description suggested with an off white head, condition wise this was absolutely fine but taste wise not my bag at all. It was really quite malty but also bitter and fruity, maybe it was one of them days when you just want some light hoppy gold and refreshing beer I’m not sure but I do know that this didn’t really do it for me at all and even though I only had a half I was glad at the end. A6 A4 T5 P3 Ov11 2.9