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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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oh6gdx (52920) reviewed
Shire Ale from Vale Brewery
16 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask@The New Wheatsheaf, London. Amber colour, mediumsized creamy beige head, that leaves nice lace. Aroma is mildly eggy along with some slight caramelly and toffeeish notes. Flavour is wooden and grassy bitterness aong with some slight caramel malty notes.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jan 2010 at 11:51
oh6gdx (52920) reviewed
Good King from Vale Brewery
16 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask@The New Wheatsheaf, London. Amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is nuts, fruits, wood and some slight caramelly and toffeeish notes. Also slight dark chocolate to be notes. Flavour is nutty, wooden, mildly toffeeish as well as some mild grassy notes in the finish.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jan 2010 at 11:45
wheresthepath (3760) reviewed
Grumpling Ale from Vale Brewery
16 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5
[500ml bottle, gift from my wife - cheers!] Considering this is a relatively local brewery, I’m surprised that this is the first I’ve had from them. Deep amber, negligible beige head, moderate carbonation. Tastes dry and woody - almost of sawdust at first. Slight metallic hints before some autumn fruit come through. But the mouthfeel is weak, watery and fizzy - felt like a mass-market pasteurised bitter rather than a micro brewery bottle conditioned old ale. Disappointing, but I suspect that it’s better casked.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2010 at 14:57
Harrisoni (26621) reviewed
Hartwells Barn from Vale Brewery
16 years ago
5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask gravity at Pig’s Ear BF 09. Pale chestnut, it’s a soft bitter with slight bitterness on the finish.
Tried from Cask on 28 Dec 2009 at 03:14
Anders37 (30296) reviewed
Hay Loader from Vale Brewery
16 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ Volunteer Arms, GBBF 2009. Pours a golden color wit a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy citrus hints. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish with some hints of caramel in the aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 22 Dec 2009 at 09:20
Fin (18756) reviewed
Shire Ale from Vale Brewery
16 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask, handpump at The Nut Tree, Murcott, Oxon 17-12-09 following performing of our Mummers Play Pours light chestnut with off-white head. Quite tangy in the mouth, really fruity but also with big maltiness showing though. This is lacking a little sweetness, in fact whilst its a decent beer it just sits slightly uncomfortable with me I keep thinking about it after and it seems to have a slight bog standard brown ale edginess and tanginess to it which I sort of consider to be a negative. I have thoroughly enjoyed these monthly specials sadly this wasn’t up there with the best of them in my opinion. A6 A4 F6 P3 Ov12 3.1
Tried from Cask on 18 Dec 2009 at 09:44
Fin (18756) reviewed
Hartwells Barn from Vale Brewery
16 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Gravity, cask at The Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks, 16-11-09 Pours more dark amber than chestnut with a filmy off-white head. Nice start, chewy, bittersweet combination, some lingering bitterness also light fruit & toffee. Really quite a decent session beer, reasonably hoppy not sure of varieties used but I’m guessing that its is leaning towards the more traditional english varieties. Decent no frills well made session beer, the sort of things that Vale excel at, very good. A6 A4 F7 P4 Ov13 3.4
Tried from Cask on 16 Nov 2009 at 23:50
Fin (18756) reviewed
Something Wicked from Vale Brewery
16 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask, handpump at the Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks 02-11-09 Pours dark amber with a mid sized off-white head. Quite a big fruity, malty beer, that is tasty, tangy, quite bitter and a touch dry at end, likeable stuff. Chatted to Vale about this yesterday thinking that this was the November special (but then saw Glen’s rating) but informed that it was a seasonal beer. Informed that whilst fairly similar to last years brew the recipe (malts) were slightly tweaked from last year. Its also worth noting that this beer was created initially as a dark, stronger (but quite different in my opinion) variant of the VPA. A6 A5 F7 P3 Ov12 3.3
Tried from Cask on 05 Nov 2009 at 09:59
RichTigers (5280) reviewed
Grumpling Ale from Vale Brewery
16 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Golden brown beer with a strong head. The aroma is roasted and hopped, and the flavour is roasted, dry and very well hopped with a slightly yeasty finish. Overall a nice very well hopped and bitter beer.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2009 at 18:23
Fin (18756) reviewed
Poore's Brickyard from Vale Brewery
16 years ago
5.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
On cask, gravity at the ’Hangi’ Charlton-on-Otmoor 10-10-09 Poured amber but there is a definate red hue to this beer, white head, nice and clear. Aroma is soapy hops and a touch metallic. Taste is a little floral but there is caramel and a wishy washy washing-up feel about it. Vale have done some really very good beers in their monthly series with August and Septembers being particularly good, sadly this struggles to even be just ok, it did very little for me unfortunately. A5 A4 F5 P3 Ov11 2.8
Tried from Cask on 12 Oct 2009 at 00:18