Subsidiaries
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Volunteer Arms, GBBF 2008. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with some hoppy hints. Fruity malty slightly hoppy flavor with some hints of citrus. Has a sweetish malty hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Apr 2009
at 07:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Nut Tree, Murcott, Oxon 02-04-09 Pours golden with small white head, good clarity. Crisp and with a good bitter hoppiness but this is also quite dry and fairly malty some sweetness hangs around but even though its doesnโt come across as a bitter beer its surprising how long that bitterness stays for. Decent beer and glad that Iโve finally found it, in my local of all places. Following a conversation with Ian Mackey at Vale I have a feeling that the recipe for this may have been tweaked recently, though I may be getting that confused with another one of their beers. A7 A4 F7 P4 OV14 3.6
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Apr 2009
at 14:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival 6th and 7th Feb 2009 Pours copper in colour with an off white head. This must be amongst the most aromatic of all of the Vale beers that Iโve ever had. Really very floral nose, lavender and perfume both very much apparent. The flavour whilst very nice never quite manages to pull out all the stops like the aroma and whilst it is the usual very solid and tasty Vale beer you get the feeling that this could have been even better. I was impressed with the use of Chinook, Wilamette and Perle hops and the first two definately gave this a slightly different twist but after a while those hops and the malts that were also much in evidence subsided a little and this just slipped back into being a decent beer when it could have been better. Looking forward to the March monthly special and hope that the experimentation goes that little bit further. A8 A4 F6 P3 OV13 3.4
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Feb 2009
at 10:30
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Vibrant golden beer with a strong head. The aroma is florally hopped and dry. The flavour is very dry and fruity. Overall a very nice dry, fruity and hopped beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2009
at 02:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Golden beer with a very strong head. The aroma is mildly hopped, and the flavour is very hopped and very dry. Overall a nice but average bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2009
at 20:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask, at the Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks, 20-01-09 Pours a very deep amber with a white head and its looking in really good condition. Some sweet milk chocolate tickles the nostrils along with a hint of fruitiness. Fruitiness also comes through in the mouth, really nice tanginess but a good malty base and with a lovely slinky bitterness. Liked the hoppiness in this and also a real dryness at the end which is a chracteristic I liked and not one that I often get so much with the Vale beers. A very good beer, if I had one criticism then this was just the tiniest bit warm otherwise another excellent beer in this cracking pub A6 A4 F7 P4 OV15 3.6
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jan 2009
at 02:53
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask conditioned at The Castle, Furnival St., London
Dark mahogany color. Aroma of ashes and yeast. Weak flavor, some caramel and very light chocolate. Simple Mild.
Dark mahogany color. Aroma of ashes and yeast. Weak flavor, some caramel and very light chocolate. Simple Mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jan 2009
at 18:12
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask Conditioned at Market Porter, London
Hazy dark amber color; thin creamy head. The aroma is simple. The flavor is basically caramel, with some light chocolate, and a yeasty touch, on the dry side; strangely the final is more refreshing than expected. Good.
Hazy dark amber color; thin creamy head. The aroma is simple. The flavor is basically caramel, with some light chocolate, and a yeasty touch, on the dry side; strangely the final is more refreshing than expected. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jan 2009
at 18:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Black beer with a strong head. The aroma is lightly bitter and lightly roasted, and the flavour is lightly roasted and bitter. Overall an average roasted bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2008
at 18:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Bag ONails, Bristol 19/11/08. Deep golden in colour with a decent, off-white head. Aroma of summer fruits with plenty of citrus hops. Flavour was well-balanced, with some biscuit malts, fruitiness and plenty of juicy hops, leading to a nice dry finish. Highly drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2008
at 15:48