Vale Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Brill,
Buckinghamshire,
England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Associated Venue: Vale Brewery
Established in 1995
Contact
Tramway Business Park, Ludgershall Road, Brill, Brill, HP18 9TY, England
Subsidiaries
Description
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.
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.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Bag ONails, Bristol 20/11/08. Pleasant amber session bitter with a slight, off white head. Gentle fruity aroma and flavour, with some sweetness and grassy hops, before a short bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2008
at 15:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Bag ONails, Bristol 20/11/08. Deep gold with a slight white head. Fruity aroma with some grassy hops. Flavour began with some sweet malts, a touch of apricot, more hops and a decent bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2008
at 15:42
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Brown beer with a strong head. The aroma is mildly sour and dry, and the flavour is sour and dry. Overall a very average beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2008
at 19:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at The Nut Tree, Murcott, Oxon 26-10-08 Canโt quite believe that I hadnโt rated this beer before. Pours copper in colour good clarity nice white head. Nice fruity and malty beer, some bitterness from the hops. This is fine enough but unlike the name not special. A6 A4 F6 P3 OV11 3.0 Had this again, pours more dark amber than the copper I described before and with a white head. Some soapy hops, bit soft in the mouth, bitterness comes through at the end maybe with a touch of spiciness that I get from somewhere. quite amazingly I rated this exactly the same as before. A6 A4 F6 P3 OV12 3.0
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Oct 2008
at 16:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate to light heavy hoppy, citrus, lemon. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, refreshing. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (080808)
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2008
at 05:29
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.Clear light yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, light hoppy, flower, old apples. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (070808)
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Oct 2008
at 08:50
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.Clear medium to dark red brown color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, light notes of chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (060808)
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Oct 2008
at 03:09
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask, gravity, at the ’Hangi’ Charlton-on-Otmoor/Oddington Sat 04-10-08 Pours copper with a good citrussy hoppy nose. Taste is quite earthy and biitersweet, nicely tangy, finishes quite drying.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Oct 2008
at 03:01
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask gravity at Ashford Rugby Club BF 2008. Copper gold, lasting off white head. Some caramel, decent leafy hop on start and finish. The toffee comes through on the swallow.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Sep 2008
at 06:00
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask, 3.9% at GBBF08. Clear chestnut colour. Small stable white head. Weak caramelly malt flavour. Quite thin, but OK flavour.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2008
at 18:46