Rother Valley Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Northiam, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 1993

Contact
Gate Court Farm, Station Road, Northiam, TN31 6QT, England
Description
Rother Valley Brewing Company was established in Northiam in 1993 on a hop and dairy farm overlooking the River Rother that marks the boundary between Kent and East Sussex.

Cask and bottled beers are produced for distribution to many public houses, restaurants and shops in Kent and Sussex.

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5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
50cl bottle picked up in Hastings. Amber with a thin white head; rich, earthy, malty aroma; malty flavour with some light citrusy hops; then a dry, straw-like, hoppy finish. A rather average bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Dec 2011 at 15:33

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
50cl bottle picked up in Hastings. Amber with a loose cream head and moderate carbonation; the aroma has malts and caramel - almost candy floss; the flavour has barley sugar at first the some clean Kentish hops giving a pleasant bitterness, and then finally a hint of citrus.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2011 at 03:07

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2011. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy grassy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish.
Tried from Cask on 08 Nov 2011 at 09:37

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
50cl bottle from Waitrose, Tenterden. Deep mahogany with a chestnut gleam and a ring of cream head; the aroma has rich caramel and some nutty malts; rather thin in the mouth with treacle toffee flavour; and a gently bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2011 at 01:27

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask at Dean Swift. It pours golden yellow, with a decent bubbly white head. The nose is wood, toffee apple and white sugar. The taste is cardboard, wood, leather, astringency, lemon pith, brown bread and sweaty sock, with a long dry finish. Light to medium body and low carbonation. Not great.
Tried from Cask on 12 Sep 2011 at 05:45

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is herbal, mouldy and toasted malty. Bitter, slight herbal, grassy, hayish and mild citrusy. Bitter and herbal finish. Vague lasting citrusy note.
Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2011 at 14:50

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle @ RBESG 2009 Harlequin, Sheffield One of the most boring beers of the tasting. Typical blonde , average with lack of decent hop
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2011 at 14:40

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF 2010. A dark golden beer with a lazing yellowish head. The aroma has notes of malt and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, and butter, leading to a dry finish.
Tried from Cask on 16 Jul 2011 at 14:45

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask gravity at K&ES Railway BF 2011. Hazy amber. Lasting white head. Some English pepper hop and some light syrup malt. Very tasty quite delicious white stone fruit. Peach apricot. Then white pepper hop finish. Rather lovely. Now that is good
Tried from Cask on 17 Jun 2011 at 12:49

5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
Cask @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium amber orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, white nutty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, queasy caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100805]
Tried from Cask on 30 Jan 2011 at 23:49