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Spey Valley Brewery was the first commercial “micro” brewery to be located in the heart of Speyside, creating the finest hand-crafted beers from the same water as Speyside’s world renowned malt whiskies.

The company was founded in 2007 by a distiller, David MacDonald, and a local farmer, Innes MacPherson, who set out to produce world-class beers on the farm in Mulben. Initially brewing from a tiny pilot plant, for the first four years the brewery survived on the owners’ day jobs and focused exclusively upon getting the recipes and the products right. Distribution was deliberately confined to a limited number of informed, local buyers and it wasn’t until 2011 that the first commercial casks arrived on the market.

The first product – Spey Stout – was enthusiastically received by consumers and critically acclaimed throughout the wider brewing world. Encouraged by this early success, the company expanded production in 2012 and began distributing more widely throughout the North East and further afield. In early 2016, production moved to a dedicated unit – still on the farm! – that has seen Spey Valley Brewery become the largest brewery in the local area.

Brewery closed in 2020 and relaunched in Summer 2023 with a different beer lineup.
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Leighton (35418) reviewed
Spey's Hopper from Spey Valley Brewery
8 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle shared in London - thanks to Paul. Pours clear gold-brown with a small, creamy tan head. The nose has brown bread, toasted pine. Light sweet flavour, a little oxidized, more pine, brown bread, toasted sugars, mild grassy bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. A little bland on the finish, more brown bread, oxidation, earth. Interesting. So so.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2018 at 12:49
WingmanWillis (39655) ticked
Spey's Hopper from Spey Valley Brewery
8 years ago
6/10
Tried on 05 Jan 2018 at 12:31
Scopey (25563) reviewed
Spey's Hopper from Spey Valley Brewery
8 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at L42. It pours deep brown with a medium beige head. The aroma is rich, malt - driven, brown bread, wood, fruit cake and toasty action. The taste is dry, bitter, toasted brown bread, burnt fruit cake, pithy, zesty, charred wood and chewy action with a drying and woody finish. Medium body and average carboantion. A bit chewy and drying. Old school. Fair enough.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2018 at 12:16
madmitch76 (41486) reviewed
Spey's Hopper from Spey Valley Brewery
8 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
5th January 2018
Level 42 Bottleshare. Thanks to Paul. Clear deep amber beer, small pale tan head. Palate is light and dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Thin mellow dark malts, traces of earth and dark chocolate. Mild spicy bitterness. Mild tangy fruits. Litte bitter toffee. Dry finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2018 at 12:12
Scopey (25563) reviewed
Spey's Hardware / New England IPA from Spey Valley Brewery
9 years ago
6.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can from Westhill Service Stationm it pours cloudy amber - brown with a medium bubbly white head. The aroma is fresh, soft, sweet, juicy, apricot, mango, peach, marmalade, bread and dull toffee. The taste is dry, bitter, resin, pine, pithy, zesty, grapefruit, touch of toffee, brown bread, apricot, marmalade, bit of spice and alcohol with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. She ain't a looker - very murky and darker than expected. Nice aroma anyhow. Decent enough stuff.
Tried from Can on 13 Oct 2017 at 07:38
kajser27 (3009) reviewed
David's Not So Bitter from Spey Valley Brewery
9 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Copper colored, small non lasting off white head. Aroma is of malt, biscuit and caramel, moderate-light fruity and lemony hops. Taste is medium sweet carabiscuit, malty, medium- bitterness, light+ hoppy citrus lemony and fruity hops, bit bready. Medium- bodied, soft-flat carbonation. (cask)
Tried from Cask on 25 Sep 2017 at 02:32
MusingAnorak (13342) ticked
David's Not So Bitter from Spey Valley Brewery
9 years ago
5/10
Tried from Cask on 21 Sep 2017 at 17:19
minutemat (16858) reviewed
David's Not So Bitter from Spey Valley Brewery
9 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330ml bottle from Wrekin Whiskies, Shrewsbury. Pours a deep mahogany, small off-white head. Some caramelised malts and stewed fruits in the aroma. Taste has a burnished fruity malt character, with good bitterness. There’s enough caramelised flavour here for a bitter, perhaps more of a Scottish bitter in that respect. Not bad really.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2017 at 16:13
cagarvie (40318) reviewed
It's Not Terry's... from Spey Valley Brewery
9 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask in the Blue blazer... Dark brown black.. Small tan head.. Soft dusty chocolate roast malts nose.. Soft sweet toffee chocolate dry chocolate orange roast
Tried from Cask on 08 May 2017 at 14:12
Stuu (35163) reviewed
It's Not Terry's... from Spey Valley Brewery
9 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at the blue blazer. Pours black, nose is chocolate, meaty, soy sauce, taste is sweet, chewy, chocolate, toffee, meaty, light orange.
Tried from Cask on 08 May 2017 at 02:07