Spey Valley Brewery

Microbrewery in Mulben, Moray, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Established in 2012

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Mulben Keith AB55 6YB, Mulben, Scotland
Description
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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6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5


Cask (gravity) @ #NRHBCF 2019 - Day 3 [ The 44th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival (The 12th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], 🇬🇧 Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.

[ As Spey Valley Spey Stout ].
ABV: 5.4%. Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, dark malt, sweet malt, chocolate. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet with a average to long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, chocolate, licorice touch. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20191011]
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Tried from Cask on 13 Sep 2024 at 08:04


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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle in the Kellockbank Bargain Bucket. It pours clear brown (not golden) with a small fluffy white head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, sappy, resinous, brown bread, toffee, orange marmalade, slightly herbal and minty. The taste is crispy, dry, snappy, woody, sappy, brown bread, malt loaf, touch herbal, grassy and dull toffee with a short, dryish. Light body and fine, prickly carbonation. Fairly lacklustre stuff. It's not and, but not super exciting.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2024 at 16:43


8

bottle at home ...dark black ..thick tan head ...soft sweet nutty chocolate roast malts . sweet chocolate Roast malts ...big berry fruit

Tried from Bottle on 25 Aug 2024 at 18:40


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

330ml bottle left as room warming gift - clear gold, thin white head. Syrupy corn sweetness, smoothy, little biscuity malts, fruity.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2024 at 21:05


5

Tried from Draft on 06 Aug 2024 at 21:18


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6

Tried from Cask at Cafe Royal Circle Bar on 06 Aug 2024 at 20:00


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Lidl, Inverurie. It pours near black with a thick, fluffy tan head. The aroma is soft, fairly sweet, creamy, milk chocolate, roasty malts, touch of umami and liquorice allsorts. The taste is smooth, bitter - sweet, dark roasted malt, bitter, charred, burnt toast, plenty of liquorice, hot, boozey warmth, coffee grounds, some tar, permanent marker pen and spice with a warming, charred and slight bitter finish. Medium+ body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Nice elements to it, but it has a slightly burnt, permanant marker pen character.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2024 at 13:27


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at graf. Pours deep brown, nose is liquorice, chocolate, earthy, taste is similar, roasty. --- Beer merged from original tick of Spey Stout Of The World on 07 Jun 2024 at 20:06 - Score: 7

Tried from Cask on 07 Jun 2024 at 19:06


7

cask at graf 2024 ....dark black ..thin tan lacing ..soft sweet nutty chocolate roast malts nose ..soft dusty chocolate roast malts ...soft sweet chocolate Roast malts

Tried from Cask on 07 Jun 2024 at 12:45


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Uklar orange med høyt hvitt skum. Lukter bringebær. Lettdrikkelig. mild bringebærsmak. Noe tørr avslutning.

Tried on 06 Jun 2024 at 18:04