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.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Spey Stout from Spey Valley Brewery 1 year ago
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]
6-4-6-4-13
Scopey (25115) reviewed L.A. Lager from Spey Valley Brewery 1 year ago
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.
cagarvie (40076) ticked SVB Super Nova 8.4 from Spey Valley Brewery 1 year ago
bottle at home ...dark black ..thick tan head ...soft sweet nutty chocolate roast malts . sweet chocolate Roast malts ...big berry fruit
Jamesie1857 (4455) reviewed Speyside Lager from Spey Valley Brewery 1 year ago
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.
Szeppp (7592) ticked Lager from Spey Valley Brewery 1 year ago
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Scopey (25115) reviewed SVB Super Nova 8.4 from Spey Valley Brewery 1 year ago
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.
Stuu (34525) reviewed Spey Stout of this World from Spey Valley Brewery 1 year ago
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
cagarvie (40076) ticked Spey Stout of this World from Spey Valley Brewery 1 year ago
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
Arsol (4727) reviewed Spey's Jam from Spey Valley Brewery 1 year ago
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.