jjsint (8701) reviewed Business Time from Nene Valley Brewery 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Keg draught at the Tap & Kitchen, Oundle. Light gold and a little hazy with a small film of white head. Big aroma of gooseberry and pineapple with an underpinning of sweet vanilla malt. Sweet balanced taste, gently malt-led at first but bringing in the bittersweet fruity hop. Ambrosial. Light body with carbonation on the heavy side, lifting the experience. I love NZ pale and this is no exception.
jjsint (8701) reviewed Woodcock’s Relish from Nene Valley Brewery 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Handpull cask at Tap and Kitchen, Oundle. Reddish brown and clear with an uneven beige head and a little lacing. Nose has a bit of sulphur to it, a bit weird. Also woody character, some red berry. Taste has even more sulphur to it, with a dry bitterness pervading. Long tannic finish. Body feels full with very little carbonation. Usually love Nene Valley but this fell short.
jjsint (8701) reviewed Stay Rad from Nene Valley Brewery 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Keg draught att he Tap and Kitchen, Oundle. Light gold, clear with a small ring of off-white head and good lacing. Sweet aroma with stone fruit, candy sugar. Gorgeous sweet taste, more stone fruit, some grapefruit, touches of white pepper and spruce. Medium body, slightly oily, carbonation on the high side. This is a really good pale from Nene Valley.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Handpull cask at the Stilton Cheese, Somerby. Light to mid-gold and clear with a small film of white head. Unobtrusive aroma: grasses, kiwi, light toffee, orange peel.Taste is bittersweet with some full citrus and tropical fruit and heavy strong iced tea. Slightly bitter and drying finish. Light to medium body with light carbonation. Fantastic. Refreshing and moreish.
Grumbo (24737) reviewed Stay Rad from Nene Valley Brewery 5 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
28/10/2025. Keg pour at Norwich Beer Festival (Waterfront). Good pour. Nice hoppy aroma, citrusy, piney, lightly tropical and spicy. Medium sweet, moderately bitter. Good body. Smooth, oily. Average carbonation. Bready, spicy bitter edge to finish. Enjoyable.
Mr_Pink_152 (17449) ticked Business Time from Nene Valley Brewery 7 months ago
Tried at the Peterborough Beer Festival 2025.
jjsint (8701) reviewed Here’s The Thing from Nene Valley Brewery 9 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Gravity cask at the 2025 Rutland CAMRA Festival, the County Museum, Oakham. Usually I go through rates in the same pattern: appearance, aroma, taste, finish, texture, summation. I'm starting this one by saying that this is possibly one of the sweetest beers I've ever had from a proper brewery. I like my sweet beers but this is something else. It is tawny brown, mostly clear with a very loose and uneven off-white head. Aroma of sweet fruits, super-sweetened tea. Taste... well I must admit that the finish has some bitterness but that is after the crazy sugar hit. Notes of mango and papaya (coated in sugar, hollowed out and filled with sugar). It's a good beer in ways I guess but the sweetness made it impossible for me to rate it objectively.
Franclh (7604) reviewed Business Time from Nene Valley Brewery 10 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Van tap bij Cask & Barrel in Edinburgh gedeeld. Droog, citrus, grapefruit, wat witte druif, bitters, tropisch fruit, grassig, wat meloen. (11-5-2025).
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Cask at Volunteers Arms, Musselburgh - Jet black, tan top. Lactose forward, sweet dark chocolate, roasted malts, slight liquorice hints at the back.