Nene Valley Brewery

Microbrewery in Oundle, Northamptonshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Tap & Kitchen

Established in 2011

Contact
Oundle Wharf, Station Road, Oundle, PE8 4DE, England
Description
Independent Brewery producing a wide range of Cask, Keg, Bottled and Canned beers. Products available direct from the on-site shop and tours are available about twice a month. Most beers are now gluten free.

From modest origins in July 2011, which saw Nene Valley Brewery operating with just a two-and-a-half-barrel facility, the company moved into its new riverside premises at the end of that year and now operates a 15-barrel installation. Brewing is undertaken once a week with a range of products distributed to local pubs, wholesalers and direct to the public.

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask handpull at The Artichoke Norwich. Hazy gold colour lasting white head. Now that is a lovely hoppy citrus apa. Grapefruit light earth light mango sufficient pale malt. some bitterness. good condition and temperature. yep pretty good.
Tried from Cask on 16 Aug 2020 at 13:29

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Cask handpull at The Fat Cat Brewery Tap Norwich. Hazy gold colour lasting white head. Yes hoppy but not over the top. some minerality some grassy hop some melon and gooseberry. Good condition good balance throughout. light in males. good hoppy pale.
Tried from Cask on 16 Aug 2020 at 12:22

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at The Plasterers Arms Norwich Clear amber colour lasting white head. That's ok. citrus pale ale. yep fine nothing special but ok fruit. light bitterness on the finish
Tried from Cask on 15 Aug 2020 at 15:30

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Cask at Smithfield, Derby Pours very dark reddish-brown with a small cream head. Absolutely oozes chocolate in the nose – roast malts there as well. Chocolate again dominant in the mouth, along with a good helping of dark fruits. Plus liquorice and a hint of orange peel. Chocolate in the finish along with some hops. I really like this – very easy drinking for its strength.
Tried from Cask on 14 Aug 2020 at 19:37

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask at Peterborough Beer Festival Aug 2019. Pours hazed pale amber with a small white head. Aroma: floral, citrus, tropical fruit, light caramel, piney hop. Taste moderate sweet & bitter, orange marmalade, pine. Medium body, soft carbonation. Semi dry bitter hoppy finish. Good to see a DIPA on cask. Tidy
Tried from Cask on 14 Jul 2020 at 07:02

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at Peterborough Beer Festival 2016. Pours clear golden orange with a loose white head. Aroma is lemon zest, juniper, earthy. Taste: light sweet, sharp zesty lime, grapefruit, tea leaves. Light to medium body, light carbonation, lingering fruity finish. A tasty, good fun gin beer
Tried from Cask on 20 Jun 2020 at 20:18

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Pint Shop Cambridge, pre lockdown. Pours clear pale golden with a white head. Aroma: pale malts, grains, grassy hop, floral. Taste: light to medium sweet & bitter, cereal, lemon citrus. Light to medium body, fine carb, clean finish with a little black pepper spice
Tried from Draft on 20 Jun 2020 at 19:19

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at the Tewkesbury Winter Ales Festival, 7/2/2020. Near black in colour, with a thin, off-white, head. milk chocolate notes, a hint of blueberry and some malty toastiness in the finish. Fine.
Tried from Cask on 23 Apr 2020 at 09:37

8/10
Needs more late-hopping and whirlpool hops.
Tried from Cask at The Ale House on 13 Mar 2020 at 20:05

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Third by cask at GBBF Winter 2020, second day, Elgar Bar. Shared with Finn. Crystal clear amber body, covering off-white head, laces fine. Mid-dry floral hops on the nose. Fruity taste, orange and oily hops, grainy malts beneath. Ripe citrus ending. Satisfying. (Birmingham 05.02.2020).
Tried from Cask on 10 Mar 2020 at 17:40