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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Tap @ Criterion, Leicester. Cloudy golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty and mango. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish with a slight acidic edge. 260717
Tried from Draft on 26 Jul 2017 at 10:54

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Cask at the Chelmsford Summer Beer & Cider Festival, Essex. Pours clear dark gold with a lasting white head. Aroma of hop, citrus fruit, light malt with floral notes. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Light body, slight watery texture, average to soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 07 Jul 2017 at 11:08

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Handpull cask at the Mill, Cambridge. Golden brown, not quite clear, with a fairly large loose white head. Gooseberry and papaya in the aroma with a touch of resin. Taste is sweet with tropical fruit notes at first, but turns to bitter for the long finish. A touch of soap in the aftertaste, along with more papaya, squash and apricot. Not perfect but a really moreish pale ale.
Tried from Cask on 27 Jun 2017 at 13:04

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KeyKeg at the 2017 Cambridge Beer Festival. Light orange/golden and very hazy. A little bit of spotty white head floats on top. Some mango and orange juice in the aroma, which complement the tart funk. Taste is pretty sour, with notes of lemon and kumquat rind to the fore. Clean tart finish with a touch of salt. Well-made but probably a little bit lacking in flavour for me.
Tried on 25 May 2017 at 08:47

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Tried on 24 May 2017 at 16:37

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Tried from Draft on 22 Apr 2017 at 12:48

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Tried from Cask on 22 Apr 2017 at 12:42

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Tried from Draft on 22 Apr 2017 at 12:28

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Tried from Draft on 22 Apr 2017 at 12:21

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg at the Cambridge Blue. Gold, clear with almost no head. The aroma is indeed very enticing. Kaffir lime leaves, some juniper from the gin, lemon peel. Taste is a bit bitter, sour and medicinal. The promise of the aroma fizzles out a bit, and I’m left with a fairly workaday beer. Heavy carbonation, which hides the thin body. It works, but not as well as I’d like. Not really getting any wheat beer vibes. A bit of a forgettable beer.
Tried on 21 Apr 2017 at 14:59