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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6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg at the Blue Moon, Cambridge. Light gold with a tiny bit of head and little visible carbonation. Resin, earth, gardenia and a bit of plastic in the aroma. Fresh bittersweet taste. More hop bitterness in the finish. Decent and certainly tasty but not outstanding... better APAs to be had.
Tried on 14 Dec 2015 at 13:31

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@Pratts and Payne, Streatham, London - golden amber pour with white head. Toasty malty and citrus fruity aroma and taste, caramel, some herbal and piny hoppy notes, bit watery, ok.
Tried from Cask on 02 Dec 2015 at 15:22

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7
Keg at the Blue Moon, Cambridge. Amber, slightly hazy wig a decent beige head. Scent obscured a bit - maybe too cold and too kegged - but there is a nice malt, tree sap and vanilla scent if you let it warm up a bit and keep at it. Sweet taste with heavy bitter overtones. Nice bitter-laden finish with slight suggestions of forest fruit and caramel. Very decent US-style amber.
Tried on 16 Nov 2015 at 12:45

6/10
Tried on 17 Oct 2015 at 03:11

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at the Mill, Cambridge. Light to mid-gold, small white head. Sea salt, citrus and sulphur aroma. Gentle bittersweet taste is buoyed by a salty/savoury note. Lip-smacking grassy aftertaste. Good, and different from most beers of its ilk.
Tried from Cask on 19 Sep 2015 at 03:15

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the three johns during the tap takeover. Clear light orange / golden coloured pour with a a lasting thin white cap. Aroma is semi sweet, juicy hop, mango, resinous hop, pine needle. Flavour is composed of semi sweet malts, nutty, little , berry, mineral, dirty citrus. Palate is semi sweet, moderate cask condition. OK English IPA. Not sure premium bitter is correct for this.
Tried from Cask on 08 Sep 2015 at 15:37

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at the three johns during the tap takeover. Mostly clear golden coloured pour with a lasting white head. Aroma is big tropical fruit, lemon mango and passion fruit. Really fresh hop on the nose. Flavour is composed of pretty clean malts, little rustic straw, grape, mango, sharp citrus hop. Maybe some galaxy and nelson sauvin. Palate is quite crisp, highish carbonation, little hop resin on the tongue and a drying finish. Impressed with this one. Assertive clean hop bitterness as well.
Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2015 at 15:32

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at the three johns during the tap takeover. Pale yellow / golden coloured pour with a lasting thin white head. Aroma is subdued, straw, English ale yeast, ester, brambles. Flavour is composed of base malt, nutty, place grains, straw, hint of smoke. Hops are subdued with a hint of lemon. Palate is semi sweet, decent cask condition. Lingering grains. Decent well made gold.
Tried from Cask on 08 Sep 2015 at 15:21

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Keg at the three johns during the tap takeover. Clear mid golden / orange coloured pour with a lasting thin off white head. Aroma is semi sweet, nitty malts, light resinous hop, grassy hop with a little strawberry. Flavour is composed of tangy grassy hop with a little pine In the background. Malt base in brown bread, crisp Grains. Was expecting a bit note southern hemisphere tropical hop character. Palate is crisp with highish carbonation and a drying finish. Lingering grassy hop. Little veg. Clean fermentation.
Tried from Draft on 08 Sep 2015 at 15:15

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the three johns. Chestnut brown with reddy hues coloured pour with a lasting halo of loose light tan head. Aroma is toasted cocoa, drinking chocolate, hint of coconut. Rich and milky on the nose. Flavour is composed of rich choc, cocoa, hint of smooth roast with some boozy cake mixture, and dried fruits. Palate is medium sweet, medium full with a little alcohol warmth in the finish. Nice porter.
Tried from Cask on 08 Sep 2015 at 15:09