Vale Wychert

Brewed by Vale
Style: Bitter
Aylesbury, England

Serve in English pint

Cask handpump at The Regal (Wetherspoons), Cambridge. Clear copper with a good-sized head. Cereal and hops in the scent. Some carbonation, a bit dry. Caramel and biscuit malts in the mouth. Quite nice at first but then turns quite bland.

Big up to Tjalve!! Pours with a beautiful dark amber color. Aroma is some sweet malty, some red berries and darker syrup. Flavor is little malty and some syrup sweet to it. Palate is medium. Medium carbonated.

A good looking ale, but I find everything Vale make to be rather tart and harsh. Just doesn’t suit my palate I guess.

Bottle 500ml.
Clear medium amber orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, carame, nutty, fruity, light roasted. Flavor is moderate to light light sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100101]

UPDATED: DEC 2, 2010 Cask conditioned handpump Victoria Inn Northampton A light amber coloured beer with a whitish head and lacing. A pretty decent sessionable beer with a good balance of malt and hop. Clean and tasty Score 3.0
Subsequent ratings scored 3.4 and 3.1. Average becomes 3.2

A beer choc full of exciting nutty buzzes and mellow malts. It has a tingly carbonation that really adds a brightness to the flavour. Hints of chocolate and hazelnut give a delicious sweetness.

Cask @ Ascot Beer Festival 2009. A good amber orange colour with a thin white head. The aroma is all hops with a hint of citrus, the taste is dry with a light bitterness.

On tap at the Kings Head, Monmouth. Clear amber colour with a thin white head and good lace. Bad aroma, smells rather like stale manure. Hoppy hints and bit of fruity pear tangyness. A clear decent beer with a nice flavour.