Winster Valley Brewery Reviews

ManVsBeer	2.7 Winster Valley Lakes Lager Bottle from Open All Hours, Keswick. Golden with a small head. Blandish cask styled lager, although nice enough texture. Friday, April 19, 2024
Travlr	3.6 Winster Valley Cartmel Chaser Draft at the source. Crystal clear deep amber color, fine tan head. Aroma of toasted caramel. Taste is smooth malty caramel with a bit of pepper. Nice. Sunday, June 26, 2016
alfa	3.5 Winster Valley Best Bitter From the cask at the brewery, The Brown Horse in Winster. Excellent, fresh tasting, light bitter quaffing ale. The posher, more expensive gastropub up the hill also serves it. Smart move. Thursday, May 5, 2016
ManVsBeer	2.7 Winster Valley Cartmel Chaser Rochdale Beer Festival 2015. Dark, dirty amber in colour. Has a sweetness in its nose, fused with some darker malts which are also evident in its taste, but not a very stated ale. Saturday, March 19, 2016
mR_fr0g	2.9 Winster Valley Hurdler Cask at the brewpub. Clear golden coloured pour with a frothy white head. Aroma is grainstire malts. Subdued. Little worty. Flavour is composed of faint lemon, grainy, slightly tangy malts. Hedgerow and grassy Hoo. Palate is light and watery. Meh. Saturday, August 8, 2015
mR_fr0g	3.2 Winster Valley Lakes Blonde Cask at the brewpub. Light yellow / golden coloured pour with a lasting frothy white head. Aroma us nice pollen. Floral , damp hay and straw. Flavor is composed if light straw. Damp grains, mild citrus lemon. Pollen. Palate is light and grainy decent cask condition. . decent hoppy blonde. Saturday, August 8, 2015
mR_fr0g	2.2 Winster Valley Cartmel Chaser Cask at the brewpub. Mid amber / copper coloured pour with a frothy off white head. Aroma is vinegar, malt vinegar, tangy apple. Flavour is composed of tangy fruit. Light citrus, mild infection. Malt vinegar. , tangy Apple. Palate is light. Spritzy, low carbonation. Pretty bad. Did not finish. Saturday, August 8, 2015
flying_pig	2.7 Winster Valley Hurdler 500ml Bottle as a gift from Lake District: Quite a disappointing beer sadly, there wasn’t a whole lot going on with it and despite the odd burst of sweetness there wasn’t really anything to grab your attention. Quite a basic and very ordinary beer really and not one that I would recommend picking up. Tuesday, April 7, 2015
flying_pig	3.3 Winster Valley Old School 500ml Bottle as a gift from the Lake District, England: This one was surprisingly enough quite a pleasant and easy to drink beer, not a bad effort for such a random bottle and one that I enjoyed trying. The beer had quite a nice biscuit malt and toffee flavour with the butterscotch sweetness complimenting this nicely; a decent effort despite not being on that’s going to blow you away or anything like that. Tuesday, March 24, 2015
imdownthepub	3 Winster Valley Cartmel Chaser Cask conditioned at Fleetwood Beer Festival ’15. Hazy brown with white head. This had a peachy note in the malts with quite a distinct sweetness. Fruity throughout along with an earthy note. Average. Monday, February 9, 2015
Markc	3 Winster Valley Dark Horse Saturday, February 7, 2015
Markc	3 Winster Valley Lakes Blonde Saturday, February 7, 2015
JanEric	2.6 Winster Valley Cartmel Chaser Cask at the Brown Horse Inn. Bitter butter aroma, same flavour too. Bitter aftertaste,avergae one but not my favourite. Wednesday, January 14, 2015
JanEric	3.1 Winster Valley Old School Cask at The Big Bull Inn.Amber coloured, with a small white head. Hoppy aroma, some citrus, nice beer. (2-1-2015) Wednesday, January 14, 2015
JanEric	3.1 Winster Valley Lakes Blonde Cask at The Big bull inn close to Bowness. Yellowish colour with a small white head. malty and citrussy aroma. At first sip a strange flavour shows up, lateron it’s a fine beer with a good hoppiness. esay to drink Wednesday, January 14, 2015
wigglyworm99	2.3 Winster Valley Lakes Lager Bottle. Golden body. Loose white head. Nose is hops, corn, lager malts, boiled vegetables, freshly mown grass, cloves, cough medicine. Sweet. Dry finish. Watery mouthfeel. Dirty home brew taste. Sunday, January 4, 2015
wigglyworm99	2.8 Winster Valley Dark Horse Bottle. Dark chestnut body. Thin white head. Roasted malt, oak, red fruit, caramel. Bitter. Dry finish. Soft mouthfeel. Watery palate. Okay. Sunday, December 28, 2014
wigglyworm99	3 Winster Valley Old School Bottle. Sparkling gold body. Medium white head with excellent retentive properties. Tangerine, dough, freshy crusty white bread, oranges. Bittersweet. Dry finish. Average. Saturday, December 27, 2014
wigglyworm99	3 Winster Valley Best Bitter Bottle. Amber body. Thin white head. Red fruit, hops, malt. Bittersweet and tangy. Dry finish. Fine but boring. Thursday, December 25, 2014
AshtonMcCobb	3.6 Winster Valley Dark Horse 50cl bottle from the Cartmel village shop. Appearance - dark brown to black with a generous head. Nose - big red fruits note, then some ginger biscuit. Cake mixture too. Taste - more intermingled red fruit, biscuit and spice. Some caramel lurking in the background. Palate - close to medium bodied, the mouthfeel has a good thick texture and there’s a balanced finish. Overall - yeah, really enjoyable. Monday, August 11, 2014
AshtonMcCobb	3.3 Winster Valley Cartmel Chaser Bottle from the Cartmel village shop. Appearance - dark amber with a decent head. Nose - honey and wholemeal bread. Taste - more wholemeal bread but no honey this time. A little though. Palate - medium bodied with a crunchy texture and a dry malty finish. Overall - nicely balanced bitter with enough elements to keep it interesting. Friday, August 8, 2014
AshtonMcCobb	3 Winster Valley Lakes Lager Bottle from the Cartmel village shop. Appearance - golden with a proportionate head. Nose - lots of sweet malt and citrus. Taste - lemon and again sweet malt. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and quite a pleasant finish but should be drier really. Overall - decent body but needs to refresh more. Thursday, August 7, 2014
AshtonMcCobb	3.1 Winster Valley Old School 50cl bottle from Ambleside Wines. Appearance - amber with a decent head though it disappears quite quickly. Nose - toffee and the merest hint of biscuit. Taste - again promising biscuit but really toffee is the main note. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture but I wanted more bitterness on the finish. Overall - decent but needs a cleaner finish. Wednesday, July 30, 2014
AshtonMcCobb	3.4 Winster Valley Hurdler 50cl bottle from Ambleside Wines. Appearance - golden with initially a nice head but it fades quickly. Nose - floral and lemon notes. Taste - lemon and grapefruit. Some maltiness. Palate - light bodied with a light zingy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - it’s a simple formula but they’ve nailed it really well. Tuesday, July 29, 2014
allmyvinyl	3.4 Winster Valley Lakes Blonde Cask at The Old Black Bull, Preston. Pours clear pale yellow, thin white head. Light citrus aromas, some cereal. Taste has more of the same, touch of caramel sweetness, decent bitterness. Clean finish, good body for the strength. Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Leighton	3.3 Winster Valley Cartmel Chaser Gravity cask at the Wandsworth Common Halloween Beer Festival - Le Gothique, London. Pours clear, rich gold with a frothy white cap. Light bready malts in the nose with touches of leaves and dry fruit. Light sweet flavor with bitter grain husks, dried and lightly leathery fruits, dirty leaves. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Bitter earth and leaf finish with further dried fruits and mild bready malt sweetness. A touch too bitter at times. Thursday, November 14, 2013
zacgillbanks	2.9 Winster Valley Dark Horse Bottle from Open All Hours, Keswick. This very dark brown beer has red highlights. It has light chocolate and red fruity flavours, slight bitter roasted notes on the finish. Pretty good for a low ABV beer. Sunday, November 10, 2013
chriso	3 Winster Valley Old School Thursday, October 31, 2013
chriso	3 Winster Valley Best Bitter Thursday, October 31, 2013
dutchbeerpages	2.7 Winster Valley Cartmel Chaser Smells like the butterscotch hops that are so typical in many English bitters. Unfortunately I am not a fan. There is a little sweetness but the finish is bitter, and not the nice kind. Tuesday, July 9, 2013
dutchbeerpages	2.2 Winster Valley Old School I’m just not a fan of the buttery, caremelly butterscotch hops flavor that this beer has. Makes it hard to finish this 500ml bottle. Thursday, June 20, 2013
downender	3 Winster Valley Cartmel Chaser Cask-conditioned at the Cumbrian beeriodical, Seven Stars, Bristol June 2013. Amber in colour with a decent, off-white head. Sweetish bitter, with caramel, bready malts and a touch of fruit. Ok. Wednesday, June 12, 2013
LakeDistrict	4 Winster Valley Old School Personal favourite from the Winster Valley, had this at the brown horse, light golden amber in colour, good all round balance with a tangy fruit undertone Monday, March 25, 2013
LakeDistrict	3.7 Winster Valley Cartmel Chaser Direct from the brown horse at Winster, a dark amber colour, a strong bitter flavour with a hint of fruitiness Monday, March 25, 2013
zacgillbanks	2.5 Winster Valley Lakes Lager Bottle from Open All Hours, Keswick. A golden beer with toffee and slight floral notes with red fruit and caramel on the finish. Saturday, January 19, 2013
zacgillbanks	3.5 Winster Valley Best Bitter Bottle from Open All Hours, Keswick. Dark amber coloured with burnt toffee and nutty flavours and a sweet caramel finish. Sunday, December 2, 2012
zacgillbanks	3 Winster Valley Lakes Pilsner Bottle from Open All Hours, Keswick. Golden coloured with sweet caramel and toffee apple flavours with earthy notes and more sweetness on the finish. Friday, November 16, 2012
madmitch76	2.6 Winster Valley Best Bitter 29th September 2012 Borefts Beer Festival IV. Day 2 (warm up tasting in Jan & Charlotte’s room). Light haze on this gold - amber beer, little pale cream coloured head. Light palate, a little dry. Mildly crispness. Mild toffee malt. Typically British hops - mild mild citrus - mostly bitter. Saturday, November 10, 2012
cgarvieuk	3.1 Winster Valley Hurdler bottle at home...golden amber ... thing white head ... soft floral hops ...light lemon ... soft fruits ... light dull fruit ... soft fruit ... Saturday, November 10, 2012
yespr	3 Winster Valley Hurdler 50 cl bottle. Pours clear golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is light grassy, vague citrusy and a touch of butter. Bitter, light citrusy and mild toasted malty. Citrusy, ligt butterish and mild toasted finish. Saturday, November 10, 2012
cgarvieuk	3 Winster Valley Old School bottle at home ... copper ... thin hwite head ...soft musty toffee malts ...soft bitter fruits ... soft floral hop ...boring Saturday, November 10, 2012
yespr	2.6 Winster Valley Old School 50 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is figs, fruity and toffee malty. Butterish, toffee malty and towards breadish. Bitter, light butterish and dry bitter finish. Saturday, November 10, 2012
worldbeertaste	3.7 Winster Valley Cartmel Chaser Clear deep amber-brown with a thin off-white lasting head. Sweet smell of caramel malt and toffee with some dark fruit. Medium oily flat body. Tastes of sweet caramel malt, light toasted malt, some light fruitiness with a clean woody bitter finish. Sweet and easy to drink. Another great one from Winster Valley Wednesday, October 24, 2012
cgarvieuk	2.7 Winster Valley Best Bitter bottle at de molen ... copper ... small white head ...soft toffee butter hop nose ... soft fruits ... dull bitter fruits ... not reall that good Saturday, September 29, 2012
worldbeertaste	3.7 Winster Valley Old School Medium amber orange with a frothy lacy somewhat lasting white head. Smells of leaves, citrus (orange) with a sweet malt caramel. Medium thin body. Nice sweet caramel malt overall taste, light fruity berry with a chewy biscuit dry bitter finish. Overall nice solid caramel malt taste well balanced with the hop finish. Sunday, August 12, 2012
worldbeertaste	3.6 Winster Valley Lakes Lager Golden medium yellow with a soapy white quick disappearing head. Smells of ginger and light lemon citrus. Medium/thin body. Taste of malt, fruit (apple) with a citrus hop bitter finish. Cold it was a wonderful lager, clearly well crafted but as it got warmer it regressed into a standard hay and grass pale lager. Very nice Sunday, August 12, 2012
worldbeertaste	4 Winster Valley Lakes Pilsner Clear gold with a white lacy lasting creamy white head. Sweet fruity peach, ceareal and cloves aroma. Very fragrent. Medium grainy oily body. Soft. Taste of cereal, corn, sweet summer fruit like peaches and necterines and a nice dry slightly earthy finish. An excellent non-carbonated pilsner. A real treat. Delicious. Sunday, August 5, 2012
foxo82	3 Winster Valley Hurdler Bottle from Ambleside Wines. Blonde ale, slightly cloudy with a small, soapy head. Sweet bit weak aroma of apple, citrus and ginger. Taste has few surprises: standard bitter citrus with a watery mouthfeel and a short, dry finish. Very light, very drinkable but very unremarkable. Saturday, August 4, 2012
zacgillbanks	2.8 Winster Valley Old School Open All Hours, Keswick. Amber coloured with toffee and caramel flavours and a bitter woody finish. Wednesday, August 1, 2012
zacgillbanks	2.4 Winster Valley Cartmel Chaser Bottle from Open All Hours in Keswick. Hazy amber coloured with a creamy toffee and caramel flavours and a bitter, woody finish. Sunday, July 22, 2012