Vens Brewing Reviews

oh6gdx	3.5 Vens Mild Cask. Deep brown colour, not far from black, with a small fluffy off-white head. Aroma is roasted malts, some nutty notes as well as toffee and some slight chocolate. Flavour is old coffee, nutty, chocolate, some roasted malts as well as some ashes. Saturday, August 31, 2013
Grumbo	2.9 Vens Mild Cask gravity at 4th Chappel Winter Beer Festival. Looks good. Dark brown, frothy head, burned biscuit aroma. Saturday, March 9, 2013
jackl	3 Vens Best Gravity @ The Cambridge Blue. Pous a clear deep brown with a small, bubbly white head. The aroma’s of light berries and brown sugar. Brown baked bread. The taste is toasty brown bread, some honey and plenty of toffee. Lightly vinous red berry. Slightly creamy mouthfeel. Soft. Overall, a pretty decent bitter that plays it straight. Monday, September 17, 2012
madmitch76	3.3 Vens Suze V 3rd June 2012 Cask at the The Sun Inn Summer Beer Festival, Kelvedon. Light haze on this amber beer. Suddy white head. Light dry palate. Nice mellow orange marmalade with generic fruits in the tail. Fresh orange with supermild hop spice. Dry finish. Mild bitter linger. Saturday, June 23, 2012
madmitch76	3.3 Vens Gold 3rd June 2012 Cask at the The Sun Inn Summer Beer Festival, Kelvedon. Very light haze on this deep gold beer. Suddy white head. Smooth palate, a little dry. Smooth and mild juicy hops. Semi sweet orange with a dash of grapefruit. A little marmalade. Neutral finish. Decent. Saturday, June 23, 2012
maeib	2.5 Vens Mild Cask conditioned handpump GBBF 2011. A dark brown coloured beer with an off-white head. A sour mash mild with vinegar and nutty notes in the aroma. It’s the same in the mouth with some chocolate malts as well. The chocolate is dusty. Not keen on this. Monday, August 8, 2011
harrisoni	1.8 Vens Mild Cask gravity at Chelmsford Winter BF ’11. Black beer with no head. It’s a dull dark mild. Ugh. Sweaty armpit. I couldn’t drink it. Wednesday, March 9, 2011
harrisoni	2.6 Vens Pale Ale Cask gravity at Chelmsford Winter BF ’11. Clear gold colour, bubbly white head. Touch of toffee butter on aroma. Bit of toffee in the mouth and some vague hop sting on the finish. The hop on the finish builds like chili according to my notes. Not a great beer. I don’t like the toffee/butter flavour. Wednesday, March 9, 2011
madmitch76	3.4 Vens Mild 3rd February 2011 Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Loads of beers shared with ChrisO and Harrisoni - Cheers! Opaque black beer with a residual tan head. Light palate. Sweetish dark malt. Tangy and minerally fruity dark malt. Light finish with a citrus and dark malt aftertaste. Decent. Sunday, February 13, 2011
madmitch76	3.2 Vens Pale Ale 3rd February 2011 Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Loads of beers shared with ChrisO and Harrisoni - Cheers! Clear gold beer, good suddy white head. Softish palate that’s also a little dry. Nicely balanced. A little cream in the malt and some pleasant mild orange and grapefruit bitterness. Nice. A touch of carbonation would have provided some bite. Sunday, February 13, 2011
chriso	3.4 Vens Mild Cask (gravity dispense). Beer #12 at Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival on 3 February 2011. A very dark mild. Near black and almost opaque. Roasty and quite full bodied. Plenty of flavour. Some chocolate. Maybe just a little sweet. Very promising and better than the Pale Ale from the same (new) brewery that I tried just before. Sunday, February 6, 2011
chriso	2.9 Vens Pale Ale Cask (gravity dispense). Beer #6 at Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival on 3 February 2011. A new brewery for me. Gold colour. Straightforward, with a little citric hop. Perfectly respectable but, as a strongish golden ale, didn’t really deliver enough hop punch or general oomph to really impress. Friday, February 4, 2011