Wissey Valley Brewery Reviews

deanso	3.4 Wissey Valley Khaki Sergeant from old notes. 50cl bottle from Rhythm & Booze 16th May 2009. Medium beige head. Clear almost black pour. Some coffee. Pretty good Saturday, December 26, 2020
john44	3 Wissey Valley Old Grumpys Porter Bottle. (Brief tasting notes and rating from old records) - Easy to drink, rather thin, moderate roast chocolate malted ruby porter. Short finish. (Backlog) Sunday, October 1, 2017
john44	3.4 Wissey Valley Khaki Sergeant Bottle. Pitch Black in colour. Malty; roast malts; espresso coffee, dark chocolate, liquorice. Fruity; berries, dark fruits. Oily. Sweetish roast malty throughout with a dry powdery slightly hoppy finish. Very drinkable. Nice stout! (2009-03) Sunday, February 5, 2017
SilkTork	3.7 Wissey Valley Old Grumpys Porter Gravity, Dover Winter Beer Fest 2010. Buttered toast - smooth and silky. Touch of strawberry jam. Blended. Lovely. Thursday, October 24, 2013
thepeter	3.2 Wissey Valley Cherry Stout A - Rich dark black put against the light you get a red hue. tan pillowy head that lasts the entire beer S - Chocolate, cherries, metal, malt and a hint of alcohol. Not a heavily scented beer and the alcohol only came through towards the end Taste - like it smells, minus the metal and alcohol, which I was pleasantly surprised by . very sweet, but just what I am looking for after dinner this would go great with dessert or a cheese plate. . . tonight, for me, it was dessert. Sweet chocolate cherry aftertaste, may be too sweet for some, but i like it sweet and right now it suits me just fine. M&D - A bit carbonated at first and I wouldn’t think about drinking more than 1 (and I am splitting this 500ml bottle with the wife). Good for the moment but this beer is made for certain moments, meals and moods. Monday, August 27, 2012
DragoninForest	3 Wissey Valley Eelcatcher Thursday, August 9, 2012
Benjii	2.9 Wissey Valley Captain Grumpy Busted Flush On cask at the 26th Annual Folk Festival in Ely. A dark reddish-orange colour with a thin white head. Aroma of caramel and flavour of sweet treacle. Thinly masked alcohol. A bit musty and heavy for me. Monday, July 11, 2011
madmitch76	3.7 Wissey Valley Strawberry Blonde 11th April 2007 Warning! Early amateur rating! Modrate carbonation, no bitterness. Not really getting any Strawberry but there is a great generic zesty fruit flavour. Very nice. Sunday, January 2, 2011
Garrat	4.8 Wissey Valley Capn Grumpys Wild Widow Mild Cask,Dark Ale Days 2010 - Edwardstone White Horse.Black with a small head,amazing vanilla custard,cream and milk chocolate aroma,taste of vanilla ice cream,silky,malty,custard doughnut,hops,flowers and lemon,dry and very smooth,a cracker. Saturday, May 1, 2010
harrisoni	2.8 Wissey Valley Old Grumpys Porter Cask gravity at White Cliffs BF 2010. Black very dark brown edges, thin dark beige head. Decent beer, dark malts, not too roasty, more dry malt really. Drinkable enough, bit too much unbrewed malt maybe. Thursday, February 25, 2010
chriso	3 Wissey Valley Captain Grumpy Busted Flush Cask, at Newark Beer Festival, May 2004 as Wissey Valley Busted Flush. Amber colour. A straightforward best bitter with the accent on caramel and fruity malt. Modest earthy hops and bitterness. OK but nothing out of the ordinary. Wednesday, February 24, 2010
chriso	3.2 Wissey Valley Cherry Porter Bottle @ pre-GBBF shindig, August 2009. Dark reddish brown. Slightly woody aroma with marked roast malt and subtle cherry - it is there but doesn’t leap out of the glass. Quite light mouthfeel. Some fruity malt and tart notes in the flavour but, again, the cherry is rather understated. Decent enough effort but maybe a bit short of presence and light on the cherry. Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Ungstrup	3 Wissey Valley Rocket Fuel Cask at Smithfield Hotel, Manchester. A hazy golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, hops, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and hops. The body is light. Thursday, January 14, 2010
Ungstrup	3.4 Wissey Valley Cherry Stout Cask at Smithfield Hotel. An unclear very dark brown beer with a lazing tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, sweet as well as roasted, and cherries as well as lighter notes of almonds. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of cherries as well as medium notes of roasted malt, leading to a dry roasted finish, where the cherry note lingers. Thursday, January 7, 2010
fonefan	2.8 Wissey Valley Cherry Porter Bottle 75cl. @ Chriso’s pre GBBF Shindig ’09. Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt, berries - cherry notes, wood notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light cherry - tobaco acidic with a average to long duration, a wood dry finish. Body is light medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090801] Wednesday, October 7, 2009
harrisoni	3.9 Wissey Valley Khaki Sergeant 500ml bottle from Trafalgar Wines, Brighton. Black, lasting rocky mid beige head. Deeply intense dark choc aroma. Bit of whisky malt too. Wow, that is good. Really good dark choc up front and then some sour dark cherry on the finish. My god this is good. Just lacks some depth in the middle. This is great, why isn’t this beer more widely publicised? Love the choc and dark fruit finish. Super, darling. Monday, October 5, 2009
Christian	2.2 Wissey Valley Cherry Porter Brown with a small off-white head. Weak aroma with licorice, cherry and some yeast. Weak and thin roasted flavour Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Christian	2.9 Wissey Valley Khaki Sergeant Black with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate with a hint of fruit. Dry, dark chocolate flavour Saturday, September 12, 2009
oh6gdx	2.8 Wissey Valley Cherry Porter Bottled. Very rubyish brown colour, medium off-wgite foamy head. Arma is mostly burnt malts, roasted and quite wooden. As it warms up the same along with sme fuity/berryish notes. Flavur quite much followed the same pattern, Still quite watery and not very exciting. Saturday, August 1, 2009
Christian	3.2 Wissey Valley Titash Ale Cloudy golden with a smal hite head. Floral and malty aroma. Dry and clean malty flavour with nice hops Monday, July 27, 2009
anders37	2.7 Wissey Valley Wild Widow Mild Cask @ The New Oxford, Salford, Manchester M3. Pours a clear dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a slightly roasteed malty chocolate4 and vanilla aroma. Slightly sweetish malty vanilla flavor with some hints of chocolate and caramel. Has a sweetish malty chocolate finish with some hints of vanilla in te aftertaste. Monday, June 29, 2009
anders37	3.5 Wissey Valley Cherry Stout Cask @ Smithfield Hotel, Manchester M4. Pours a dark ruby brown almost black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty cherry aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and cherry flavor. Has a sweetish roasted malty cherry finish. Monday, June 8, 2009
johndoughty	3.7 Wissey Valley Cherry Pickers Bottle. Exploded out of the bottle but after that it was all uphill. Fruity Aroma with lots of body. Slightly roasted flavour and left no lacing. Apart from the explosive start this was a pleasure to drink. Sunday, May 31, 2009
fonefan	2.9 Wissey Valley Rocket Fuel Cask (gravity) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 5JZ. Clear medium red orange amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, straw, dusty, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat to soft. [20090124] Wednesday, April 15, 2009
RichardGretton	4 Wissey Valley Khaki Sergeant Bottle. Black beer with a strong head. The aroma is malty and roasted, and the flavour is sweet, milky and bitter. Overall a very nice sweetish and smooth stout. Friday, April 10, 2009
fonefan	3.6 Wissey Valley Cherry Stout Cask (gravity) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 5JZ. Clear dark red brown color with a large, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is roasted malty, burnt, fruity - berry, light note of cherry - mazipan. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet, light light acidic and moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily - creamy and smooth, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090122] Friday, April 3, 2009
fonefan	2.8 Wissey Valley Wild Widow Mild Cask (handpump) @ The New Oxford, 11 Bexley Sq, Salford, Manchester England M3 6DB. Clear medium to dark brown color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, chocolate, light to moderate vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090121] Thursday, April 2, 2009
RichardGretton	3.5 Wissey Valley Cherry Stout Bottle. Black beer with a strong head. The aroma is slightly salty and roasted, and the flavour is roasted, bitter, and slightly chocolatey with a cherry finish. Overall a nice roasted and fruity flavoured beer. Sunday, March 22, 2009
wyzzywyz22	3.4 Wissey Valley Cherry Stout Bottle, Carringtons, Chorlton. Shared with JoeD. Poured as dark as the Sisters of Mercy’s wardrobe. Aroma emitted a touch of Cherry mixed with roasted maltiness. Flavour was not overpoweringly sweet and the cherry mingled nicely with dark chocolate notes. Finished dryish. Pretty enjoyable in my book. Wednesday, March 18, 2009
MesandSim	3.2 Wissey Valley Rocket Fuel A Sim rate (Smithfield Hotel fest): Smokey, sweet and barbequey aroma. It’s Heinz BBQ...maybe McD’s. Hint of red color amongst the translucent black. Decent lace in dots throughout the glass. It doesn’t have a great flavour. It’s dry, with a malt that lasts only a few seconds and a sweetness that prevails. Sunday, February 8, 2009
wyzzywyz22	3.5 Wissey Valley Khaki Sergeant Bottle, Carringtons, Chorlton. Super dark brown colour with a decent sized tan head. Big chocolate malt aroma with hints of berry fruit. Quite lively carbonation. Solid malty, coffee tinged flavour that leads to some hop bitterness in the finish. Unspectacular but perfectly drinkable. Sunday, February 1, 2009
imdownthepub	2.9 Wissey Valley Maid of Ale Bottle conditioned, 500ml, from Bellingers Garage, Grove, Oxon. Gold with big chunks of sediment white volcanic head, luckily I was in the kitchen. The big chunks were off putting as they were noticeable in the mouth, some sweetish hoppy notes with a vague fruitiness and a touch of herb. It was ok after a bad start. Thursday, January 22, 2009
Ungstrup	2.1 Wissey Valley Wild Widow Mild Cask. A murky dark red beer with a thin lazing tan head. The aroma is extremely stong with notes of vanilla and bad milk chocolate. The flavor is thin with notes of bad milk chocolate and some vanilla, leading to a dry vanilla finish. Wednesday, January 21, 2009
SaintMatty	3.4 Wissey Valley Wassale 500ml Bottle - Dark gold/amber in colour. Lightly hoppy aroma with hints of pineapple. Pleasantly fresh and hoppy taste with a mild grapefruit hint which lingers and is still noticeable in the finish. Wednesday, January 14, 2009
wheresthepath	2.8 Wissey Valley Old Grumpys Dark Mild [500ml bottle from The Little Beer Shop, Blofield, Norfolk, England] Roasted malts with a little smoke dominate aroma and initial taste. Some dark chocolate develops, with a little coffee by the end, although roasty malt is still the main falvour. The texture is rather watery, and is particularly let down by the excessively prickly carbonation. Friday, December 26, 2008
johndoughty	3.5 Wissey Valley Stocking Filler Bottle. Orange and slightly cloudy with no carbonation. Fruitiness hits you straight away followed by some bitterness.I thought it was well bottled certainly for a BCA. Pleasnant although a little weak for what is lablled as a Christmas type beer Friday, December 19, 2008
imdownthepub	2.8 Wissey Valley Rampant Horse Cask conditioned at Norwich Beer Fest ’08. Amber with white head. Pretty standard bitter, malty, lacking hop notes, understated. Wednesday, October 29, 2008
DruncanVeasey	3.2 Wissey Valley Hopaholic 08 Heady varnishy walnut aroma with an almost bleachy, disinfectant hop harshness. Softening chocolate malt biscuitiness, apple when you tip the sediment in, musty English aroma hop. Tawny with a dissipating beige head. Moderately dry, shampoo bitterness, berry fruit, mostly choc, maybe cherry. Bitterly nutty, then creamily choc-accented. lingering Hobnob dusting-of- chocolate afters with hints of smoke. Some harsh persistent bitterness, but that doesn’t make it hoppy. Decent, if a bit misleadingly named. Thursday, October 9, 2008
fonefan	3.1 Wissey Valley Titash Ale Bottle 50cl @ chris_o’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2008. [ Batch #107 ]. Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity, corainder notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to light moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (020808) Monday, October 6, 2008
fonefan	3.4 Wissey Valley Khaki Sergeant Bottle 50cl. [ Courtesy of evilempire ]. Clear dark red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is malty, roasted, coffee, berry - fruity, light yeasty. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Quit simple but okay stout. Body is medium, texture is oily to maybe watery, carbonation is soft. (270708) Monday, September 29, 2008
MesandSim	3.2 Wissey Valley Auld Spicy A Mes rate: bottle thanks to our Magic. Hazy red brown with a slight off white film. Slight egg and sulfur notes but the excellent blend of spice, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon and chili comes through really well. Well, I say they show through well but it’s mainly down to the fact that most of the beer qualities are gone and it’s just the adjuncts that are left. Thankfully they’re quite tasty. Interesting and unusual. Sunday, September 14, 2008
DonMagi	3.5 Wissey Valley Auld Spicy Bottle from Kris wines, shared with mesandsim. Aroma is sulphury, defo some eggyness, spice is low and almost all normal beer character has gone, but the 2 years or so in the bottle has oxidesed in a good way. Taste is similae, body is dead, its super thing, everything is muted and subtle and very easy to drink. Good stuff. Friday, September 12, 2008
DonMagi	3 Wissey Valley Hopaholic 08 Bottle from kris wines. Aroma is malty, chocolate malt is there, biscuity, grassy fruity hop. Taste is similar, its basically a malty beer but with some hop, i dont get the name hopaholic is some of thier other beers are far hoppier? Tuesday, September 9, 2008
cgarvieuk	4.1 Wissey Valley Capn Grumpys Wild Widow Mild Bottle at home ... thanks to Fin for this in my Cropredy Box ...deep deep brown ... nice soft smooth chocolate roast malts ... low carbonation ... smooth silky chocolates ...light roast little dark fruit but mostly a soft chocolate ... very drinkable ... in fact i’d be quite happy with a 2nd right now ... No sourness ... so FIn looks like you gave me the better bottle :-) Wednesday, September 3, 2008
johndoughty	3.4 Wissey Valley Capn Grumpys Wild Widow Mild Bottle. Small head and left no lacing. Slightly malty with a pleasant if unassuming taste. A pleasant session beer.It is nice to see this style in bottle form. Sunday, August 31, 2008
johndoughty	3.3 Wissey Valley Capn Grumpys Best Bitter Bottle.Large head upon pouring.Bitter and hoppy.A nice session bitter-no more , no less. Thursday, August 21, 2008
MiP	2.7 Wissey Valley Titash Ale Bottle, 5.0%. Citric fruit aroma. Hazy golden colour. Very small white head. Thin teaish fruit flavour, quite weak. Rough bitterness. Thursday, August 21, 2008
tashi	3.5 Wissey Valley Capn Grumpys Best Bitter The label doesn’t look promising, but the beer is refreshing, malty, and not too bitter, with a smooth biscuity after-taste. Very quaffable indeed. Saturday, August 16, 2008
downender	3.2 Wissey Valley Khaki Sergeant Bottled. Opaque black with a billowing but short-lived tan head. Aroma of coffee and milk chocolate. Flavour was sweetish, with plenty of roasted malt, some dark fruit and a slight medicinal edge. A bit lacking in character for such a strong stout. Saturday, August 9, 2008
oh6gdx	3.2 Wissey Valley Titash Ale Bottled. Hazy yellow color, mediszed white head. Aroma is fruits, wood and some mild acidicness and grassy notes. Flavour is sour fruits, wheat, some grass and mild toffeeish notes. Thursday, August 7, 2008