Crouch Vale Brewers Gold

Tasting Summary

These comments are the opinion of the individual reviewer and represent what they thought of the beer on a particular day in a particular pub. If a review is less favourable, it may be because the beer suffered somewhere in the supply chain between them and the brewery.

Victoria Arms, Brentwood, Essex

The Mayflower, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex

Who	Score	When	Notes
Magnus Greel		17 Jun 2022	I can't recall having a bad pint of this?
ChrisE		23 Oct 2017
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	11 Aug 2017
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	23 Jul 2017
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	04 Oct 2015
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	26 Jun 2015
ChrisE	Not Tried	04 Aug 2011

The Palm Tree, Bow, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
ChrisE		18 Nov 2021

The Barge Inn, Battlesbridge, Essex

Who	Score	When	Notes
ChrisE		08 Jul 2021
Stephen Harris		03 Feb 2013	The perfect reward for a morning’s hike – golden, sparkly and refreshing.

The Pride of Spitalfields, Spitalfields, Central London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		01 Feb 2020	As usual.
Stephen Harris		25 Jan 2020	I stuck with this one throughout.
Magnus Greel		23 Oct 2018	Nothing what I was expecting - too cloying syrupy lacking its usual hoppiness
ChrisE		29 Sep 2017
Jack William		05 Sep 2017
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	30 May 2017
Stephen Harris		28 Dec 2016	A superb pint.
Stephen Harris		03 Oct 2016	My choice is totally predictable in here.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	14 May 2015
Stephen Harris		15 Aug 2014	It may be a Truman’s night, but I will not be diverted from this beer.
HSB	Not Tried	17 Jul 2014
HSB	Not Tried	13 Jun 2014
Stephen Harris		25 May 2014	Perfect, refreshing lunchtime beer.
Stephen Harris		18 May 2013	I see little reason to try other beers when this excellent stalwart is available.
Stephen Harris		05 Mar 2013	I stuck with this excellent, light, hoppy beer.
Stephen Harris		07 Jan 2013	A great malt and hops blend which always seems to taste extra good in this pub.
Stephen Harris		28 May 2012	The beer of choice here – always excellent.
Ian		26 Feb 2009	Regular beer at this pub and in good condition and good depth of flavours.
Ian		30 Nov 2007	Gold, thin lasting white head. Great condition, lovely sherberty, grapefruit. Benchmark beer along with Dark Star Hophead and Oakham JHB.
Ian		30 Mar 2007	Pale gold, citrusy, but lacked a bit of body.

The Queen's Head, Chelmsford, Essex

Who	Score	When	Notes
Magnus Greel	Not Tried	02 Jan 2020
Magnus Greel		07 Jun 2016
thebrewingman	Not Tried	15 Apr 2013
ChrisE		11 Feb 2012
thebrewingman	Not Tried	01 Oct 2011
thebrewingman	Not Tried	19 Sep 2011

Rochford Beer & Cider Festival 2019, Rochford, Essex

Tap Room 19, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex

Who	Score	When	Notes
Magnus Greel		28 Sep 2019	Pale refreshing and extravagantly hoppy with gorgeous aromas of tropical fruits.
Magnus Greel	Not Tried	13 Mar 2018
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	08 Jul 2017
Magnus Greel		12 Nov 2016
ChrisE	Not Tried	12 Nov 2016

The Woodbine, Highbury, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		24 Jul 2019	Usually a great beer, but this is flat a and a bit warm.

The Peasant, Clerkenwell, Central London

Who	Score	When	Notes
ChrisE	Not Tried	09 Mar 2019
Jack William		20 Apr 2014	Citrus overtones with a smooth buttery peach flavour.
HSB	Not Tried	19 Sep 2013

Rochford Beer & Cider Festival 2018, Rochford, Essex

The Kingston Arms, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	14 Oct 2018
Magnus Greel	Not Tried	07 Oct 2017
HSB	Not Tried	18 Feb 2016
Stephen Harris		12 Sep 2015	Ever-reliable pint.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	27 Dec 2014
Ian		19 Jan 2007	Just not quite there. Aroma again has a bit of appleness too it. Green apple, which suggests not ready yet. Sherberty hop on finish is excellent, full and creamy. Probably needs another day to be at its best.

Upminster TapRoom, Upminster, Greater London

Ye Olde White Harte, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex

Who	Score	When	Notes
Magnus Greel		13 Mar 2018
Stephen Harris		03 Mar 2013	No visit to south Essex is complete without a pint of this excellent beer.
Wittenden		18 Sep 2012	The groaning handpumps foretold stale beer, but not a bit of it!Very pale gold, nettley hops,long bitter finish after East Anglian malt. Grand stuff.

The Harp, Charing Cross, Central London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	23 Feb 2018
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	14 Jun 2017
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	08 Jun 2017
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	11 Jan 2017
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	14 Sep 2014
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	11 Aug 2014
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	04 Aug 2014
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	03 Jul 2014
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	11 Mar 2014
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	07 Mar 2014
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	01 Mar 2014
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	31 Jan 2014
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	27 Jan 2014
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	17 Jan 2014
Edbeck		11 Jan 2014
Archie14		08 Jan 2014	Delicious gold ale
Judy G Garland	Not Tried	18 Nov 2013
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	31 Oct 2013
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	27 Sep 2013
Judy G Garland	Not Tried	05 Sep 2013
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	08 Jun 2013
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	06 Oct 2012
Wittenden	Not Tried	07 Jul 2012
Pedro		03 Mar 2012

Ale House, Colchester, Essex

Dove, Hackney, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Magnus Greel		02 May 2017	Superb. Bready hearty ale with a crisp and polished finish.
Stephen Harris		27 Oct 2016	A long-standing favourite of mine.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	27 May 2014
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	14 Jan 2013
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	28 Jun 2012
Stephen Harris		28 Mar 2012	Light and hoppy excellence.
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	21 Dec 2011

The Fat Cat, Colchester, Essex

The Edgar Wallace, Temple, Central London

163 Upper Street (formerly The Taproom), Islington, Central London

The Rising Sun, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		02 May 2016	Can’t go wrong with this beer.

Railway Hotel, Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		07 Feb 2016	A beer that I very much like, but served crazily cold here. Good flavours still manage to shine through.

The PeterBoat, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex

Who	Score	When	Notes
ChrisE		06 Jan 2016
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	18 Sep 2012

Rochford Beer & Cider Festival 2015, Rochford, Essex

Old Queens Head, Islington, Central London

The Flying Pig, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

The Sun Inn, Stafford, Staffordshire

The Fat Cat Brewery Tap, Norwich, Norfolk

The White Hart, Grays, Essex

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	23 May 2015
Stephen Harris		15 Feb 2015	Always a good beer to start with when in Essex.
thebrewingman	Not Tried	30 Sep 2014
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	14 Jun 2014
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	01 Nov 2013
Stephen Harris		12 Feb 2012	Pale gold and citrusy classic.
thebrewingman		10 Sep 2011

The Thomas Wolsey, Ipswich, Suffolk

Williams Ale & Cider House, Spitalfields, Central London

The Hope, Carshalton, Greater London

The Purple Dog, Colchester, Essex

Who	Score	When	Notes
HSB		05 Aug 2014	This is another beer that I think has suffered from success. I find it insipid and very ordinary.
Stephen Harris		24 May 2014	Always an excellent choice when in Essex.

Ye Olde Rose & Crown, Walthamstow, Greater London

The Wenlock Arms, Hoxton, Central London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Archie14	Not Tried	09 Jun 2014
Ian	Not Tried	31 Mar 2006
Ian		28 May 2005	Golden beer. The hops on this beer are utterly superb. Flavours are citrusy. It has good balance and good length. An excellent beer you could drink all day and never get bored of

Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd, Glamorgan

The Albion, Winchester, Hampshire

Rochford Beer & Cider Festival 2013, Rochford, Essex

The Radcliffe, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Philip Pirrip		04 Oct 2013

The Cottage, Norwich, Norfolk

White Horse, Trowse, Norfolk

The Chaser Inn, Shipbourne, Kent

New Inn, Rockland St Mary, Norfolk

Who	Score	When	Notes
HSB		14 Aug 2013

Nags Head, Reading, Berkshire

The Beer Hall, Staveley, Cumbria

Old Cross Tavern, Hertford, Hertfordshire

2nd Angelfest Music and Beer Festival 2013, Tonbridge, Kent

Claret & Ale (formerly Claret Free House), Addiscombe, Greater London

Old Fountain, Old Street, Central London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	04 Feb 2013
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	20 Nov 2012
Ian		26 Feb 2009	Pale gold, lasting thin white head. It's good, av ery drinkable golden ale. I think Hophead's better. This has more tropical fruit flavours, mango/passionfruit, but with a sherberty hop. Good.

The Dove Street Inn, Ipswich, Suffolk

Rochford Beer & Cider Festival 2012, Rochford, Essex

Anchor, Great Wakering, Essex

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		11 Nov 2012	A couple of particularly good pints of this top notch, pale, hoppy beer.

The Flower Pot, Maidstone, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Pedro		15 Oct 2012
Alenomore	Not Tried	30 Jun 2012
Alenomore		29 Jun 2012
Pedro		29 Jun 2012
Pedro		29 Jun 2012
Dosser		07 May 2012
Angie	Not Tried	08 Mar 2012
Pedro		06 Mar 2012
Pedro		06 May 2010

The Camel, Bethnal Green, Greater London

The Thatchers Arms, Mount Bures, Essex

Dartford Working Men's Club, Dartford, Kent

The White Horse, Chelmsford, Essex

The Queens Head, Harlow, Essex

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		16 Jun 2012	Good, but over-chilled.

The Fat Cat, Ipswich, Suffolk

The Evening Star, Brighton, East Sussex

The Last Inn, Oswestry, Shropshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Bear & Ragged Staff		06 May 2012	You can understand why this beer has won so many accolades. So much going on in the glass and a very distinctive finish. Bordering on excellent.

1st Angelfest Music and Beer Festival 2012, Tonbridge, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
oz11		22 Apr 2012
oz11	Not Tried	21 Apr 2012

Rising Sun, High Wych, Hertfordshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Pedro		21 Apr 2012

Nevill Bull, Birling, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Pedro		06 Apr 2012

The Talbot, Brockley, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		22 Mar 2012	Suffered a little from being served on gravity dispense from a temporary stillage – a bit warm and flat. But recognisably Brewers Gold.

The Bell Inn, Horndon on the Hill, Essex

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		18 Mar 2012	Always a good, light, hoppy pint.
thebrewingman		19 Mar 2011	Too cold and did not appear to have any body. I have tasted much better.
Andrew	Not Tried	18 Mar 2011

Red Lion, Snargate, Kent

Wye Hops Beer Festival 2011, Wye, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Pedro		17 Sep 2011

Stile Bridge, Marden, Kent

Lobster Shack (formerly The Whitstable Brewery Bar), Whitstable, Kent

The Bell Inn, Ivychurch, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Ian		03 Jul 2010	I did start to worry about the beer at this festival til I had this old favourite. Beautiful hop, just not quite on top form.

The Lifeboat Ale & Cider House, Margate, Kent

Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2010, Margate, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Pedro		03 Apr 2010

Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
James T		21 Nov 2009

Sun Inn, Dedham, Essex

The Bull, Horton Kirby, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Dubbel	Not Tried	18 Feb 2009
Dubbel		16 Feb 2009	Not the best batch, a bit bland, slight buttery taste, lacking fruit hit and complexity.

The Gardener's Arms, Lewes, East Sussex

Who	Score	When	Notes
Ian		14 Nov 2008	Lovely citrusy grapefruit. Touch of soap, but the hop truly is excellent.
Andrew	Not Tried	14 Nov 2008

The Churchill Tavern, Ramsgate, Kent

Reading Beer Festival 2007, Reading, Berkshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Ian		05 May 2007	Difficult to decide which was best, this or the Oakham Bishops Farewell.

Montefiore Arms, Ramsgate, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		14 Dec 2006	Lots of grape juice, orange and orange peel with a grapefruit hop finish.

Planet Thanet Easter Beer Festival 2006, Ramsgate, Kent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Ian		14 Apr 2006	Deep fulfilling flavours and just a lovely hop profile on this. Quality beer.