Wye Valley Butty Bach

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.

Black Horse, Hertford, Hertfordshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling		29 Nov 2025	This Herefordshire golden ale, Butty Bach, the Welsh term meaning ‘little friend’, presented very good head and lacing and lasting. A hoppy sweet first hit from its Maris Otter and Crystal malts. A dry fruited hoppiness rising from its Fuggles, Goldings and Bramling Cross hops. A good fruited note lingering on its downwards journey. The Wye Valley Brewery's beers, launched in 1985, can be found in 1,200 pubs and bars throughout the West Midlands and South Wales and has gone from 10 brewers' barrels a week to an average of 1,000 barrels per week.

The Llandoger Trow, Bristol, Avon

Hope & Anchor, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Jack William		04 Sep 2025

The Swan Inn, Hanley Swan, Worcestershire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Jack William		03 Sep 2025	Good nick, but rather sweet.

The Woodland Tavern, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Dosser		25 Jul 2025	Giant head. Barmaid told us locals demand 10% head! Lol. Far too sweet. Waste of a walk.

The Half Moon Hotel, Llanthony, Monmouth

Who	Score	When	Notes
ChrisatSturry		04 Jun 2025	Light easy drinking
ChrisatSturry		03 Jun 2025	Refreshing,a subtle beer that grows on you.
ChrisatSturry		23 Aug 2024	Sweet then bitter after taste
ChrisatSturry		06 May 2024	A standard bitter that grows on you.

Drovers Arms, Brecon, Powys

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		17 May 2025	Smooth, fruity, creamy

The Clarence, Brecon, Powys

Who	Score	When	Notes
Andrew		17 May 2025
Stephen Harris	Not Tried	27 Aug 2017

Tai'r Bull, Libanus, Powys

The Britannia Inn, Crickhowell, Powys

Who	Score	When	Notes
ChrisatSturry		30 Apr 2025	Lightly hopped,

The Bear Hotel, Crickhowell, Powys

The Goose & Cuckoo, Upper Llanover, Monmouth

Who	Score	When	Notes
Jack William		27 Apr 2025	Pretty much perfect.

Royal Oak, Pencelli, Powys

The White Hart Inn, Talybont-on-Usk, Powys

Horse Shoe Inn, Llangattock, Powys

Who	Score	When	Notes
Jack William		22 Apr 2025	A superb example of this Wye Valley classic.

The Queens, Ludlow, Shropshire

Yes Olde Bull Ring Tavern, Ludlow, Shropshire

The Wheatsheaf Inn, Ludlow, Shropshire

Old Street Tavern, Ludlow, Shropshire

Church Inn, Ludlow, Shropshire

Star Inn, Talybont-on-Usk, Powys

Who	Score	When	Notes
Gareth		13 Aug 2023	Really good condition pint of Butty

The Felin Fach Griffin, Felinfach, Powys

Who	Score	When	Notes
Gareth		13 Aug 2023

Ale Hub, Mere Green, West Midlands

Who	Score	When	Notes
Dosser		13 Apr 2023	Best one I tried here.

Boat Inn, Penallt, Gwent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Jack William		20 Jul 2022
Jack William		29 Jul 2020	Superb full bodied ale.

The Anchor, Digbeth, Birmingham, West Midlands

Who	Score	When	Notes
Magnus Greel	Not Tried	26 Mar 2022
Magnus Greel		12 Apr 2018	Dry with a peppery finish

The Horse & Jockey, Lichfield, Staffordshire

The Green Dragon, Little Stretton, Shropshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Jack William		21 Sep 2020	Very good pint - I have only come across this beer recently but it is a super ale with a long pedigree no doubt.
Trevor		12 Jul 2007	Mid brown and malty with some underlying hops

The Robin Hood, Monmouth, Gwent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Jack William		29 Jul 2020

The Queens Head Inn, Monmouth, Gwent

Who	Score	When	Notes
Magnus Greel		08 Jun 2019
Andrew	Not Tried	13 Apr 2019

The Kings Head Hotel, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

The Saracens Head, Symonds Yat, Herefordshire

Station Inn, Porthmadog, Gwynedd

Bush Inn, Lower Gornal, West Midlands

Who	Score	When	Notes
Magnus Greel		14 Mar 2019	Grainy and dry with a strong hoppy kick, superb

The Kemble Brewery Inn, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

The Old Courthouse, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

The Pear Tree, Fulham, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Jack William	Not Tried	10 Apr 2018
Jack William		06 Mar 2018

The Anchor Inn, Tintern, Gwent

The Old Windmill, Coventry, West Midlands

The Riverside Inn, Aymestrey, Herefordshire

Live and Let Live, Bringsty Common, Herefordshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Wittenden		14 Oct 2016	Undistinguished malty best bitter.
Stu		14 Aug 2009	Copper in colour,with sweet toffee malt flavour.

Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Rose and Crown, Burford, Shropshire

The Barrels, Hereford, Herefordshire

Imperial, Hereford, Herefordshire

Kings Head, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire

The Dog and Doublet, Wolverhampton, West Midlands

Hog's Head, Wolverhampton, West Midlands

Turks Head, Alcester, Warwickshire

White Horse Inn, Clun, Shropshire

The Weavers Real Ale House, Kidderminster, Worcestershire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Magnus Greel		27 Jun 2014	Sweet bland ok if nothing better on offer

Uxbridge Arms, Chasetown, Staffordshire

Warwickshire Lad, Wood End, Warwickshire

Spooner's Bar, Porthmadog, Gwynedd

Who	Score	When	Notes
Ray	Not Tried	06 May 2013
Ray	Not Tried	26 May 2012
Ray	Not Tried	06 May 2012
Ray	Not Tried	16 Mar 2012
Ray		11 Mar 2012	Brown, sweet, malty, not troubled by hops.
Ray	Not Tried	04 Feb 2012
Ray		22 Jan 2012	This was OK but overly sweet. Almost tasted as a honey beer.

The Bridge End Inn, Ruabon, Denbighshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Nick Willis	Not Tried	27 Apr 2013
Bear & Ragged Staff		15 Dec 2012	Middle of the road, nothing exceptional.

The Bear, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

Pelican Inn, Gloucester, Gloucestershire

The Glengower Hotel, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

Crown Inn, Montgomery, Powys

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		24 Aug 2012	Copper-coloured. Richly and sweetly malty.

Black Cock Inn, Caerphilly Mountain, Glamorgan

The Gate Inn, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands

Who	Score	When	Notes
Angie		12 Sep 2011

The Last Inn, Oswestry, Shropshire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Bear & Ragged Staff		16 Apr 2011	Not the best from the Wye Valley Brewery, too sweet in the finish for me. Disappointing given other peoples recommendations.

Ostrich Inn, Newland, Gloucestershire

Who	Score	When	Notes
Colin		30 Jun 2007