Little Valley has been working its magic since 2005, starting high on the Pennine moorland at Cragg Vale in West Yorkshire and now writing a new chapter in rural East Yorkshire. Founded by master brewer Wim van der Spek and Sue Cooper, who met in Nepal, it's an organic brewery.
After nearly two decades running Little Valley themselves, Wim van der Spek and Sue Cooper passed the brewery to the Hodgson family, brewers in East Yorkshire since 2007. The classics are Withens Pale (4.2%), Stoodley Stout (4.8%), Tod's Blonde (5.0%) and Python IPA (6.0%): light and hoppy, rich and roasted, cool and crisp, pale and powerful, in that order.