Operation Vacation
Hop Valley Brewing Company in Eugene, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.56
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Operation Vacation is designed to be enjoyed while on vacation, or more specifically, whatever that means to you. If you enjoy tropical applications of leisure, look no further than the accents from the heavy dry hopping of Simcoe Cryo Hops. Note the intense aromas of peach, citrus, and fresh pear. Vacation all you ever wanted? Now Go Go!
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5.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Sincerly, it was not my kind of beer, too salty, a lind of goose, a lot of chicory, water of sea, unpleasant for the palate, so-so, 28.01.18, at Hoofdroop.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Sterk Avondverkoop
on 27 Jan 2026
at 15:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 15-11-15 - Pours a golden colour with a fast disappearing white head. Aromas of caramel, fruit & malt. Tastes of some spice mixed with caramel & fruit. A very moderate bitterness leading to a dry aftertaste. Overall a enjoyable beer without setting the world alight.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2025
at 09:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Aroma of tropical fruits, citrus, orange, some pine resin, hops. Flavour is lightly sweet with a medium bitter finish. Body is light to medium. Thin but nicely hopped refreshing APA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2025
at 05:02
6.5/10
Tried
on 09 Mar 2024
at 22:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is honey, some nectar, mild grass, fruity and floral notes along with some sweet malts. Flavour is nectar, tropical fruits, some wood as well as mild sweet malts. Pleasant and quite smooth. Nice and fresh and this would be very nice to have on a warm summer terrace.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2017
at 14:23
7/10
Tried
on 16 Dec 2016
at 22:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, pours cloudy amber with moderate off-white frothy head. Well-lacing. Lots of honey on aroma, tropical dusty hops in addition. Light to medium body. Oily texture. The flavour starts with dense honey malts. After that powerful resiny hops do their job making the ending really bitter. Unfortunately the bottle is over a year old, so the hops are not fresh at all. I wish I could try it fresher.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2016
at 08:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
This was poured into an English pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy/murky burnt orange color with a thin white foamy head that dissipated at a pretty quick pace. Lacing somewhat sticks and then slides into the beer.
The aroma starts bready sweet with some roast and then a subtle clean grassy sweet sliding happiness.
The flavor keeps all of the previously mentioned aromas and blends together nicely. Clean grassy sweet aftertaste running into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionability about it. Low carbonation. Sly stickiness.
Overall, I don’t see it as an American styled pale ale, but still good for what it is. Could have again, preferably with fish n’chips.
The appearance was a hazy/murky burnt orange color with a thin white foamy head that dissipated at a pretty quick pace. Lacing somewhat sticks and then slides into the beer.
The aroma starts bready sweet with some roast and then a subtle clean grassy sweet sliding happiness.
The flavor keeps all of the previously mentioned aromas and blends together nicely. Clean grassy sweet aftertaste running into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionability about it. Low carbonation. Sly stickiness.
Overall, I don’t see it as an American styled pale ale, but still good for what it is. Could have again, preferably with fish n’chips.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Sep 2016
at 22:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Amerykanskie Pale Ale jest smaczne gozko wytrawne, metne ale bardzo malo piany. Goryczka pokazna, slodowosc umiarkowana.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2016
at 12:57
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Golden color. Aroma: honeycomb, nectar, slightly grassy, fruits. Taste: fruit, slightly citrus, malt sweetness. Too old :(
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2016
at 16:03