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Hudson Valley Brewery in Beacon, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Sour / Wild Rotating|
Score
7.36
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Sour DIPA with raw wheat, malted oat, milk sugar, passionfruit & vanilla beans, hopped with Mosaic & El Dorado.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: orange to copper color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: passion fruit tones, lemon zest and sweet freshly cut grass mix with some vanilla to milk sugar character
Flavor: blends the tart to the sweet of the prior noted aromas then a light zesty citrusy aspect, finishes with the passion fruit and vanilla/milk sugar character
Texture: medium bodied, between being a sipper and being sessionable, pretty smooth and creamy by pummeling any tart harshness on the tongue
Overall: good pastry sour ale but the funny thing is there's not exactly any true "sour" component to this beer, at least for me. Maybe some day we're gonna start calling these beers "pastry tart ales," or something like that.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: orange to copper color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: passion fruit tones, lemon zest and sweet freshly cut grass mix with some vanilla to milk sugar character
Flavor: blends the tart to the sweet of the prior noted aromas then a light zesty citrusy aspect, finishes with the passion fruit and vanilla/milk sugar character
Texture: medium bodied, between being a sipper and being sessionable, pretty smooth and creamy by pummeling any tart harshness on the tongue
Overall: good pastry sour ale but the funny thing is there's not exactly any true "sour" component to this beer, at least for me. Maybe some day we're gonna start calling these beers "pastry tart ales," or something like that.
Tried
from Can
from
Craft Beer Cabin
on 06 Feb 2026
at 09:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at 100piv. Misty golden body, off-white head. Elderflower, vanilla and passionfruit in the sweet aroma. Sourish taste, elderflower again over heaps of vanilla and tartness, vague phenolic touches by the finish. The tartness is well restrained, but this doesn't really feel like an IPA of any kind and it's a bit too sweet for my tastes, and I had one very sweet beer before this...
Tried
from Draft
at
100 pív
on 30 Apr 2025
at 12:31
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at 100 piv. Med-fill body, medium carbo. High sourness, lots of passionfruit. Med-light vanilla, dank, exotic fruity hoppiness. Aggressive, over the top, not very beery. But somehow works. Good.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2025
at 19:45
5/10
Hapu, puuviljane, tsitrus, happeline. Joodav.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Apr 2025
at 19:57
7/10
Tart, sweet, fruity. Passion fruit and vanilla, some citrusy hops, smooth, very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2025
at 16:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sweet and sour with loads of vanilla, some tart passion fruit, lactic notes and zesty lemon.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2024
at 18:05
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 30 Apr 2023
at 19:33
Some of these HV's have been a touch to medicinal of late, and so is this. Not sure if I saved this for too long, or if they're off form. Thanks Ry!
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2021
at 19:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Pours bright orange. Passionfruit, tangerine, vanilla, sharp, little funk, citrus juice, grapefruit, sharp passionfruit. Medium body. Tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Mar 2020
at 02:28
9/10
Super passion fruit forward with a hop kick at the end
Tried
from Draft
at
Other Half Brewing Company
on 20 Feb 2019
at 12:46