Pomona
Vanished Valley Brewing Company in Ludlow, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.12
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Pomona is the first IPA we created in celebration of the New England style IPA. Hazy and full of bright flavors! We pick-up a varied mix of citrus, grapefruit, and even tangerine across the palate.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at home. Hazy pale yellow color, white head. Aroma and flavor are lightly malts, nicely hoppy, light green hop notes, decently hoppy bitter. Alright.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2025
at 21:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can taster pour at Mass Brewfest. Cloudy, dark yellow, ring of head. Aroma is strong, grapefruit and citrus. Taste is strong, grapefruit and citrus late cracker and yeast. Smooth texture, average carbonation, finish as taste. True to style.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2025
at 18:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can - pours gold white head - nose and taste of grapefruit, tangerine, citrus, biscuit malt - medium body
Tried
from Can
on 08 Sep 2018
at 05:00
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Pours a very hazy, light yellow-orange, with smallish head. Aromas of citrus and tropical fruit. Flavor is citrus, with some pine/spruce hops in the background. Slight sweetness. Soft mouthfeel. Not bad.
Tried
on 02 Dec 2017
at 16:15
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can thanks to Rainer. Pours a cloudy yellow gold with medium white head. The aroma is butter, melon, earth. Medium body, similar flavors to nose, dusty finish, decent.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2017
at 20:29
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Europa Black Rock, 5/27/17.
Thoroughly hazy-to-soupy, bright beeswax-bronze with a large, well-retained, white head atop. Quintessential NE IPA appearance.
The nose is a bouquet of tropical fruits and light honey-like malts with a touch of biscuit and cracker. Adding to the guava-mango-juicy pineapple is a more dry, classic, slightly acidic citrus character which contributes lime zest, and tangy orange and a bit more balance, overall. As much as I love the straight tropical juice bombs, they can be a bit overpowering and "sweet" from the lack of acidity that the more citrusy hops provide. Clean as a whistle, with no alcohol noted nor any yeast blandness or resin.
Pillowy soft, comforting malts show light honey and biscuit and high attenuation and engaging, moderate carbonation keeps it drinkable and crisp on the finish. Tons of meyer lemon, over-ripe pineapple, mango and lime lead to an exuberant, bright, juicy hop character quite devoid of any pine or other potentially resinous notes. There’s still a brace of good bitterness on the end, helping to balance and the beer is clean and shows no alcohol. Straightforward NE IPA, though I like the dose of lime-orange-lemon on the finish. Very, very well-executed/brewed. Awesome. Instantly a fan. Incredibly high quality for how young this brewery is. So much potential here (though it’s already delicious).
Thoroughly hazy-to-soupy, bright beeswax-bronze with a large, well-retained, white head atop. Quintessential NE IPA appearance.
The nose is a bouquet of tropical fruits and light honey-like malts with a touch of biscuit and cracker. Adding to the guava-mango-juicy pineapple is a more dry, classic, slightly acidic citrus character which contributes lime zest, and tangy orange and a bit more balance, overall. As much as I love the straight tropical juice bombs, they can be a bit overpowering and "sweet" from the lack of acidity that the more citrusy hops provide. Clean as a whistle, with no alcohol noted nor any yeast blandness or resin.
Pillowy soft, comforting malts show light honey and biscuit and high attenuation and engaging, moderate carbonation keeps it drinkable and crisp on the finish. Tons of meyer lemon, over-ripe pineapple, mango and lime lead to an exuberant, bright, juicy hop character quite devoid of any pine or other potentially resinous notes. There’s still a brace of good bitterness on the end, helping to balance and the beer is clean and shows no alcohol. Straightforward NE IPA, though I like the dose of lime-orange-lemon on the finish. Very, very well-executed/brewed. Awesome. Instantly a fan. Incredibly high quality for how young this brewery is. So much potential here (though it’s already delicious).
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2017
at 13:23