Valley Flora (2017)
(Batch of Valley Flora)
Cascade Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.30
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Celebrating Northwest regional offerings of craft beer and wine, Valley Flora combines our sour red ale with Willamette Valley-grown Pinot Noir grapes using traditional brewing and winemaking techniques. Through native fruit fermentation and extended oak maturation, Valley Flora expresses notes of dark bramble fruit, plum, cherry, earth and oak supported by a balanced tannic structure and lively acidity.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle, 2017 vintage. Tart plum aroma with notes of cherry, earth, vinous red wine, vanilla and oak. Pours deep burgundy red with a thin tan head that has no retention and no lacing. Starts with tart plum, cherry and vinous red wine flavors as well as having a vinous mouthfeel. Finishes dry and very tart with earth, vanilla and oak flavors. Quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Coaltrain Wine and Liquor
on 29 Mar 2025
at 23:17
8/10
Tried
on 12 Dec 2021
at 18:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Cascade Valley Flora (by Cascade Brewing):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
30/VIII/19 - 500ml bottle @ ElManana's place (Ledeberg), BB: n/a - (2019-1346) Thanks to ElManana for sharing the bottle!
Clear deep red brown beer, small aery irregular head, dissipates quickly. Aroma: lots of vinegar, some of it balsamic, bit roasted, spicy touch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: dry, acidic, quite some vinegar, fruity, some red currants, acidic. Aftertaste: very acidic, vinegar notes, sourish, meh.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
30/VIII/19 - 500ml bottle @ ElManana's place (Ledeberg), BB: n/a - (2019-1346) Thanks to ElManana for sharing the bottle!
Clear deep red brown beer, small aery irregular head, dissipates quickly. Aroma: lots of vinegar, some of it balsamic, bit roasted, spicy touch. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: dry, acidic, quite some vinegar, fruity, some red currants, acidic. Aftertaste: very acidic, vinegar notes, sourish, meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2019
at 22:11
7/10
Tried
on 06 Jul 2019
at 20:13
8/10
Brownish red. Nose of leather cherry stone. Tart acidic red fruity sour. Pinot noir grapes. Oak woody. Lovely.
Tried
from Draft
at
Muted Horn
on 15 Jun 2019
at 21:16