Hoppy Valley Ale - Session IPA
Phoenix Ale Brewery in Phoenix, Arizona, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
6.18
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3.5
Bottle pours hazy orange with a medium frothy white head. Aroma is metallic, citrus, chemical. Flavor is sweet upfront but very offensive in the finish with way too much carbonation. Very astringent old hop flavor that was easily a drain pour.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
22oz bomber pours with a clear copper body supporting a tan two minute head. The aroma has some citrus hop notes, sweet malts and a bit of bread dough with a thin whiff on faint pine hops in the background. The taste seems to be what they’re after at a 4%-er. It is light and crisp and bitter with hops. It starts with a thin body and delivers grapefruit and tangerine like hoppiness and then it gets progressively more bitter to midway where a malt grainy bread dough sort of flavor surfaces along with a touch of caramel. I think this shoots and scores for a sessionable IPA. Sure its thin and lacks much depth or richness but this may be just the thing when its 110F outside.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours a clear dark copper color with a medium white head. A light fruity nose. The flavor is decent: tea, marmalade, some biscuit, a bit of lemon. OK. I’ve had a ton of session beers due to living in Utah, and this fits in with the average ones.