Cascade Brewing Valley Flora

Valley Flora

 

Cascade Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production
Score
7.55
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 45
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7.8
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


8.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Tap at KEG. Pours copper with thin head. Nose is big funk, lotta grapes, slightly sweet and pretty tart. Taste is grapes upfront, moderately sweet and rather tart. Then some pretty solid funky notes appear, rounding the taste nicely. Long lasting sweet and tart, funky finish, medium body, soft to average carbo. Tasty.

Tried from Draft on 17 Mar 2025 at 12:02


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Sample at Haandfest 2019. Dark amber body with a nice beige head. Aroma of malt, acidic fruit, some wood and mild vinegar. Flavor is malt, toffee, red fruit, acid, red wine, wood, tannin and red berries. Fine body and long lasting rather sour and complex aftertaste. A fine balance of slightly sweet malt, sour fruit and barrel aged red wine.

Tried on 13 Mar 2025 at 05:35


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from the lcbo. Opaque brown pour, with a medium beige head. Aroma is dark sour plums, malt vinegar and lactic dark fruit. Vinous, red whine notes mingle with barrel notes. Hints of baking spices, funk and cereals. Medium tart finish, fruity, sour, complex, alcohol well hidden.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:45


7

Man, I cellar beers for too long. Another out of production. Pours a rosy brown, with no head and minimal carbonation. Nice nose of oak, some mild vinegar funk and a little vanilla. Taste decent aserbic sour running over cherries, vanilla, some oakiness. Sour lingers on the finish with the cherrys and mild caramel malt out near the end. Nice beer.

Tried on 06 Aug 2024 at 23:09


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle, gift from Dad. Hazy brown body with ruby highlights and no head. No visible carbonation. No lacing. Aroma of cranberry, raisin and red wine. Flavour of red wine and bitter lemon. Thin body with a slick texture. Light fizz. This is very sour and intense; I hoped it would be a bit more soft and nuanced. The ABV is well hidden.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2024 at 23:40


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Undated can drunk 9/6/22. Dark amber-cherry. Head falls immediately to ring. Clear. Caramel, vanilla, dark fruits, dates, sticky sugars and low alcohol. Good barrel character with light bourbon spiciness. No raw alcohol, though. It's interesting about the cherry/grape as it smells like cherry but is actually grape. Goes to show how much brett and lacto can influence the nose. Soft, oily, slick, malty, but well-attenuated. Vanilla, bourbon, chocolate, cherry. Soft, sweet, malty, very Flemish Sour. No alcohol or flaw.

Tried from Can on 07 Sep 2022 at 03:12


8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Pours deep magenta-tinged mahogany into a tulip. Tan head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Pinot noir and oak aromas. Sharp with sweet pinot, plums, berries and cherries upfront turning to dry oak and cherry pit in the lasting finish.

Tried on 22 Aug 2022 at 22:15


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Tiny can. Pours a reddish brown hue, a small white head. A big sour woody nose. Rich, woody tannins, tart and vibrant grapes, some funk. Very smooth.

Tried from Can on 19 Jul 2022 at 18:09


8

bottle at home... deep red brown... thin tan lacing... earthy funk... soft vanilla.. Light funk earthy berries... Light balsamic fruit.. Light tart fruit.. Light earthy.. Light balsamic.. soft woody

Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2022 at 16:25