Valley Surprise Double IPA
Santa Clara Valley Brewing in San Jose, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.11
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
650ml bottle
Pours orange with a smooth head. Aroma of caramely malts, sweet toffee, fruits, chewy candy and resinous notes. Taste is sweet, sticky and caramely with loads of toffee and chewy candy. Finish is resinous hoppy, sweet and sticky with loads of caramel, toffee and candy. Doesn’t feel super fresh.
Pours orange with a smooth head. Aroma of caramely malts, sweet toffee, fruits, chewy candy and resinous notes. Taste is sweet, sticky and caramely with loads of toffee and chewy candy. Finish is resinous hoppy, sweet and sticky with loads of caramel, toffee and candy. Doesn’t feel super fresh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2015
at 02:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
65 cl bottle @ hotel room, San Diego. Aroma is very heavy and sweet woth caramel and biscuits malt. Also marmalade. Flavour has alcohol, grassy hops, grapefruit and caramel. Finishes with some herbal bitterness. Sweet all the way but I seem to enjoy this at some level.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2015
at 02:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and pine aroma. Grapefruit and pine flavor with light caramel. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Caramel and grapefruit linger with pine.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jun 2015
at 17:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at the Bistro’s DIPA-festival 2015. Dark golden with a white head. Aroma and taste of hops, citrus, pine and toffee. Balanced and with a fairly bitter finish.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2015
at 06:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, two days old. Pours clear golden orange, medium off white head, nice lacing. Aroma is a bit light, pot, garlic, onion, spruce, grapefruit. Flavor is very light sweet, light plus bitter, definite onion, herbal, some pot. Medium body, lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2015
at 21:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours amber gold with a beige/white head. Aroma is almost grape. Med + body. Flavor is dank mixed hop, significant malt, but the incredible amount of hop solves that. Finishes very hoppy and nicely bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Nov 2014
at 19:56