Yakima Valley
Arbor Ales in Bristol, Bristol, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
7.27
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Our flagship premium strength beer, Yakima Valley is packed full of our favourite American hops. It’s our own celebration of everything we love about IPAs.
American IPA packed full of Amarillo, Cascade, Chinook, Citra and Summit hops.
American IPA packed full of Amarillo, Cascade, Chinook, Citra and Summit hops.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Euston Tap with Sarah. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma is full of pine hops with a hint of grass and a grain backing. Flavor has a good amount of pine hops with a lot of grass and a light grain backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Nov 2012
at 18:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
330ml Bottle - Hazy amber with a foamy head. Passion fruit, peach, soap, pine and grapefruit in the aroma. Hoppy and fruity taste with notes of peach, toffee and grapefruit detected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2012
at 09:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home .. Golden yellow ... big big white head ... soft floral zezty lemon and lime nose ... little fizz .. juicy bright citrus fruits ... soft toffee .. very resinous pine ...some passionfruits ... truely wonderfull mouthfeel for a bottle ... craking
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2012
at 11:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Tomlinsons Beer Shop
Golden orange, cloudy, big frothy white head, good lacing
Aroma - sweet juicy fruity malts, big citrus resinous hoppy nose, tropical fruits, pithy grapefruit, sweet resins, fresh.
Taste - sweet juicy quite rich pale fruity malts (which taste tangy and sweet - not malty), rich citrus hops, tropical fruits, grapefruit, mango, orange zest, bittersweet resinous hops, bit of squeezed lemon and lime. Initially sweet and juicy, then a hop resinous bitterness comes though to the finish.
Palate - soft carb, medium to full body. Quite creamy and sticky. Finish as main flavour, intense rich juicy hops, more bitter, resinous mouth coating hop tangy linger with the sweet pale malts. It’s really nice but quickly get rather too sweet.
Overall - Rich, intense fruity IPA for 7%. It has intense hops with the bitterness tempered by a rich sweet tangy honey pale malt. This is a change from over aggressively bitter hopped IPA’s - it’s particularly sweet and you would probably only want to drink a single bottle, but it’s very good just for those rich fruity hops. If it was somewhat less sweet it would scoring higher
Golden orange, cloudy, big frothy white head, good lacing
Aroma - sweet juicy fruity malts, big citrus resinous hoppy nose, tropical fruits, pithy grapefruit, sweet resins, fresh.
Taste - sweet juicy quite rich pale fruity malts (which taste tangy and sweet - not malty), rich citrus hops, tropical fruits, grapefruit, mango, orange zest, bittersweet resinous hops, bit of squeezed lemon and lime. Initially sweet and juicy, then a hop resinous bitterness comes though to the finish.
Palate - soft carb, medium to full body. Quite creamy and sticky. Finish as main flavour, intense rich juicy hops, more bitter, resinous mouth coating hop tangy linger with the sweet pale malts. It’s really nice but quickly get rather too sweet.
Overall - Rich, intense fruity IPA for 7%. It has intense hops with the bitterness tempered by a rich sweet tangy honey pale malt. This is a change from over aggressively bitter hopped IPA’s - it’s particularly sweet and you would probably only want to drink a single bottle, but it’s very good just for those rich fruity hops. If it was somewhat less sweet it would scoring higher
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2012
at 11:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Cloudy amber pour with a white head. Peach, mango and tangerine aroma. Very smooth indeed. Bags of citrus in the flavour. Very nicely balanced. Smooth, fruity finish. Lovely stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2012
at 13:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Tuckers Maltings. Hazy pale golde, creamy white head leaving lacework. Immense hop aroma and flavours dominate in a solid malty base. Delicious!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2012
at 11:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Stirchley Wines, Birmingham. Hazy orangey gold pour with a fair size white head. Some promising piney resinous hop in the nasal area with some tropical fruit thrown in. Flavour travelled along similar lines with some winningly potent hop bitterness. All considered, very tidy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2012
at 03:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Pours a very hazy dark orange with a very large head. Aroma is creamy malt with a little mango. Taste is bitter and juicy to start. Very bitter mango finish. Juicy fruit aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2012
at 12:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF. Golden with a small white head. Aroma of citrus, especially orange, with a grainy malt note. Sweet citrus fruity and malty flavout with a medium bitter finish
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Nov 2011
at 13:39
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Cast at GBBF 2011, Day 3. Pours clear gold with a medium, white foam head. Fresh, clean hop aroma, light grass notes, fine pine. Medium sweet flavor with beautiful balance. Bitter notes of pine and resin. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sticky finish, oily and resinous hops, fine baked straw, grass. Great. One of the best cask IPAs I can recall.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Sep 2011
at 14:22