Santa Clara Valley Brewing
Microbrewery
in
San Jose,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Santa Clara Valley Brewing
- Out of business
Closed in 2020
Contact
101 E. Alma Ave, San Jose, CA, 95112, United States
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber from Bobby’s in Santa Clara, CA. Pours very dark brown with a big foamy tan head. Aroma is dark milky chocolate and dark malt. Med body or better. Flavor is mostly chocolate, some less than dark malt, and something suggesting citrus hop. Or floral/earthy hop. Hard to pin that down. Decent drink.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2013
at 16:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Bobby’s in Santa Clara, CA. Pours orange amber with a creamy off-white head. Aroma is floral/citrus. Near full bodied. This has a nice malt backbone, and a hop burn. Flavor is floral, tropical, citrus, pine. Finishes tasty and pretty bitter. Good stuff.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2013
at 16:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Yeast and spice aroma. Summer fruit and spice flavor with yeast. Medium bodied. Summer fruit and spice linger with yeast.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Sep 2013
at 18:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22 oz. bottle, pours a hazy golden orange with a medium off-white head. Aroma of piney hops, a little buttery hops, and a slight fruitiness. Flavour is very sharp, full of soapy floral hops, a little dry pine, and dry biscuity malt. This is quite sharp and astringent, finishing on harsh soapy floral hops. Super dry and quite drinkable. Very solid IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2013
at 00:37
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Black-brown beer with a tan head. Roast and nutty malt aroma with light chocolate. Grapefruit and roast flavor with malt. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and roast linger with nuttiness, light caramel, and light chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2013
at 17:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Rich amber beer with a cream head. Summer fruit aroma. Summer fruit and caramel flavor. Medium bodied. Decent bitterness. Summer fruit and light tropical fruit lingers with caramel.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2013
at 08:28
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours crystal clear orange with a medium off-white creamy head that leaves nice lacing on the glass. Big room filling aroma of beautiful grapefruit, passionfruit, mango, cat piss, pine resin. Perhaps a bit of butter as the beer warms and the hop aroma fades? Hits the sweet spot nicely. Flavor is very light sweet, going dry quite quickly with a dry finish. Light bitterness lingering to the finish as well, perhaps strengthening to medium. Just a touch of caramel malt coming through. Medium body, lightly oily mouthfeel. Pretty nice inaugural effort!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2013
at 16:22