Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Hazy golden/orange coloured body with a very thick tan coloured head that lasts quite a while for a year-old beer. Aroma of fresh lemons, oranges, hops (of course) and some white sugar. Medium-bodied; Strong hoppy flavour up front with a good malty kick and a subtle sweetness fading to a pleasant bitterness. Aftertaste shows more of the same, a good malt backbone with potent hops up more noticeable. Overall, a decent IPA - nothing amazing...but good to try! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Portland, Oregon, purchased one year ago, sampled on 26-October-2007.
bb (18428) reviewed Chehalem Mountain IPA from Golden Valley Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Hazy amber with a huge off-white head. Citrusy, earthy, floral aroma. Grapefruit, pine flavor with light backing malt. LIngering grapefruit and pine. Medium body. Slight oak and lactic/infected tones.
bb (18428) reviewed Golden Valley Tannen Bomb from Golden Valley Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft. Rich amber beer with an off-white head. Malty, low spice, low fruit aroma. Cherry flavor with malt backing.. Cherry lingers with nice malt complexity. Medium body. Nice. I don’t know where the cherry came from, but it’s there.
Troopie (5667) reviewed Geist Bock from Golden Valley Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle Malty aroma with citrus tones. Poured pale brown with white head. Malty flavour, with an unpleasant big swath of molasses in the middle of it. Bready finish, with more molasses. I admit I’m not familiar with the Heiliges Geist bock style, but I would not seek this out. It could be I just don’t like the style.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Chehalem Mountain IPA from Golden Valley Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at the brewpub
Bright golden-amber. Woody, grassy hop aroma with a good dose of toasty malts. Starts with a firm woody bitterness. The finish gets malty, with a big minerally note and a hint of diacetyl. The minerals I can handle but the diacetyl....such a poor finish is not becoming of this beer.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Dundee Porter from Golden Valley Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bomber. It smells like chocolate, and maybe a bit of roasted/toasted malt. The color is opaque brown/black, and the tan head is multi-fingered. Thin to medium bodied, with rather fizzy carbonation - no bite though. The start is coffee, followed by chocolate. It is roasted malty sweetness, and the finish is relatively dry and coffee bitter, if you can wait for awhile. Very pleasant. Impressive pour.
crit200 (5324) reviewed Geist Bock from Golden Valley Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5.5
Hazy amber,large beige head.Slaty carmel nose.Syrupy sweet corny malt taste,alcohol overtones. Small bead. Not much here
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Very attractive pour. Strong caramel malt aroma. Slightly hazy reddish amber color. Frothy beige head that might lace, if it ever starts to collapse. Starts with sweet malt, accompanied by stone fruit and hop. This is more about malt than hop, and that’s probably appropriate for this style. It stays the lighter side of sticky, and it disquises the alcohol very well. The finish tends toward well balanced, and a very pleasant bitter (along with a bit of sweet fruit) remains in the mouth. Good one.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Geist Bock from Golden Valley Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
LIght aroma of darker malt. Barely detectable hop. Amber color with an off-white head that is almost respectable. Low carbonation. Starts with sweet malt, though not dark, and there seems to be a bit of lemon. There is not much bitter, so it’s more about malt. The beer sort of drops off. The malt and flavor go away. The mouth is left with some sour/citrus, some herb/veg, but no real bitterness. It is what it is.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Red Thistle Ale from Golden Valley Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Strong malt odor, deeper than caramel, backed by some hop. Malt confuses the hop aspect, so maybe this will be really malty. Slightly hazy amber color (maybe a slight red tinge) with a frothy off-white head that does a bit of lacing. Thinnish body. A bit of carbonation bite. The malt and hop tend to come together, I’d say the primary hop characteristic is citrus. [so it wasn’t super malty] The finish is nicely balanced, but as the malt sugars finally leave, the lasting impression is desireably bitter. I say this one is being underrated. But that’s just me.