Happy Valley Brewing Co. (PA)
Microbrewery
in State College,
Pennsylvania,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Happy Valley Brewing Company
Because, in addition to being a Real Place, Happy Valley is also a State of Mind.
The Happy Valley we all know and love rests in the sheltering shade of
Mount Nittany as it rises majestically to meet the blue and white sky.
But in a larger sense, Happy Valley is Any Place we gather to remember the
old times and celebrate the good times with our friends and families.
We invite you to revisit your own personal Happy Valley by drinking this beer,
lovingly hand-crafted for your enjoyment by Head Brewer, Josh Davies.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at source. Tastes like a radler mixed with a boring biere de garde. Doesn't meet either style's needs. But ok overall.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draft at source. It's advertised as a very heavy beer. And it looks like it. Thick pink purple color, no clarity. The beer itself must have used some unripened berries. It's all dull berry flavor. No idea what the base beer must taste like.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draft at source. Gerneric and overly done kettle sour. Plastic lacto with a simple beer. Didn't realize this was meant to be guava but tastes like general adjunct fruit syrup. Plastic tartness at the end.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at source. Thick dark golden with no clarity. Orr of a wall of Belgian malt that covers up all the spices mentioned in the description. I mean some of it seeps through. Taste is a thick Belgian malt biscuit with spices slightly lighting it. Honestly, I never understood these big wits. Sometimes unlike them but his one is dull.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Nitro draft at source. Nitro head atop lightly black body. It's a typical nitro draft stout where it seems like all the flavor has purposefully been sucked out and replace with dryness and nitro. Very empty soul in this beer. I don't taste much.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft at source. Dark brown color. Sticky ass lacing with surface covering. Generic hops come out as the major aspect of this brown ale but low bitterness. It's an almost overly clear brown ale afterwards. Lightly woodsy is the best descriptor I can give to the malts. Nothing bad. Ur nothing interesting.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Sampled on draft this beer poured a black color with a large foamy tan head that faded quickly but left incredible lacing. The aroma was roasty, toasty and malty. The flavor was roasty and woody with blueberry, hint of cola & coffee and a slightly metallic undertone. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Sampled on draft this beer poured a yellow-gold color with a huge foamy white head that faded quickly and left incredible lacing. The aroma was tangy, tart, citric and slightly bitter. The flavor was bitter, tart and dry with orange, lemon, grain and bread. Medium length finish. Medium body.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Sampled on draft this beer poured an almost black color with a huge foamy tan head that lingered forever and left excellent lacing. The aroma was bitter, pine, lemon and grapefruit. The flavor was bitter and piney with anise, and leafy & earthy hops. Long hoppy finish. Medium body.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
Sampled on nitro this beer poured an orange copper color with a huge creamy orange white head that lingered forever and left excellent lacing. The aroma was faint with cola, yeast, a bit of fruity hops and Pez. The flavor was bitter, sourish and metallic with Pez, mustiness, pepper and an earthy note. Long finish. Medium body.