CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Fetta di Casa from Valley Craft Ales 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: clear yellow color with a two and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some lace
Aroma: grassy to earthy oily hops with some other floral hops in the middle then some doughy malts
Flavor: mildly blends the prior noted aromas to a fair bitter oily sweet; finishes earthy, grassy and floral
Texture: light bodied, sessionable, light smoothness but also a certain oily slick vibe on the tongue
Overall: must be one of those Italian pilseners which this one seems to fit and also not a bad one, maybe I'll return to this.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Mountain Girl from Valley Craft Ales 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: dark amber color with a one and a half fingers of white foamy head which dissipated evenly to leave some light lace
Aroma: caramel/toffee malts, toasted nuts, earthy to grassy hops and buttered toast
Flavor: melds the prior noted aromas to a malty blend; finishes malty
Texture: light bodied, sessionable, smooth along the tongue
Overall: another one of their beers that needs work then again they do have the name "Ales" a part of their name, guess they don't know lagers are not ales.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed 77 Walton from Valley Craft Ales 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Reviewed from notes.
Can to nonic glass.
Appearance: yellow semi-clear color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated fairly quick and barely left any lace
Aroma: perfumey, floral, some citrus; stiff doughy malts
Flavor: pretty much bitter all the way through; citrusy finish
Texture: light bodied, sessionable, some smoothness yet an ample amount of bitterness to tell me this is an IPA
Overall: well, though this needs some work, this isn't their worst beer
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Double Love from Valley Craft Ales 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3.5 | Flavor - 3.5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: copper color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some lace
Aroma: muted grassy and floral hops, stiff caramel malts
Flavor: bitter and oily with some buttered toast involved; finishes somewhat like tree leaves
Texture: medium bodied, not really sessionable or a sipper, slow moving smoothness but also extremely dry
Overall: well, uh if AB/InBev doesn't want to buy this brewery maybe Miller Coors will make an offer, someone's gotta take a stab at brewing it worse than the creators
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Deck Life from Valley Craft Ales 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: pale yellow color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated somewhat quick, not much lace
Aroma: sweet wheat, sugary bubblegum, sweet lemon, sweet orange and some grassy hops
Flavor: leads very sweetly, the coriander tries to add some spic but really falls short; finishes very bubblegummy and sweet lemony
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, some smoothness, light spicy scrapes the tongue a bit
Overall: though not a true witbier, it's somewhat easy to take down on a hot day, not bad for a post-lawn mowing beer.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Can to becher pint glass.
Appearance: golden yellow transparent color with a finger's worth of white foamy head, subtle lace after dissipation
Aroma: a little bit of malts in front of some piney hops
Flavor: maltier than expected, the piney hops seem more muted here, definitely a malty aftertaste
Texture: light to medium bodied, some sessionability about it, malty finish with a little bit of piney hops
Overall: not exactly an AIPA I would want to return to immediately, maybe if this recipe was tweaked a bit more.
CoastGuardVet (9444) reviewed Udder Joy from Valley Craft Ales 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can to English pint glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color with a one finger tan foamy head which dissipated mildly to leave barely any lace
Aroma: milk chocolate, roasty almonds, subtle vanilla
Flavor: sweet and roasty chocolatey with almonds, sly aftertaste of chocolate and almonds
Texture: almost medium bodied - just a bit under, somewhat sessionable, smooth creamy sweet finish of the chocolate and vanilla
Overall: pretty nice milk/sweet stout worthy of having again.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Poured into an English pint glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black color, two finger tan foamy head, dissipated to leave mild messy lace
Aroma: strong coffee beany roastiness, great amount of milk chocolate, subtle vanilla underneath
Flavor: sweet and roasty through the prior mentioned aromas, mild chocolatey and coffee aftertaste
Texture: light to medium bodied, somewhat sessionable, keen roasty to chocolatey finish
Overall: pretty good coffee porter, I think I could grab this again.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Coche de Carreras from Valley Craft Ales 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
Harvest Brewing draught, 7/6/24. Clearish, gold -brass. It's like a frickin pale ale. There's fruity hop and big textures with honey like malt and clean finishes.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can pour shared by ClarkVV--thanks, Clark! Hazy golden yellow with ring of head. Aroma is citrus and pine. Taste is citrus and pine. Smooth, thin texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Piney and citrusy. Not what you'd expect from an NEIPA; not amazing for traditional or west coast either.