Beer Valley Leafer Madness Imperial Pale Ale

Brewed by Beer Valley Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Ontario, Oregon USA

Bottle:   Orange hued golden, hazy, large foamy white head, fairly sticky lacing.   Semi-sweet citrus rind and flora on the nose.   Musty and/or barnish citrus like malts on the tongue.   Not as bright or floral as the nose suggested.   In fact, it is rather dull and flat.   Don’t get me wrong, its still a decent beer, just not as bright as it seemed.   The 9% ABV is well hidden.   Finishes with dull, yet not biting, citrus peel.   Hops are there, but are secondary to the citrus rind.   Lingering rind.   Good beer, nothing wrong with it, but it doesn’t seem big enough to be an IIPA.   A good 1½ IPA.

22oz. Bottle: Aroma of hops, pine, resin, caramel malt, light citrus, and light tangerine. Poured amber in color with a small, creamy, tan head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Slightly sparkling. Full of tiny, small, and medium-sized particles throughout. Excellent lacing. Flavor is lightly sweet and medium bitter. Tastes of hops, pine, toasted malts, caramel malts, resin, and pine. Medium body. Oily, slick texture. Average carbonation. Hop, pine, and caramel malt finish. 9%ABV is totally hidden. Not all that bitter.

Bottle 22fl.oz.
Unclear medium orange color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a average to long duration, fresh and fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090922]

Bottle, 9% ABV, RBNAG 2009 in Vatlandsvåg. Deep golden colour, moderate head. Fairly nice aroma of American hops, also notes of crystal malts and some caramel. The flavour has a distinct hoppy bitterness from start to finish, alcohol is noticeable but the beer is not too sweet.

Crazy 8’s all the way down. It makes sense too. Pouring a heady beer in an old fashioned glass. Then we really know how we feel about IT. Lots of froth, stanky and dank. Fresh hops, like the bag(s) of hops in my closet. Off dry, nothing too significant but full and semi spicey. Clean. clean. clean. can’t say it enuff! No harsh bitterness just a full clean hop taste. If this beer were a buddy it would be the chronic 2009!

pours an opaque orange/honey color with a very thin white head...poor retention. aroma is more malty and slightly earthy with a touch of grapefruity sweetness. not much hop presence though. flavor is alsio very earthy...piney and grapefruity with a resiny sweetness. mouthfeel is somewhat thin and not very lively at all. finish is lingering and dry with some grapefruit. very disappointing beer.

Nice pine tree aroma. Dark orange in color. For a 9% abv this is not harsh. Bitter but not not overly so. Same flavor lingers nicely from first sip to last.