Beer Valley Leafer Madness Imperial Pale Ale

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

New brewery for me, Leafer Madness and the brewery name, Beer Valley were a bit confusing for me. However, the 2XIPA was a straight-up citrus filled ale with a light yellow medium body and a balance with the malts. Sampled @ World Cafe Live BBQ, Beats & Brewfest.

Deep hazy amber coloured body with a potent orange glow and a dense tan head - looks very nice. Aroma of fresh hops, citrus, pine, grapefruits and a bunch of malt. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong assertive hoppiness with fresh piney and citrusy hops tucked into a bunch of malt, sugars and a lot of alcohol. Aftertaste shows some character, with nuts and toffee coming through most. Overall, a good beer - more like a typical IPA than an Imperial, but still showing a lot of body and alcohol. I enjoyed this, but would have preferred a normal IPA more. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased on 07-February-2009 from Lee’s Discount Liquor in Las Vegas, Nevada, sampled on 28-February-2009 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

Bottle. Pours a hazy orange color with a small off-white head. Has a malty grassy hoppy pine needles aroma. Sweetish malty grassy hoppy bitter flavor with hints of citrus and also some piney hints. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter finish with a long bitter aftertaste.

Bomber courtesy of a trade with ditmier. It pours a very nice IIPA hazy deep gold with thin off white head. The aroma has a pleasing mix of pine to grassy hops, citrus and resin hop bitterness. Some malt comes to the surface too from time to time. The taste is sweet with malts first then growing orange and pine hop flavor quickly moving toward hop bitterness. The bitter hops peak around midway with the solid hoppiness blowing away the slick sweet malts trying to get a foot hold on the flavor. It finishes with lingering hop bitterness and a mild warming sensation.

Bottle thanks to IBrew2or3. Pours a hazy yellow-gold with an off-white head. Nose is caramel, pine, and biting floral hops. Flavor is caramel, pine hops, floral hops, some light citrus, and sweetness in the finish. Enjoyable beer.

courtesy of ibrew2or3. We tasted two versions of this beer, sadly the label didn’t really mention much difference but a date, this one had the yellow cap.Pours amber with white head. Aroma has good notes of caramel mixed with herbal hops nose. Taste, light caramel malts and nutty, some hoppy fruits (apricot / peach) almost spicy.

Bottle. Yeah this looks good. pours a orange golden body with a rocky white head. Excellent hop profile, citrus, pine, some light grapefruit. Nice floral notes with some alcohol warming but well masked by the hops. good brew.

Bottle, courtesy jcwattsrugger. Cloudy caramel color, tons of fluffy white head and lacing. Nose is hoppy, with vanilla and caramel, and some grassy notes. Flavor is fizzy bitter hoppiness, with some citrus to boot. Seemingly balanced, but still has a solid leaning towards the bitter. Medium-bodied and not bad at all.