BeerBelcher (750), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Nov 1, 2006 A-B brewing under the Green Valley Brewing Co pseudonym.
Appearance is bright (suspiciously bright) red. Head formation is pretty good, sticks around decently. Aroma is very sweet...made the room I was sitting in smell like sweetbread was baking in the corner. Taste is not all that good. Awfully boring for an IPA...even if it was meant to be an "English Style" IPA (not sure that it was). I feel like this beer promises (with the Green Valley name, labeling, artwork, and name) something that it just doesn’t deliver. Doesn’t feel any more crafty than something Michelob might offer.
LawStudent09 (322), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA Oct 13, 2008 On tap. I was very disappointed by this beer. I was about to go to a wedding and stopped at the bar in the hotel lobby to get a beer before a night of open bar that consisted of Bud Lt. I was hoping for something with bitter undertones but this was not it. The beer had a nice clean deep gold appearance with a mildly malty aroma. The taste is rather bland with no hint that this is a pale ale at all. borgination (101), Lee, Massachusetts, USA Oct 11, 2008 Bronze color with a big beige head. Aroma of sugar and caramel malt. Sugary sweet flavor and a nasty bitterness in the finish. Underhook (148), Lincoln Park, New Jersey, USA Oct 10, 2008 Pours nicely, fluffy head and a lightly colored pale ale. Smell is alright, some maltiness, but a strange metallic note. Taste is much the same, no real hop presence and faint maltiness followed by a metallic aftertaste that the nose hinted at. Another average Anheuser-Busch effort, not sure I’ll ever be impressed with one of their beers at this point. kidmartinek (734), austin, Texas, USA Sep 4, 2008 Pours amber with a 1 inch head that settles to 3/8" of frothiness. Aroma is mostly malty with a tinge of hops. The beer is very clear and has almost no bubbles. Flavor is of limestone, mineral water, bread, malt and dough. Taste is earthy and agreeable. Texture is medium erring on the thick side. Finish is malty and a bit metallic? tgncc (301), Bellmore, New York, USA Aug 30, 2008 Aroma is malty, grainy, sort of like being in a silo. Appearance is somewhat pleasing, an amber color, weak white foam head. Flavor is weak malyness, with a slight amount of hops. The finish was ok, a definite hop bite at the end. Weak beer in many ways. I hope beer doesn’t taste like tis across the board if everyone goes with organic farming..
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