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Valley Brew Asparagus Wheat Ale


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Valley Brewing Company

Stockton, California USA

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43.33/5.03.16/5.0Spring3.8%0Lager glass, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Yes, that’s right, asparagus. This beer was developed for the Stockton Asparagus Festival held each April in Stockton. An infusion of fresh Asparagus juice is created and then blended into a Pale Wheat Ale. The flavor is quite clean and refreshing. The beer is served with a stalk of Asparagus in each glass.

 aspidites (1268), manteca, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
May 20, 2007  
Hop and soft vegetal nose with a touch of honey. More hop presence than expected possibly brought out by the natural bitterness imparted by the asparagus.


 beerguy101 (3488), Newark, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
May 9, 2007  
Tasted on tap at brewpub. This wheat ale pours a medium gold color from tap. Medium sized white foamy head. Aroma is fruit, cereal and sweet. Medium bodied veggie/wheat beer. Malts are cereal and grainy. There is a touch of vegetable flavor here and is quite subtle. This really tastes like a decent wheat ale with a little more solid body and mouthfeel, without that grainy sharpness that is typical in a wheat. Nice carbonation. Crisp and clean. Light and refreshing. Interesting beer. Perhaps a novelty, but it works. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.


 stoutlover72 (1336), NorCal, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
May 3, 2007  
What can ya say about this beer? It’s made with asparagus. Okay, so that sounds a bit odd. It’s actually very clean, quite refreshing and little to no asparagus character to it at all. Aroma is lightly hopped, light cracker notes too. Appearance is a hazy light yellow color, white head. Flavor is light cracker, a little bitter and a clean finish. I can see this going down nicely while sitting in the hot sun at the Ass-pa-Ragus fest.


BeerDaveC007 (14), Stockton, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/517/20
Apr 29, 2007  
Clean light hop nose. No Asparagus nose unless u count the asparagus spear garnish sticking out of the glass and poking your nose. Hey what can I say its a good wheat beer with a very very slight hint of asparagas which is good cuz any more and it would wreck the beer. Good execution of a novelty beer.



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