Valley Brew Hitman Gold Ale

Formerly brewed at Valley Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Stockton, California USA

Bottled. Hazy yellow in colour. Minor white head. It has a bitter aroma with juniper berries. The flavour is bitter, juniper berries are present. It has a sweet, dry and bitter aftertaste. Great label drawn by Bret "The Hitman" Hart. I watched this guy with his tag team partner Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart in the mid 80-ies when we got SKY-channel. Kinda fascinating then, nice beer now. Would be kinda neat to get an autograph thou ;)

Bottled. Hazy orange colour, small white head. Nice hoppy aroma. Flavour is quite grassy and hoppy. Long mouthdrying feeling. Too dry and bitter for me. One of the best labels around .)

Bottled. Light amber color, small white head. Fresh hoppy aroma - flowery, almost like "cat piss" :) Honeyish flowery hoppy - very fresh good A/IPA. Bonus points for nice label!

Hazy golden pour with a white cover. Typical Chinook, Columbus strong west coast hoppiness procure piney, woody and minty aromatics. The hops are superbly disposed here, very personnal and expressive. Strong piney, slightly salty lupulin kick in mouth, earthy and bitter at length in the finish. The malt only serves as a supporting device while the floral galore keeps on. Light-medium bodied, soft carbonation. Pleasant aromatic ale.

Orange-citrus-earthy-catty-lime sensations abound from the huge, overly hoppy aroma. Hazy golden orange body is topped by a fine bubbled, off white head that recedes to cover with some lacing. Strong lime-tangerine-citrus and resinous pine-like hop flavours over a pleasant toasty malt base leading to moderate bitterness. Some woody and leafy, spicy notes appear as it warms. Medium body with fairly lively though soft bubbled carbonation. Well brewed but not so much to my personal taste. I could swear there must be more than Saaz in there. Bottle sampled with MartinT, muzzlehatch and Rastacouere.

Pours a clear amber bronze with a nice, pillowy, clumpy-lacing off-white head. Semi-sweet lightly resinous fresh piny hoppy aroma. Body starts with a touch of pale malty sweetness turning more bitter and slighty peppery with nice Saaz hoppy character toward a crisp, dry bitter finish. A refreshing and drinkable brew. Thanks DaveCooks!

12 oz bottle consumed in the generous company of tiggmtl, MartinT and Rastacouere. A snow-white head tops the amber-bronze, hazy (bottle conditioned) body....pungent, spicy nose of noble hops, dry wood and just a hint of rainforest wetness....solidly bitter, clean, fairly light earthy body, with a quite hard, peppery, lightly roasty finish....a bit of citrus, but mostly woody and dry hops, the malt is definitely not just a supporting character here, partnering very well with the spicy bitterness. Quite nice.

Any first impressions?
-A creamy sheet of foam covers the amber gold.
-An intense and intriguing wooden and sandy hop nose is bulked up by some apricot fruitiness.
-Wooden and orangey hops gently blend with doughy, toasted maltiness.
-Although the body is well-fed, it remains eminently drinkable.

What if you dig deeper?
-Some citrusy fruitiness appears within the aroma.
-The wooden hoppiness lingers, bringing along its toasty malts for most of the ride.
-Bread crumbs are formed by the inventive hop and malt union.
-A very flavorful and unique American Pale Ale, sporting one of the ugliest (and funniest) labels ever.

Bottle; no date.