Wye Valley Hereford Pale Ale (HPA)

Brewed by Wye Valley
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Hereford, England

[Cask] A pale golden beer with a very small head. The nose is hoppy and flowery. The flavor is something else: Aroma hops hits You at first sip, then a sweetness without much malt accent to end on a flowery hoppiness that turns a bit artificial. Is it the hops or the yeast that gives it the artificial note? The bitterness is only slight. This will never become a favorite of mine.

Cask (handpump) @ <a href=http://ratebeer.com/Place/england/birmingham/ target=_new> Wellington, B2, Birmingham. Clear light orange color with a small, virtually none, off-white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, flowers, citrus, fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Very nice and refreshing. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.

Cask at GBBF08. Clear shiny pale golden colour. Small frothy white head. Slightly thin flavour, some citrus from the hops, thin malt body. Refreshing, but perhaps a bit boring.

Cask@GBBF2008. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, grass and some mild wooden notes. Flavour is quite dry fruits, some grass and wood. Nice balance and mediumdry palate.

Clear golden with medium white head. Sweet fruity aroma with mild hoppy notes. Sweet flavor with fruity notes and floral hops towards the end.

Cask Handpump at the Mill Hotel, Chester 15/06/2001 Sweet on the palate with fruity orange aroma. Hoppy finish.

Cask@Beer Hunters, Pori. Golden clear color, big foamy head. Citrusy hoppy nose. Citrusy, grassy hoppy pale ale. Light but nicely balanced. Long bitter aftertaste. Someway similar to WPA, maybe because of pale malts profile?

Cask gravity at Battersea BF 2007. Gold colour with thin white head. Decent citrus hop aroma. Decent in mouth, some more citrus. Bit of hay on aroma. Very decent gold/blond ale, ticks all the boxes. Some good citrus on the finish. Bit of tangerine.