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Chehalem Mountain IPA
Golden Valley Brewery and Pub
- From:
- Golden Valley Brewery and Pub
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.1%
- Score:
- 76
- Avg:
- 3.18 | pDev: 18.87%
- Reviews:
- 26
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 16, 2017
- Added:
- May 11, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
No description / notes.
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Ratings by cswhitehorse:
Reviewed by cswhitehorse from California
3.46/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
This beer poured good with a nice head. It was a little cloudy and had an orangish hue. It came off hoppy in the mouth and left the a nice finish on the front of the tongue. I didn't give me much in the aroma category. I will have it again to compare the experience. Over all it is a good IPA.
Jul 14, 2007More User Ratings:
Reviewed by constantine_272 from Oregon
3.53/5 rDev +11%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.53/5 rDev +11%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Dark copper with a light tan head. Taste piney but a little acidic with a bright herbal dry finish. I felt it was too dry and the dry finish just wasn't balanced well enough.
Jun 21, 2017Reviewed by loren01 from Washington
2.48/5 rDev -22%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.48/5 rDev -22%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
A: Pours a hazy orange color, good head with good lace down the glass
S: Smells fruity almost like sour apple scent. Also smells of English style hops
T: Slight sour flavor up front followed by some bitter hop flavor.
M: Medium bodied beer, carbonation is a bit on the high side
O: This beer is kindof weird, the label says its supposed to be a NW style IPA but it tastes more like an English style IPA to me. It also says its made with Centennial and Cascade but it doesnt taste typical for those hops at all. Not sure what to make of this. The more I drink the more i just dislike this beer. There is a problem someplace this cant be what the brewers are going for.
Mar 01, 2012S: Smells fruity almost like sour apple scent. Also smells of English style hops
T: Slight sour flavor up front followed by some bitter hop flavor.
M: Medium bodied beer, carbonation is a bit on the high side
O: This beer is kindof weird, the label says its supposed to be a NW style IPA but it tastes more like an English style IPA to me. It also says its made with Centennial and Cascade but it doesnt taste typical for those hops at all. Not sure what to make of this. The more I drink the more i just dislike this beer. There is a problem someplace this cant be what the brewers are going for.
Reviewed by RedBiddy from Oregon
1.34/5 rDev -57.9%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5
1.34/5 rDev -57.9%
look: 3 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.5
I actually was so disappointed by the first 22 ounce bottle I bought I had to go and buy a second to give them a fair shake. The second confirmed the first - this beer truly cannot be classed as an IPA ... or any other respectable style from a microbrewer in the great Northwest. It was weak...appearance - weak, smell - weak, taste - weak, mouthfeel - weak, overall - guess?
I hate to attribute any sort of shameful grade to a northwest brewer for a beer that has expected standards to reach for, but this one was well deserved. It's on par with a Yuengling IPA...sad. There is no style of beer to compare this one. BLECK!
Feb 05, 2012I hate to attribute any sort of shameful grade to a northwest brewer for a beer that has expected standards to reach for, but this one was well deserved. It's on par with a Yuengling IPA...sad. There is no style of beer to compare this one. BLECK!
Reviewed by dgilks from Australia
3.06/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.06/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Clear golden coliur with a nice creamy off white head. Good head retention. Great lacing.
Light caramelly aroma with notes of diacetyl cut by a grassy hop character. The diacetyl is a bit dominant.
Smooth pale malt with a dose of diacetyl. Good moderate hop bitterness with a small dose of grassy hops. Unfortunately the fermentation fault kills this beer.
Medium body with moderately high carbonation. Good.
There is real potential int his beer with some nice light malt and hop character. Unfortunately, diacetyl has killed this beer and renders it no more than okay.
Jul 17, 2011Light caramelly aroma with notes of diacetyl cut by a grassy hop character. The diacetyl is a bit dominant.
Smooth pale malt with a dose of diacetyl. Good moderate hop bitterness with a small dose of grassy hops. Unfortunately the fermentation fault kills this beer.
Medium body with moderately high carbonation. Good.
There is real potential int his beer with some nice light malt and hop character. Unfortunately, diacetyl has killed this beer and renders it no more than okay.
Reviewed by olmatty from Oregon
2.58/5 rDev -18.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.58/5 rDev -18.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Appearance- Pours a slightly hazed orange amber with a thin white head.
Smell- Slight Malts and hops with a slightly sour aroma mixed in. Not unpleasant, but not much happening either.
Taste- Quite a bit of sourness in the malts right up front, some flat bitterness and herbal and citrusy hops. Frankly, there's quite a bit of unpleasant flavors. Long, bitter, sour aftertaste.
Mouthfeel- Sticky, even greasy with moderate carbonation.
Drinkability- Low, not very enjoyable.
I've had this beer before and enjoyed it much more, but I can not identify any of the flavors as a specific off flavor. I'll be giving this another chance at some point and I hope I will have the more favorable experience.
Aug 12, 2010Smell- Slight Malts and hops with a slightly sour aroma mixed in. Not unpleasant, but not much happening either.
Taste- Quite a bit of sourness in the malts right up front, some flat bitterness and herbal and citrusy hops. Frankly, there's quite a bit of unpleasant flavors. Long, bitter, sour aftertaste.
Mouthfeel- Sticky, even greasy with moderate carbonation.
Drinkability- Low, not very enjoyable.
I've had this beer before and enjoyed it much more, but I can not identify any of the flavors as a specific off flavor. I'll be giving this another chance at some point and I hope I will have the more favorable experience.
Reviewed by hophead247 from California
3.35/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.35/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Nice amber orange color with a bit of a haze to it,small off white head that fades quickly leaving little behind.The aroma was lightly malty with a decent hop showing a bit of grapefruit and pine as well.The flavor was pretty decent...mildly sweet with a nice malt side. Good showing from the hops with a nice bitterness...not really over powering in any way but drinkable and worth another try.
Feb 15, 2010Reviewed by PapaJ from Oregon
3.63/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.63/5 rDev +14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
From the tap at Venti's Basement Beer Bar, 13 July 2009.
a: cloudy, medium copper
s: floral and citrus hops
t: citrus hops dominates / well balanced with malt
m: full and satisfying
d: very drinkable; less bitter than the flagship IPA of most NW brewery
Jul 15, 2009a: cloudy, medium copper
s: floral and citrus hops
t: citrus hops dominates / well balanced with malt
m: full and satisfying
d: very drinkable; less bitter than the flagship IPA of most NW brewery
Reviewed by Spikester from Oregon
3.85/5 rDev +21.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 5
3.85/5 rDev +21.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 5
Pours hazy amber with a moderate off-white head and minimal lacings. Mild floral hop aroma. Taste is medium citrus floral hops, some grapefruit, fair amount of malt backing. Mildly bitter finish. I admit I have had punchier Pale Ales but this had no bad attributes either. An enjoyable, sessionable IPA. Actually very close to what many British IPAs taste like.
Oct 30, 2008Reviewed by Vancer from Illinois
3.68/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.68/5 rDev +15.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Welp, this one pours decently - hazy amber, egg shell topping that does it's damnest to lace the ol' Corsendonk tuplip.
Light, subtle hints of a hoppy citrus in the aroma. Pine with a wood stalk sneak in during the quaff. A nice, drinkable IPA - not over the top as some expect. Sometimes you just need a sturdy drinker instead of a hop bomb. This is it. Finishes with just the lightest coat of oil - so this one rates well with me.
A worthy contender in the populated world of IPAs.
Oct 10, 2008Light, subtle hints of a hoppy citrus in the aroma. Pine with a wood stalk sneak in during the quaff. A nice, drinkable IPA - not over the top as some expect. Sometimes you just need a sturdy drinker instead of a hop bomb. This is it. Finishes with just the lightest coat of oil - so this one rates well with me.
A worthy contender in the populated world of IPAs.
Chehalem Mountain IPA from Golden Valley Brewery and Pub
Beer rating:
76 out of
100 with
36 ratings
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