Passion Stash
Hop Valley Brewing Company

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From:
Hop Valley Brewing Company
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
Milkshake IPA
ABV:
6.4%
Score:
+7 ratings needed
Avg:
3.93 | pDev: 2.54%
Ratings:
3 | reviews: 2
Status:
Inactive
Rated:
Sep 10, 2020
Added:
Jul 09, 2020
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by NickThePyro:
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Rated by NickThePyro from Washington

4/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Sep 10, 2020
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by jdavin from Alaska

3.79/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
All of Hop Valley's Cryo hops beers are very low in IBU. At 40 IBUs, this isn't really an IPA, it's an APA (American Pale Ale). An IPA would be at least 50 IBU, and up to 70 if you like more bitter IPAs. The low IBU has the result of making it taste very sweet in flavor and body.

Perhaps the Miller Coors ownership of Hop Valley is causing them to make their beers less hoppy in order to make them more accessible to drinkers who like Coors Light? Or they decided to just market everything as an IPA because it's the popular style now?

Look: Pale yellow color, cloudy / hazy.
Smell: Citrus and sweet fruit - passionfruit, grapefruit, orange.
Taste: Citrusy hop flavor mixed with fruity sweetness.
Feel: A bit sticky on the palate, medium bodied.
Aug 29, 2020
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Reviewed by Spikester from Oregon

4/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Hazy gold with two fingers of off white head. Ring of lace appear as the level drops.
Smells fruity and bready.
Taste is fruit forward some floral hop bitterness bready malt.
Mouthfeel is medium with good carbonation. Finish is wet and sweet.
Overall a tasty tart easy drinking fruit added IPA. 40IBUs. Best by Nov.20, 2020.
Jul 09, 2020