1814 - Blonde Nitro Ale
Happy Valley Brewing Company
- From:
- Happy Valley Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- American Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.67 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 13, 2022
- Added:
- Aug 13, 2022
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
3.67/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Happy Valley Brewing Co. "1814 - Blonde Nitro Ale"
$6/pint on tap at the brewery on 08/13/2022
This beer appears to be a variation of their 1814 amber ale. It's stronger at 5.8% ABV, and thus not an American blonde ale. It doesn't fit any recognized beer style but it is very close to being an American strong ale. It's desrcibed as a "Super smooth, easy drinking golden ale brewed with a huge helping of toasted oats.". It's a clear golden amber with an orange sheen. The nitrogen pour gives it a massive head of white foam that slowly settles into a creamy cap. The aroma displays sweet and wheaty malt that's earthy and subtly fruity but there's also an off note that seems to be a phenolic fermentation flaw - it seems like something that comes from underpitching but it could be from almost anything. This is a problem. That carries over into the flavor as well. The malt is sweetish, bready, honeyish, and lightly caramelish. There's also some apple, earthiness, and that odd phenolic note. A stiff bitterness balances it and it finishes mostly dry with the maltiness fading steadily. In the mouth it's medium-full in body and creamy-smooth. The fermentation flaw is fatal here, really killing what could otherwise have been a very nice beer.
Review #8,213
Aug 13, 2022$6/pint on tap at the brewery on 08/13/2022
This beer appears to be a variation of their 1814 amber ale. It's stronger at 5.8% ABV, and thus not an American blonde ale. It doesn't fit any recognized beer style but it is very close to being an American strong ale. It's desrcibed as a "Super smooth, easy drinking golden ale brewed with a huge helping of toasted oats.". It's a clear golden amber with an orange sheen. The nitrogen pour gives it a massive head of white foam that slowly settles into a creamy cap. The aroma displays sweet and wheaty malt that's earthy and subtly fruity but there's also an off note that seems to be a phenolic fermentation flaw - it seems like something that comes from underpitching but it could be from almost anything. This is a problem. That carries over into the flavor as well. The malt is sweetish, bready, honeyish, and lightly caramelish. There's also some apple, earthiness, and that odd phenolic note. A stiff bitterness balances it and it finishes mostly dry with the maltiness fading steadily. In the mouth it's medium-full in body and creamy-smooth. The fermentation flaw is fatal here, really killing what could otherwise have been a very nice beer.
Review #8,213
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