Crown Valley Wooden Nickel IPA

Brewed by Crown Valley Brewing & Distilling
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
St. Genevieve, Missouri USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Big thanks to strykzone for picking this up for me from the brewery. It definitely seems like its on the old side, but since this was consumed a couple days after the brewery sold it and no date is on the bottle I’ll put a rating in. Pours golden copper with a large soapy off-white head. The aroma is soapy with milk caramel, toasty malt and basement must. Medium smooth body and some smooth carbonation on the finish. The flavor starts much like the aroma and has some nuttiness and spicy hops. The finish almost has a lager smoothness to it. When I had this it was not to sytle - low hops, heavy malt and while I don’t get much oxidation it seems old.

Poured from a growler from Hop City. Orange, big fluffly white head. Citrusy, lightly woody aroma. Flavor is Citrus, with some vegetal, herbal notes. Slightly resiny finish.

light copper. big three finger head. pretty nice looking beer. citrus aroma. flavor is just bitter bland hops. no citrus, no pine. mediocre.

UPDATED: MAY 25, 2012 Sour, vomity grain flavor, vile herbal funk. Blecch. Sampled this at a fest and nearly spit it out. Worst IPA I’ve ever had. An embarrassment to us craft beer geeks in the state of Missouri.

Aroma is bread, caramel malts and citrus hops. The flavor is bread/caramel malts, fruit and a medium hoppy, bitter finish.

12oz bottle. Orange color, white head. Aroma of floral hops, pine sol, light pale malts. Earthy hop bitterness, not much malt. Seems to be an older /aged bottle. Maybe a fresh one would be better. (3314)

Pour from a 12 oz bottle. Light amber brew with off white head. Light aroma of floral and pine hops. Taste is mild, light grain with a modest hoppy finish. Rather light and weak for an IPA.

Hazed golden pour with white head. Light corn like aroma with light perfumy hops Light sweet malt with a medium perfumy bitter. Light/medium body with fizzy carbonation.

This pours a cloudy orange color w/ a thin white head of fine bubbles. Nose is sort of tutt-fruity hops w/ a bit of pine. A bit sweet and slightly sticky but balanced by earthy hops. Not a bad beer but not really fresh or vibrant tasting, which is what I want out of an IPA.

From bottle to tulip. Hazy orange color. Not much aroma. subdued bitter hoppy flavor. Ok.

12oz bottle. Tulip glass. Very little aroma. Some floral and citrus notes. Nothing stands out. Fairly weak bouquet. Pours orange. Hazy. 2 fingers head. Lasting, dissipates slowly. Not an inviting appearance. Taste is bitter. Some light citrus notes. Nothing stands out. Mouthfeel is typical for an IPA. Overall, not worth buying again.