Golden Valley Tannen Bomb

Brewed by Golden Valley Brewery
Style: English Strong Ale
McMinnville, Oregon USA

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Bottle pours a clear deep red color with a small beige head and no lace. The aroma is slightly berry like and floral notes of hops. The flavor is very complex. There is quite a spectrum of malt flavors along with fruity ale characteristics that show through in a symphony. Malt sweetness starts the show, with an ale berry fruitiness, some roasted malt showing an almost chocolate covered cherry flavor, all followed by a lingering hop bitterness that almost gives a sensation of bitter chocolate combined with the roast flavors. The palate is rich, real rich. This is a fine Ale. Many thanks to my cousin for hauling from OR.

pours a dark red amberish color, Floral hop aroma with a little bit of fruityness. Taste begins very malty and thick, then changes to a decent full body and a hop finish.I found some nutty tastes in this as well as roastinss and as well some fruitiness to rap up the ness’s. Finishes dry.

Pours a dark red/copper with a light tan head. Aroma has some light floral hops, not much for malt. Taste starts with a light molasses maltiness, very quick then a big dried hop finish. A bit of toastiness comes out in the start, maybe some dry nutty qualities and a bit of fruit. Very dry finish, smooth but with an alcohol presence in the finish.

UPDATED: FEB 17, 2005 2003 bottle. Pours a medium brown, ruddy with medium peach hues. Strong pour reveals a large, creamy yellow flecked white head. Smells like light, peppery hops, velvety malting and creamy oatmeal. Maybe a hint of the alcohol. Flavor is somehow a mix between dry, papery hops, and sweet cream buttery malt. Lots of vanilla, almonds, cream and a hint of chocolate covered cherries. Flavor is interesting and big, body is medium to medium full, low carbonation.7/4/7/4/15
2004 bottle After seeing the Montreal crew’s reaction to this, I had to open the other bottle (both were purchased from Liquid Solutions about 4 months ago). While it’s definitely full of diacetyl, the body is still fairly creamy and not thin. The buttercream flavor does end up getting cloying and I pour most of the beer down the drain. Strange, the previous year’s was good stuff. 4/4/5/3/10

Cloudy reddish copper color, with a small head. Aroma of apples, sweet cherries and malt alcohol. Stron, sweet malt flavor with a noticeable alcohol component. Nice bitter finish. This is a fine ale, just not my bag.

Pours a murky ruby with very small body particles and a rocky tan head. The lacing is decent. The aroma has tones of toffee, maple, plum, and caramel. The flavor is malty, with some bread, caramel, molasses all followed by a bit of orange peel and light maple. The texture in the mouth is creamy with a lively bit of carbonation dancing on the tongue. The alcohol is well masked. Overall this is a well balanced beer. Perfect for the cold months of winter.

Dark murky burgundy color. Strong brown sugar, alcohol and cinnamon aroma with a sweet maple, peanut and scotch flavor. Bitter finish, overall very nice.

Reddish amber color. Small head. Aroma is spicy (cinnamon and clove) and fruity. A medium bodied “strong ale”. Malts are nutty and sweet. Hops are piney and grapefruity. Lots of winter spices in the beer, cinnamon, nutmeg and a touch of clove and ginger. Well balanced. Smooth taste. Nice winter warmer. Hides the 8% alcohol well. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and dry. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Slightly malty, spicey nose. Coppery appearance. I had no lace on my glass but noticed that agro0 had some on his--must be perks of ratebeer bigwigs... Anyway, the strongest characteristic was the piney hop finish. Slightly malty, mostly a dry palate. Slight alcohol taste in flavor.

The nice copper hue was topped with a creamy off-white head and some lace. The aroma hinted of cimmamon, clove, dusty yeast, very aromatic hops and buttery french toast. The taste starts very English, smooth and mild. But there is the manditory northwestern pine hop finish. I think there is a law requiring bitter hops in ALL styles of brew. The blended balance works well with this beer. Very nice brew, recommended, Thanks again, ArGo0.