Green Valley Brewing Wild Hop Lager

Brewed by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Style: Premium Lager
St. Louis, Missouri USA

Draft at Sea World. Yellow body with a moderate off-white head. Not much in the aroma. The flavor is smooth and mildly sweet, with little hoppiness. Nothing bad at all, just boring. Still a step above the usual AB products.

see now this wasn’t too bad in my opinion. some grassy and straw and alfalfa, with some apple juice and malt. the only hops i sense are grassy and potentially a few floral-tasting if i concentrate hard enough.

a clear clean color, not too foamy. not a strong smelling beer and the taste is not too overbearing. the only thing I don’t care for is a bit too gassy but better then I expected

golden, amber, clear, white foam, medium bitterness, medium body, sticky, lively, I don’t usually like really hoppy beers, but this one i enjoyed

Sulfur on the nose, as one might expect of a light lager, with a pleasant, hoppy aroma behind it. Clear, light amber with a big, off-white head. Malty sweet with a hint of sulfur and a well-balanced hoppiness. Fast finish with some lingering sweetness and a slight bitter taste in the throat.

This beer is a clear straw color with a thin white head and minimal lacing. Mild (not wild) hops aroma with a touch of grain. Light-bodied and crisp with subtle hops and musty malt flavoring. I don’t know if pesticides would help the flavor but I doubt they would hurt much. The finish is mildly bitter and short, and there is a lingering sweetness afterward. Below average all around, which unfortunately seems to be the case with most organic beers.

On tap at the Oak Room in Athens, OH. Copper in color, with thin head. Tremendous fruity aroma and lots of carbonation. I’ll admit that I was fearing a sweet, almost juice like, beer after smelling this. And, while a raspberry flavor hides in the hops, this is not too bad. If only all organic items were this good.

Bottle. Pours a soft amber with a small fizzy white head. Nose is thinned hops, grassy notes and sweet malts. Some grainy notes. Taste is pretty much the same - muted hops, grains, sweet malts. Unimpressive. Body is bubbly to the point of being almost fizzy and rather thin. Finishes with more grassy flavors and thinned hops. Slight bitterness. Not bad for AB, sucky as hell for any self respecting micro brewer.