Santa Clara Valley Brewing Reviews

ResinousTeam67	3.5 Santa Clara Valley Electric Tower IPA Wednesday, April 17, 2024
roblanglands	3.5 Santa Clara Valley Electric Tower IPA Thursday, June 2, 2022
brokensail	3.9 Santa Clara Valley Brewing Heart's Delight 2015 (Apricots) Beer Camp on Tour 2017. Cloudy golden-orange beer with a small white head. Plenty of apricot on the nose. Slightly floral, some lemon, yogurt, and oak. A touch of yeast and leather, too. Plenty of juicy apricot flavor here. Pretty sour, but not over the top. Has a nice yogurt and leathery funk. Pretty nice. Wednesday, July 21, 2021
zabrazasca	3.5 Santa Clara Valley Electric Tower IPA Thursday, July 8, 2021
r464	3.7 Santa Clara Valley Electric Tower IPA A nice balance, not overly hoppy or bitter. Some grassy notes, a tiny bit of tropical fruit, then a somewhat dry finish. Sunday, December 15, 2019
bhensonb	3.6 Santa Clara Valley Alviso Mills Hefeweizen Can from Total Wine in San Jose, CA. (Stevens Creek). Pours translucent orange tinged gold with a large, foamy white head. Aroma has banana. Not getting much clove. Med body, almost. Flavor is good on banana, but for me it's weak on clove. Decent drink. Mild clove burn. Very mild. Sunday, December 1, 2019
wetherel	3.8 Santa Clara Valley Alviso Mills Hefeweizen Can from Total Wine in San Jose. Amber yellow color. 1/2” tight white foam. Strong initial banana aroma fro the Hefeweizen yeast. Slick pour indicating some extra body. Breast yeasty flavor with medium body and dry finish. Pretty good, because I like this style. Monday, November 4, 2019
tightslice	3.7 Santa Clara Valley New Almaden Red Bottle from Safeway in Campbell, CA. Aroma is toasty, caramel, boozy and bready barleywine. Taste is unique...earthy caramel (if that were a thing)...nice herbal, hoppy bitterness. Almost a barleywine. Friday, September 27, 2019
tightslice	3 Santa Clara Valley Alviso Mills Hefeweizen Can from The Creamery in Palo Alto, CA. Aroma is banana bread. Taste is light banana pudding, slightly creamy, light grains. Not great but acceptable diner beer in a small American town on 4th of July. Friday, July 5, 2019
jjgmd	3.7 Santa Clara Valley Psychotic Reaction (Strawberry) With Zach, pours an orange color with no head. Nose is fruity and tart. Taste is fruity with a mouthful of strawberries. Texture is medium, carbonation soft. Finish is tart, fruity strawberries. Very pleasant . Sunday, June 30, 2019
tomer	3.4 Santa Clara Valley Blood Orange Electric Tower Draught at Pour Taproom Santa Cruz, Small creamy head, Quite clear deep orange color, woody grainy aroma with some citrus zest, flavor of flowers, citrus peel and a whiff of fruit, empathic herbal biterness, sweetness creeping. Nice and drinkable. Wednesday, June 19, 2019
chrislee999	3.2 Santa Clara Valley Alviso Mills Hefeweizen Thursday, May 9, 2019
Dr.Dave	3.9 Santa Clara Valley Electric Tower IPA harsh dry west coast ipa Saturday, April 20, 2019
rlanglands	3.5 Santa Clara Valley Electric Tower IPA Thursday, March 14, 2019
eugeneie	0.5 Santa Clara Valley Saratoga Gap Scotch Ale Sunday, January 20, 2019
slowrunner77	3.2 Santa Clara Valley Do You Know The Way Slightly hazy copper color with off white/tan head. Toasted grain aroma, malt forward with a bit of floral hops. Flavor is light sweet malt, toast. Pretty nice for the style. Wednesday, October 31, 2018
bhensonb	4 Santa Clara Valley Loma Prieta - Rye Barrel Aged Waxed bomber from Bobby's Liquor in Santa Clara, CA. Pours dark brn/blk with a creamy tan head. Nice aroma of dark malt with rye whiskey. Full bodied. Lots of smooth/slick dark malt (It's Imperial Oatmeal). Flavor is smooth, burnt malt with a lot of whiskey and a good amount of rye spice. Chocolate too. Made think of the old Jello pudding for a moment. Silly, cause that didn't have rye! It's not really complex, but the flavor combo is quite tasty. Bottled 12/07/2016. But it was stored on a dark shelf in Santa Clara, and seems quite well preserved. :) Monday, October 22, 2018
baraciisch	3.6 Santa Clara Valley Brewing Heart's Delight 2015 (Apricots) Clear golden in color... Aroma of juicy apricots, stone fruits, lactic, funk... Moderately tart, kind of thin base beer, light apricot, lemon and stone fruit notes... Decent at best ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Monday, October 15, 2018
Zymurgeist2	3.9 Santa Clara Valley Haze Mansion Tao at Harry’s Hofbrau in Redwood City. Tropics, mango and peach aroma. Peach is prevalent on the flavor. Opaque with yellow-grey. Small white head fades to a collar quickly, but patterns down glass well. Nice juicy finish. Thursday, October 11, 2018
JStax	4 Santa Clara Valley Do You Know The Way 16 ounce can from Tavour. The beer is a clear brown with a beige head of foam. Toasty grainy aroma. Sweet toasty taste. Really enjoyed this one. Medium body and medium carbonation. Saturday, August 25, 2018
Quick3Beers	3.2 Santa Clara Valley Do You Know The Way Pours an iced tea brown from a can. Light citrus aroma, primarily malts, biscuity. Similar flavor, ending is mostly bitter but with a very light floral note right at the finish. Good beer. Monday, August 13, 2018
Ratman197	3.9 Santa Clara Valley Peralta Porter Bottle poured a clear dark reddish brown with a small lasting creamy tan head. Aromas of roasted malt, bakers cocoa, coffee and light earthiness. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of roasted malt, bakers cocoa and light earthiness with a smooth dry lingering bakers cocoa finish. Tuesday, June 5, 2018
drpimento	3.9 Santa Clara Valley Alum Rock IPA Mild aromaz are fresh hops pale malt and grain. Flavors are more bold again fresh hops juiciness bittersweet perfect carbonation and body just the right amount of bitterness in The Finish great drinking beer. Wednesday, March 21, 2018
drpimento	3.3 Santa Clara Valley Loma Prieta Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged Man I can see what they're trying to do here but they didn't quite pull it off. The aroma is fetid and almost putrid the the mix of The Malt and hops and yeast with the Bourbon Barrel gives it this sickly and nasty. It really cast a shadow over the flavor that didn't do the beer any favors. It's a Pity have because it could have been much better. Tuesday, February 13, 2018
drpimento	4.6 Santa Clara Valley Loma Prieta - Rye Barrel Aged Wow very interesting beer. It first I was amazed and super impressed and then I wasn't quite sure how to take it and then again I loved it. It's very complex with characteristics of the Rye whiskey barrel and also silky smooth from the oats, thick and Rich from the chocolate malt. What a velvet hammer. Monday, January 29, 2018
bigericsports	3.2 Santa Clara Valley Peralta Porter Poured into a pint glass, black pour with a khaki head nice lacing. Aroma is of roasted malt, caramel and chocolate. Taste is of roasted malt with caramel, coffee, chocolate, nuts, dark berries. A very good porter, will recommend to my friends! Saturday, December 23, 2017
BeerChalice7	3 Santa Clara Valley Alviso Mills Hefeweizen Saturday, December 16, 2017
Block	3.4 Santa Clara Valley Electric Tower IPA Tasted at the 2017 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. Good flavors, close to style, as expected without too many surprises. Sunday, November 12, 2017
J_man	3.2 Santa Clara Valley Electric Tower IPA Medium orange amber body with a small white head. Vegetal aroma with a hint of pine. That follows directly into the taste along with a bit of pineapple. Alcohol bites kind of hard for 7.1%, but that might be a bit of the hops kicking in. Bitterness sits on the tongue and stays there and not in the most pleasant way. Fumey alcohol and more bitterness in the finish. Overall, this is kind of muddled and unbalanced, but it's not horrible. Monday, October 9, 2017
LethalPossum	3 Santa Clara Valley Alviso Mills Hefeweizen Sunday, October 1, 2017
j12601	3.9 Santa Clara Valley Loma Prieta - Rye Barrel Aged On tap at the brewery. Pours a deep black with a medium sized tan head that falls steadily. Roast on the nose, cocoa, soft wood. Medium bodied, warm and full of roast, chocolate pudding, vanilla with a bit of booze. Soft roast, cocoa, warm and full of chocolate. Long roast, soft wood and a touch of warming alcohol. Long roast. Smooth and easy. Far too easy drinking for the ABV. Smooth chocolate whiskey pudding. Sunday, September 10, 2017
j12601	3.8 Santa Clara Valley Loma Prieta Imperial Stout - Bourbon Barrel Aged On tap at the brewery. Pours a deep black with a medium sized tan head. Roast on the nose, chocolate and cocoa, warm wood and a nice vanilla tone. Bourbon, warm and sweet, full of vanilla. Medium bodied, big vanilla and chocolate shake, soft roast, cocoa, a bit of chocolate and long roast. Slow bourbon on the finish, warm and full of chocolate and vanilla. Long roast, wood, vanilla. Big and warm. Sunday, September 10, 2017
j12601	3.7 Santa Clara Valley Loma Prieta Imperial Stout On tap at the brewery. Pours a deep black with a medium sized tan head. Big roast on the nose, chocolate and cocoa. Long roast. Big roast, cocoa, chocolate, long cocoa. Medium bodied, big and full of roast, but thins out a touch, likely due to the nitro. Long cocoa, warm and roasty into the finish, big and almost ashy. Long roast, chocolate, cocoa. Alcohol is faintly present, but fairly well incorporated. Sunday, September 10, 2017
j12601	3.6 Santa Clara Valley Saratoga Gap Scotch Ale On tap at the brewery. Pours a hazed copper brown with a medium sized white head. Soft malt on the nose, fruit, a bit of toast. Medium bodied, soft and sweet, a touch of oxidation, caramel and warm malt. Toast, sweetness, fruit, a bit of warm caramel. Slow toast, caramel, warm and nutty malt. Long warming alcohol. Sunday, September 10, 2017
j12601	3.5 Santa Clara Valley Alviso Mills Hefeweizen On tap at the brewery. Pours a mostly clear gold with a medium sized white head. Soft wheat and musk on the nose, yeast and a bit of sweetness. Medium bodied, soft wheat, a bit of fruity yeast. Gentle wheat and musk into the finish, soft musk. Clean and easy drinking. Sunday, September 10, 2017
j12601	3.6 Santa Clara Valley Alum Rock IPA On tap at the brewery. Pours a hazed gold with a medium sized white head. Soft musk and a touch of yeast on the nose, a bit of fruit and citrus. Mango and a bit of greenness. Medium bodied, soft green onion, spicy citrus, a touch of fruit. Slow bitterness into the finish, slow citrus. Sunday, September 10, 2017
j12601	3.4 Santa Clara Valley Fountain Alley On tap at the brewery. Pours a relatively clear gold with a medium sized white head. Soft musk and a touch of wheat on the nose, a bit of yeast, dusty citrus. Medium bodied, soft wheat, a touch of fruit, and a bit of earthy bitterness. Gentle citrus and bitterness into the finish, slow citrus. Sunday, September 10, 2017
katrinaez	3.8 Santa Clara Valley New Almaden Red Pours deep amber with lots of foam, sweet aroma of malts and floral hops, thick sweetness upfront with the bitter hops at the end, medium mouthfeel, tough to tell this is a 10% abv, tap. Monday, June 12, 2017
bb	3.9 Santa Clara Valley Brewing Heart's Delight 2014 (Cherries) Bottle. Amber beer with a low cream head. Sour and light wine aroma. Sour and backing sweet malt flavor with light acetic notes and light fruitiness. Medium bodied. Low carbonation. Sourness and light acetic notes linger with light fruitiness. Thursday, June 8, 2017
brokensail	2.8 Santa Clara Valley Valley Surprise Double IPA On tap @ The Cooler. Clear golden-orange beer with a white head. This is just super sweet and sticky with a pronounced bitterness. Intense grapefruit peel, some pine, and lots of tropical fruit juice. Has plenty of caramel flavor going on as well. Quite resinous and heavy. No thanks. Sunday, June 4, 2017
j12601	3.6 Santa Clara Valley Dry Creek Blonde Ale On tap at the brewery. Pours a fairly clear gold with a medium sized white head. Big grain with some orange behind it. Medium bodied, grain and a bit of sweetness. Grainy and softly sweet, malt and grain into the finish. Grain and slow citrus, gentle bitterness. Tasty and clean. Monday, May 29, 2017
j12601	3.8 Santa Clara Valley Electric Tower IPA On tap at the brewery. Pours a fairly clear orange amber with a thin white head. Spicy citrus on the nose, soft lemon and orange. Medium bodied, bright citrus, thick sweet malt, a touch of fruit. Malty into the finish, warming alcohol and cool hops. Earthy with some cool grapefruit on the finish. Nice stuff. Monday, May 29, 2017
j12601	3.6 Santa Clara Valley Valley Surprise Double IPA On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear golden orange amber with a medium sized white head. Soft pineapple on the nose, a bit of citrus. Medium bodied, mangonion, citrus, earthy. Soft malt into the finish, long green onion and slow grapefruit. Alcohol is well hidden, but the onion thing kills it. Monday, May 29, 2017
j12601	3.3 Santa Clara Valley Umunhum Pale Ale On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with a medium sized white head. Soft citrus, a bit of hops and an almost vegetal note on the nose. Mango and green onion. Medium bodied, citrus, malt, a bit of stale freezer flavor. Tastes like freezer burn. Odd. Never had a beer taste like that before. Finishes with some soft bitterness. Monday, May 29, 2017
j12601	3.7 Santa Clara Valley New Almaden Red On tap at the brewery. Pours a softly hazed amber to crimson with a thin white head. Light malt and a bit of citrus on the nose. Crisp and toasty. Medium bodied, soft malt, sticky with some nice sweetness and a bit of toast. Balancing bitterness into the finish, soft and toasty. Monday, May 29, 2017
j12601	3.8 Santa Clara Valley St. Isidore Belgian Strong On tap at the brewery. Pours a fairly clear amber with a thin white head. Loads of caramel and belgian candi sugar on the nose, sweet and fruity. Medium bodied, loads of banana and Belgian yeast character. Malt, sticky sweetness and banana into the finish, long caramel and warming alcohol. Tasty. Monday, May 29, 2017
j12601	3.6 Santa Clara Valley Big Moody Barleywine On tap at the brewery. Pours a softly hazed orange amber with a medium sized white head. Big sticky malt, citrus and old plums on the nose. Medium bodied, malt, sticky and full of caramel, plum and a hint of warming alcohol. Slow malt on the finish, a hint of warmth, lingering plum, slow bitterness. Long and warm. Monday, May 29, 2017
j12601	3.5 Santa Clara Valley Reed Rye IPA On tap at the brewery. Pours a mostly clear gold with a medium sized white head. Brigth citrus on the nose, soft hops. Medium bodied, light and softly hoppy, a touch of mangonion. Slow citrus, a touch of malt and a bit of citrus. Gentle musk, lingering citrus and dusty hop bitterness. Monday, May 29, 2017
j12601	3.6 Santa Clara Valley Peralta Porter On tap at the brewery. Pours a deep cola brown with a medium sized tan head. Roast, chocolate, cocoa, soft roast. Medium bodied, thins a touch, roast and chocolate. Roast and cocoa, slow chocolate on the finish, bitter and earthy. Slow roast, chocolate, cocoa. Monday, May 29, 2017
slowrunner77	3.5 Santa Clara Valley New Almaden Red Deep amber red with light khaki head. Props to this beer for being 10% and showing NO signs of that (I’d have guessed 7). Does drink big for a red with a deep malt profile and aromatic and bittering hops as well, but no heat. Pretty nice overall. Tuesday, May 2, 2017