Hey, Gang, and welcome back to John's Brew review, so this week
I'm actually going to be bringing you another
Local favorite [as] I've [mentioned] on the show before I do live in Texas and there are a ton of great
Texas Craft Breweries this was one of the first breweries that I actually
Got a chance to try
They're called Bravo's Valley brewing and they make a ton of great brews that I really enjoy
I'm bringing you today is their mama tried iPa, and it happens to be
Probably my favorite from this brewery which is saying a lot because I'm also not an iPa fan, and they make some other styles
But this one has some qualities to it that I really can't wait to share with [you]
So I'll go ahead and give you a little look at the label art here as I explain some
some of the features of the brew and
This one does ring in at 6.6 percent ABv or alcohol by volume
[it's] rated at 55
Ibus now this is specifically a citra iPa
And apparently in this they're using cascade hops for bittering and then the citra [hops] for the flavor and aroma
[one] thing that I definitely want to talk about when it comes to this brew is the label art the art on this is still
Beautiful and all honestly I'd love for you to Hop down into the comments
if you've never seen this brew and let me know what you think of the art, but
Truthfully with that said they used to have a much more visually appealing
version the colors on this one are much more metallic and
A little bit muted in the previous version that they had when I first
Tried this brew. It was more of a [hand-painted] style from my understanding and from some rumors that I've heard
They did [make] the decision to change up the label art based on the cost that they were paying for it
And you know [I] guess it's kind of understandable because it was a very visually appealing
Art style that they had on their cans previously. I'm not sure this is as visually appealing but
Mostly that maybe because I know what the previous style looked like and this in my [opinion] is definitely
A downgrade [so] first things first I'm going to go ahead, and I'm going to take a whiff
I already kind of have an understanding of a little bit of what this brews about but let me go ahead and
See what really stands out when I take my first way
So what really stands out for me is if you are an iPa fan
I think [you're] going to enjoy the aroma of this iPa fans at least the ones that I've met
Tend to really enjoy a hoppy aroma. This has a very nice. Hoppy aroma. It's very pleasant
It's not overpowering
It doesn't venture into it doesn't venture into the overly dank territory where as I?
Described before it starts to smell like wet socks this does not go that far
But it is a very enjoyable hoppy
Scent that I'm getting on this it's very light other than that is not [a] lot that pops when it comes to the aroma on
This brew so might as well. Go ahead and dive in to what it tastes like
So the first thing that stands out to me when it comes to [flavour]. Is that this is a citrus balm
It's it's got a wonderful
Citrusy Flavor in there, but it doesn't venture too heavily into the bitter side
This is just it's probably most familiar when it comes to brew descriptions would be great fruit
because of its bitterness as a fruit I
say that this is more towards lemony lime definitely more lime a
kind of citrusy Flavor
Not overly bitter and a big bonus [for] somebody who isn't usually a big fan of iPa
Is that little bit of bitterness that is noticeable in this?
Does not linger for very long which is one thing [that] typically turns me off about ipas
[I] can stand a little bit of the bitter flavor how ever I absolutely hate when it lingers for too long
This does not linger very long which is great. So when it comes to rating this route
I'm going to go ahead and give [it] 3.5 out of 5 cheers
Now that may seem a little bit low if you happen to have watched any of my previous reviews we haven't done many
But if you have happen to watch any of my previous reviews that may seem a little bit low
But I do not mean for that to come off as a low score 3.5
Is a very solid score and I think that this is a very solid brew
This is a group where I feel like if you're not typically a fan of all ipas or some of the more hardcore
Ipas [I] feel like this is a brew that if you do enjoy
Some qualities of an iPa. You would really love and I'm really impressed with this brewery
I haven't seen them outside of Texas. [I] really hope that
They are available outside of Texas
But it's not if you happen to be in the beer trade this maybe want to keep an eye [out] for
Maybe requests from any friends who do happen [to] have it in their area
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