Liberty IPA
Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.84
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Liberty IPA™ is our reimagining of craft-brew classic Liberty Ale®, envisioned through the lens of today’s IPAs. We first brewed Liberty Ale in 1975, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. This revolutionary forerunner of the modern IPA introduced America to the Cascade hop and the nearly lost art of dry-hopping. Like its predecessor, Liberty IPA is made with two-row pale malt and Cascade hops. It is the combination of Cascade with new hop varieties that creates the mouthwateringly complex and robust aromas of pine and citrus in this crisp, American-style IPA.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0.355 l bottle from ’BierPost.com’ at 6.3% abv, bottled in March 2017. Clear, golden amber with a medium large, foamy, stable, white head. Sweetish, quite fruity, slightly resiny and a bit herbal aroma of mango, orange jam, candied apricot and some pine. Moderately sweet, fruity-resiny and slightly herbal-grassy taste of orange jam, tea leaves, mango and some pine, followed by a medium long, moderately dry-bitter, resiny and slightly herbal-grassy finish. Medium body, slightly creamy and moderately effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Easily drinkable, but not too fresh and relatively herbal IPA. Overall absolutely decent though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2017
at 15:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Flaska från SB. Smak och doft av humle, malt, karamell, citrus med toner av granskott. Rund och len, fina aromer i god balans, lagom sötma, fruktig, fin beska. Stabil!
Tried
on 30 Jul 2017
at 17:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Interesting twist on the original Liberty Ale. Focusing the beer on Cascades is a welcome old-school angle, placing classic resin-and-pine IPA stickiness above the more fruit-heavy modern hop bombs. Some citrus and pungent herb comes through on the back end, while apple-tinted yeast esters provide a curious undercurrent below the caramel and biscuit from the malts. Lovely pour, cloudy orange-gold with a lasting head and ample lace. Nose is the weakest point, mostly yeast, and sweet malt with slight edges of pine. Good texture. Not a bad IPA.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2017
at 13:25
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Flaska från SB. Närmast klar bärnstensfärgad vätska med medelhögt krämigt smutsvitt skum. Citruszestig lite skaloljig kryddig doft med med en liten kattpissnyans. Lite citrusmarmeladig smak lång lite citrusoljig eftersmak med måttlig beska. Snygg västkust-IPA. Gott.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2017
at 05:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Almost clear, golden, low head. Peach and syrup aroma. Dry, fruity taste, rather sour. Medium bitterness.
Tried
on 26 Jul 2017
at 08:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 35,5 cl. Pours a hazy golden with a small, white lacing head. Some Cascade citrusness in the nose, but not exactly a blast. Medium body, an initial fruitiness before the bitterness sets in. The world of IPA has moved on so fast, that even a new IPA from Anchor appears embarrasingly old fashioned. 240717
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2017
at 05:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled, from Systembolaget. Almost clear deep golden, mid sized head. Aroma of cats pee, tangerine and grapefruit. Mid dry with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Grapefruit and caramel, some pine. Long bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2017
at 14:19
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2017
at 15:44
Tried
on 10 Jul 2017
at 21:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Systembolaget. Hazy a bit darker golden with a small white head. Aroma of hops, grass and some herbs. Similar taste, also with resin and some caramel. The body was medium as was the bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2017
at 08:24