Old Fashioned
Anderson Valley Brewing Company in Boonville, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.39
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Inspired by our love for the classic bourbon cocktail, this robust brown ale is brewed with orange peel and Hersbrucker hops, which naturally have orange-like flavors. Fresh cherry puree is added towards the end of fermentation, then the beer is aged in bourbon barrels with aromatic bitters. The rich, caramel malts and fruity, herbal notes complement the bourbon flavors and slightly bitter finish making this a truly complex and satisfying beer.
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can. Cloudy, amber in color with hardly any head. Aroma was kind of boozy with a slight fruit cake smell. Taste is kind of sweet and bourbon barrel.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2025
at 05:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Malty aroma with rich bourbon, caramel, oak, notes of toffee and raisins. Some vanilla from the barrel, dried fruits. Above medium body, sweet and slightly boozy. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2025
at 07:04
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Appearance: cloudy chestnut brown with a large off-white frothy head of decent retention. Aroma and taste: bourbon, oak, vanilla, caramel, toffee, raisins, hop. Taste: light sweet and bitter, sourish notes. Complex. Pronounced bourbon barrel. Esters. Caramel, toffee, raisins. New World hop. Mouth feel: medium minus body, soft to average carbonation. Summary: good.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2022
at 08:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
I'm pouring from a 12 oz can into my ABGB snifter here on a mid-winter late afternoon, time for a toddy or a beer that tastes like one. The view is a dark caramel-amber with a bare skim of taupe foam. The smell is grain and dark fruit. But the taste is more distinct and appealing. Malt, dark plums, booze, oak, sorghum and just a bit of candied orange. Yes, it does taste similar to a cocktail while being a beer of some kind. Interesting
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2022
at 23:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
330ml can from the Beer Bank, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy dark brown colour with a lasting frothy off-white head. The aroma is oaky boozy bourbon. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a crisp, dry, oaky, red berry fruit, warm, boozy alcohol bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. The aroma was very inviting but the taste and finish were a disappointment.
Tried
from Can
at
Beer Bank : Kuala Lumpur City Centre
on 21 Oct 2021
at 16:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Alles ist besser aus Bourbon Fässern - absolut alles! Vor allem Bourbon, aber natürlich auch Bier. Dieses hier besonders. Dazu Vanille, Malz, süffig süß, gefährlich gut trinkbar, sehr lecker.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2021
at 17:32
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
From a 355ml can on 18/2/2021. Pours a cloudy deep amber with a small head. The nose features a big whiff of bourbon with some fruit cake and caramel in the mix. The flavour is both intense and complex - more fruit cake and caramel, cherries, toast, nuts, spice and a touch of vanilla. Finishes with a sharpish bitterness featuring some light notes of lime, grapefruit and warming bourbon. The mouthfeel is slick and syrupy, the carbonation moderate. Excellent beer with lovely balance.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Feb 2021
at 04:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz. can, pours a murky deep dark mahogany with a small off-white head. Aroma is very malty, with heaps of bourbon upfront, followed by caramel, and bready malt. Flavour is likewise a big bourbon bomb, with lots of caramel, bready malt, and a bit of spices. Really nice bourbon and caramel character. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2020
at 03:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pours a murky brown colour and a dense light beige head with good retention. Aroma's: buttery, vanilla. Retronasal there's more to it: bourbon, vanilla, sweetish, buttery, some red fruit. Flavour is moderate sweet, vanilla, buttery. Under medium bodied. Long finish, a bit woody and buttery. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
at
BeerTemple
on 22 Oct 2019
at 20:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Brown with a thick tan head. Aroma of oak, orange, nettles, bourbon, malt, caramel and butterscotch. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
at
BeerTemple
on 22 Oct 2019
at 16:41