Anniversary Ale
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Special Out of Production|
Score
7.11
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The 2007 Anniversary Ale features prominent usage of Cascade hops– the signature hop used in Sierra Nevada’s most popular product, Pale Ale. It is an American Style IPA with a big, fragrant pine and citrus hop aroma balanced by the sweetness of two-row pale and caramel malt. It finishes with an additional Cascade dry-hopping creating a big hop aroma Sierra Nevada fans will look forward to.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
2007 edition. best before02/08/unreadable. sampled 2009-jan-12. pours a clear, slightly cloudy orange/copper/amber. huge head that soon gets half its original size. fantastic hoppy citrussy fresh aroma. not too hoppy, some sweetness too. flavor : moderately hoppy, sweet grapefruit, faint yeast, faint caramel, faint malts. flavor is far from as fresh as the aroma, but very nice anyway. i like the way the sweetness envelopes the fresh hoppiness. vey drinkable.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2009
at 03:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
350 ml bottle, 2008 vintage, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 5.9%. Orange to amber colour, big off-white head with an orangey hue. Lovely aroma of Cascade hops, piney and grapefruity notes. The flavour is distinctly hoppy throughout, lots of pine needles, grapefruity bitterness in the finish, very bitter aftertaste. Hints of caramel malts, but the beer is not too sweet. A nice and very drinkable IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2008
at 18:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[350 ml bottle, 2008 edition] An aroma of citrus and flowers. The taste is ab bit bitter and dry but with a bit sweet aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2008
at 16:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
2008 Bottle from Systembolaget. Served in original US-Pintglas. Thick head, long lasting The body is rather thin. The aroma finish is bitter. It is a good thirstquencher but nothing spectacular
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2008
at 09:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Cracked Kettle. Clear amber colour, big fluffy white head. Aroma of flowery, citric hops and caramel. Flavour is malty, caramel, hoppy bitterness in the finish. Typical IPA, rather nice but a bit on the thin side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2008
at 03:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Appealing citric hop nose. Appetizing. Bready malts behind it. Amber color, thick creamy eggshell head. Lemony hop flavors. Light crackery malts. Fairly significant bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Oct 2008
at 19:50
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Starker Hopfengeruch mit Aprikosennuancen. Hopfiger Antrunk, komplx hopfig, leicht süß, der Cascade Hopfen ist gut erkennbar. Sehr leicht fruchtig im Mittelteil, trocken werdend. Etwas grasig, der Hopfen breitet sich aus, im Hintergrund ist es aber durchaus mild. Vollmundig ist der Hopfen auch im Abgang, hier aber gepaart mit herben und bitteren Tönen. Im Nachgeschmack grasig-herb. Test vom 12.10.2008, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 11,12,12,13,13,13 - 12,50
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2008
at 22:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours clear amber with off white head. Piney hop aroma. Bitter hop flavor balanced nicely by sweet malts. Medium body with average carbonation. Another solid beer from Sierra Nevada.
Tried
on 08 Oct 2008
at 09:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
2008 version. Hazy medium orange body, medium creamy buff head. Bitter rindy, piney, citrusy hops nose. Hops-forward body with bitter pine and citrus, backed by bready malt. Fresh-tasting, bright. Solid. Not a favorite, but solid.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2008
at 23:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 oz bottle. Pours slightly hazy orange amber with a medium white head. Aroma is pretty typical IPA: citrusy hops, a bit of sweetness. Flavor is hop-forward with citrus, grassy, and piney hops. A little biscuity pale malt backs it up. Another good IPA from Sierra Nevada, though not quite up to the standard set by Celebration.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2008
at 00:09