Twentieth Anniversary Ale (2009)
(Batch of Grand Cru)
North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Special Out of Production|
Score
7.13
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Anniversary XX is a continuation of our innovative approach to brewing over the past twenty years – an approach that has included leading the way in the development of Belgian style beers, a barrel-aging program, the re-introduction of long-neglected imperial stout styles, and the new packaging ideas. We think it’s a fitting crown for our first two decades of operation.
XX is a unique beer, pale and lightly hopped, brewed with agave nectar and fermented with a special yeast strain. Some of the lots were aged in oak barrels and then blended to perfection so the final is a complex, subtle new direction in brewing art.
XX is a unique beer, pale and lightly hopped, brewed with agave nectar and fermented with a special yeast strain. Some of the lots were aged in oak barrels and then blended to perfection so the final is a complex, subtle new direction in brewing art.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Crunchy’s, East Lansing. Mostly clear golden body, thin to medium off-white head. Nose of alcohol, light fruits, and sugars, with light tannic oak. Prickly, boozy, sweet body with tart, honey-like sugars, light fruit, hints of bubblegum, and alcohol. Tangy and intense, a somewhat fleeting pleasure.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Oct 2011
at 13:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to texasjeep at August tasting. Pours a clear orange golden with small off white head. The aroma is agave and wheat crust. Medium mouthfeel with a honey and agave flavor. A decent American strong ale from North Coast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2011
at 20:38
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle with gooovikings in KC. Thanks Jetson! Clear, golden orange appearance with an off white head. Sweet honey, citrusy, golden malty, oaky nose. Slightly syrupy, honey, agave, oaky, faint bourbon, golden ale flavor. Honey, oaky aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2011
at 21:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bomber as Grand Cru from Bottle Barn. 500 ml c&c. Tough cork. Pours a light amber gold with a frothy/fizzy whie head. Aromas of fruit and mild oak. Med + body. Flavor is fruity, a little sweet, a little earthy, very mildly oaky. Usually I don’t appreciate agave, but here it seems under control. The oak steps out more strongly with time. If I’d had to guess I’d put this down as Belgian, but apparently I’m just imagining a little yeast spice. It’s finishing mildly sweet, but rather clean, and mildly oaky, and quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2011
at 18:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500mL bottle, pours light golden with a white head. Aroma of oak, some fruits (peaches, nectarine), and nectar/honey. Flavour is cidery, with lots of fruits (peaches, nectarine, mango), honey, a little vanilla at the end. The 12.5% is worked in exceptionally well with no heat from it, though it is very warming. Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2011
at 09:21
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Pours a light golden straw with a white head that lingers. Aroma of wild yeast and earth. Very dry on the finish and well-rounded. Sweet full flavor with a spike of sugar on the end. Surprised that there is not more going on here.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2010
at 00:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle at RBWG, pours dark gold, medium off white head. Aroma is sweet agave and nuts. Floral sweet flavor with agave and honey rounding it out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2010
at 12:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Amber beer with a whitish head. yeast and malt aroma with light fruit. Malt, yeast, and spice flavor with light fruity esters. medium-plus bodied. malt and yeast lingers with spice and a light butteriness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2010
at 11:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
RBWG@RLRL-thanks to Markwise-750ml bottle– pours an off white head and amber color. Aroma is floral/pine hops, medium malt. Taste is floral/pine hops, secondary medium malt. Smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2010
at 08:48
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
RBWG’10 All cheers to Markwise for opening this gem. pours light golden, quickly disappearing white head. Aroma is very sweet, uniqueness of agave is outstanding with a mild touch of oak/wood barrel. flavors, at 12.5% this one is pure goodness and remains smooth and sweet sugary nectar of agave and a little too light to justify the abv coupled with barrel goodness that is not overpowering. Slow sipper, with mead like finish. This is tasty.
Tried
on 18 Mar 2010
at 14:42